Modified E9 copedent

[John Gately]

Just thought I’d share this modified E9 tuning/copedent I’ve been enjoying playing with. (Attached file) Thank you Jim Palenscar of North County Steel Guitars for setting this up for me.

[Bob Carlucci]

Interesting// I like the idea of the of the string 9 C#.. I don't use my string 9 much at all, and the low A looks cool as well.. My guitar isn't here right now, but I might try those changes at 9 and 10 and see how it goes.. I once bought an s10 fessy that dropped the low b 10th string down a full tone to A on the third pedal but along with the 4 and 5 string full tone raise, it was way too long and stiff a pull so I took it off.. You setup gives the low C# on 9, plus the added bass range of the low A.. I like it, and might try it out... bob

[John Gately]

Thanks Bob. The idea of having pedal 1 and 2 set up like that next to each other was to get an easier way to extend pentatonic licks vertically (I think R Mooney had independent raises and strings 4 and 5 on his Fender) as well as get additional manipulation of the dominant 7 chord in the minus 2 position which combined with the whole tone raise on string 6 on the RKR and the standard whole step raise on string 5 gives a lot of ways to manipulate the 7 chord with the root on string 7. Also with the 9 and 10 strings tuned to A and C# with standard half and step and whole step raises on strings 6 and 5 respectively you get an A6 tuning on the bottom 7 strings. Anyway, thanks for the reply and hope you get some mileage out of the set up if you try it.

[John Gately]

>>on the RKR

Should read “on the RKL”