Question from a PSG C6 newbie

[Walter Webb]

I have a Williams D10, and am about to learn to play something in C6 other than Sleepwalk just like I do on my C6 lapsteel.
I just bought a mess of Herby Wallace C6 instructional materials, and it looks like he starts off very basic, adding a pedal here and there. Here's the issue: My Williams has the top string tuned to a D. Herby has a high G on the top, that can be raised a half step with pedal 5. Other than that one string, the copedents appear identical
How can I reconcile that one difference?

[Jerry Overstreet]

Change the first string to the common C6 12 ga. for G. This will let you tune it to G and follow Herby's tab.

You can still tune it down to D if and when you want to.
If 12 is too floppy for the D note, consider going up to 13. The string life will likely be shortened if you retune back and forth a lot just so you know.

Several players do this, including myself. I'm studying Jeff Newman's C6 and Swingin' where he uses a D on top. This is an eye opener with the scales and licks available for jazz and swing.

Still, I have moments that I want that high 5th tone for certain things, so I can tune back up for that. I know a lot of players say abandon the high G altogether but I'm not there yet.

[J D Sauser]

do you have the C-to-C# lever? IF so, you will have the same chord 3 frets up with that change plus P5 (the "Two below"-pedal), but now with the 5th on top (the equivalent of that "G-string" you are looking for )

Keep that D on... it bitched against it for a long time, but as you progress you will find that helps enormously with faster single not lines and adds some color tones and passing notes to many pedal-lever combination chords.

Merry Christmans... J-D,