Steel Guitar Tuning Chart #2

Chart 1 – old.

Twin tuned single ten steel guitar – converted E9 – 1988.
Floor pedal & Knee lever action:

string	gauge	open	P1	P2	P3	LKL	LKR	RKL	RKR	V	LKL+V	LKR+V	P2+RKL	P1+RKR	P3+RKR
1	.013p	F#					$	$					$
2	.015p	D#							D					D
3	.0115p	G#		A				F#					G
4	.014p	E			F#	F	D#			--	F#	D			F#
5	.017p	B	C#		C#			$	A#				$	C	C
6	.020w	G#		A				F#					G
7	.042w	G#		A				F#					G
8	.030w	E				F	D#			--	F#	D
9	.056nw	E				F	D#			--	F#	D(-)
10	.036w	B	C#		C#			$	A#				$		C

The above is a converted Dekley 110.
Here is original chart.

Knee lever "V" lifts one-half-tone stoppers for both LKL and LKR, letting these levers go to two-half-tone stoppers.
"$" means the string is compensated for natural chord – pitch changed slightly.

Chart 2 – new.

12 strings universal steel guitar – 2009.
Floor pedal & Knee lever action:

string	gauge	open	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	LKL	LKV	LKR	RKL	RKR		RKR-2	P0	RKL-2
1	.012p	F#										$1	$1					G / G# $6
2	.015p	D#														D / C#
3	.0115p	G#		A									F#$2
4	.014p	E			F#					F / F# $4		D# / D $5
5	.018p	B	C#		C#	C#					A#		($3C#)	A#			A
6	.022p	G#		A		A#			A#				F#$2				F#
7	.026w	F#					F					$1	$1					G / G# $6
8	.030w	E								F / F# $4		D# / D $5
9	.038w	B	C#		C#			C					($3C#)	A#			A
10	.042w	G#		A					A#				F#$2
11	.054w	E					F	D#		F / F# $4		D# / D $5
12	.068w	B	A				C#	G#

Copedent for a WBS Ultimate 12 string universal.

Added: 2 levers on right knee - RKL-2 and RKR-2, and 1 foot pedal - P0.
Total number of half-stoppers: 4, on LKL, LKR, RKL-2 and RKR-2.

"$" means the note is compensated for natural chord – pitch changed slightly. Compensators needed - see below.
- $1 = lift/tune open note F#.
- $2 = lift/tune fully lowered note F#, so RKL + P2 can be tuned to perfect G. Split tune?
- $3 = lift/tune fully raised note C# (as raised by P1 and P3) when RKL is lowered. This is the "rod shortening" compensator.
- $4 = lower/tune fully raised note F#, so LKL can be tuned to perfect F for all 3 strings on half-tone raise. Split tune?
- $5 = raise/tune fully lowered note D, so LKR can be tuned to perfect D# for all 3 strings on half-tone lower. Split tune?
- $4 = lower/tune fully raised note G#, so RKL-2 can be tuned to perfect G for both strings on half-tone raise. Split tune?
The compensators I've written "Split tune?" for are not really compensators. They are for regular tuning of end-notes if/when the regular rods can't be balanced perfectly to get perfect tone for both half and full tone raise/lowering for all involved strings. I'm not sure if the instrument's built in split tuning can handle these tuning-corrections without adding extra rods.

Author/artist: Georg Sørtun