I just learned about this guy yesterday and I can't stop listening. His tuning is explained in the comments about the video. I really love how he has combined the pedal steel and non pedal to get the best of both worlds. His chord melody playing is some of the best I have ever heard. His six string tuning would be the same as Tom Morrell's top 6 only an octave lower. Great minds think alike! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6qRNjIGDnc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZP2-ajglw
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just looking at his tuning some more and I think I had some insight. If you combine the 6 string non pedal and the top 5 of his pedal neck you get an 11 string tuning like this
(low to high) G#-B-C#-E-F#-G#-B-C#-E-F#-G#
Morrell's E13 E-D-E-F#-G#-B-C#-E-F#-G# Jack had D on a pedal change
Julian Tharpe E6/9 (strings 11-1 ) E-G#-B-C#-E-G#-B-E-G#-Eb-F# Julian had a High F#-G# on pedal 9 and a High B-C# pedals 4 and 7 And the Middle E-F# on a vertical knee lever
And Buddy Emmons 1975
Last edited by Tim Toberer on 8 Jul 2024 6:37 am, edited 5 times in total.
Jack's chordal melodies are played on his 10 string pedal steel, while he solos on an attached 6 string lap steel tuned (high to low) G# F# E C# B G# tuned an octave lower than the top 6 strings of his pedal steel which is tuned (high to low) G# F# E C# B G# E C# E A (the low A is below the 6th string of a Spanish guitar).
