Bud Carter **

** Bud Carter playing his Bb6 S-12 at
Stoney's Smoky Mountain Jamboree in Knoxville, Tennessee.
(Photo by Clay Savage)

Bud Carter's Bb6 Tuning

 Open            Pedals                   Knee Levers
Tuning      1    2    3    4        LKL  LKV  LKR  RKL  RKR
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  E                        Eb
  G                                       F#
  F                   E              F#
  D              C         C#                       Eb
  Bb        C                                            A
  G                                       F#
  F                   E              F#        Eb
  D                        C#                       Eb
  Bb                                 B
  G                                       F#
  Eb
  C
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• Bud uses 3 finger picks and one thumb pick.
• The tuning requires you to pick the notes of the chords and NOT strum them.
• The country-type sound is achieved by lowering into the 9th using P2 and RKR.

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