C6 with Chromatics

[Paul Strojan]

Any thoughts on adding chromatic strings to the C6 tuning (D, B, E, C, A, G, E C)?

[Jim Mckay]

Hi Paul.
I have C6th on one neck with a "D" on top D-E-C-A-G-E-C-Bb Hi to low. Very useful with D as re-entrant and not in the way
to confuse normal C6th grips.
The "B" certainly would give some nice options. Not sure as re-entrant or between the C and the A.
I sometimes drop the "C" to a "B" for some songs.
Good luck with your experiment. Keep us posted with your result.

[Greg Cutshaw]

The 12 string D13 tuning gives you some great chromatic sounds:

https://www.gregcutshaw.com/D13%20Coped ... ounds.html

This guitar also does that:

https://www.gregcutshaw.com/Excel%2012% ... yless.html

Putting a D on top of the C6 tuning gives you one chromatic string which you can also raise to a D# on the 8th floor pedal giving a ton more useful sounds.

[Twayn Williams]

Any thoughts on adding chromatic strings to the C6 tuning (D, B, E, C, A, G, E C)?

Looks like the re-entrant strings on E9 PSG. Is that what you're going for? If you already play PSG I imagine it'd feel pretty homey.

For myself, I hate re-entrant strings, makes my brain wiggle too much. On my PSG (when I played it) I ended up almost never touching them.

OTHO I was talking with Jeremy Wakefield the other day (he was playing a gig up the street from me) and he uses re-entrant strings on the bottom 2 strings on his D-8 necks to facilitate some alternate chordal grips. I forget the exact details, but I think on the front neck he had a C#m7 tuning on the top with a pair of re-entrant strings on the bottom to get a C13 tuning. Whatever it was, man, he rocked it!!

[Paul Strojan]

Yes, I am inspired by the pedal steel chromatic strings. I asked myself, “Where would the steel guitar gone had pedals not been developed?”

[Twayn Williams]

Yes, I am inspired by the pedal steel chromatic strings. I asked myself, “Where would the steel guitar gone had pedals not been developed?”

I think it would've gone where it did: mulitneck monstrosities

[Fred]

I did it a long time ago except the high B string was on the low end next to the low C because that's what Joaquin Murphy did. At first I had a G on top like Murphy, but also tried the D. I didn't really know what to do with them at the time and eventually landed on an eight string version of the Leavitt tuning.

The B was pretty cool. Especially with the low C tuned up to C# for an A9 and dim and m7b5 stuff. It made some ii V7 I stuff lay out really nice.