Double Paddy Wilde Rock Lucky 13!
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:24 pm
I got my Power Draw in the mail earlier and it's really amazing for playing in the top end! But I primarily play Paddy Richter because I don't play a lot of blues (although it's great for blues!) and I need that clean 2nd of the scale because I play it very often and hate having to bend to it every time. After staring at the Power Bender, Power Draw, Paddy Richter, and Wilde Rock tunings for the past 2 hours...I realize why they all exist! There is just no good way to get ALL of the benefits without sacrificing something! Power draw with a paddified 3 Blow I think is the closest, but then you can't play the major 7th (F#) on a C harp in the middle register (it is there in the top register!). You could country tune the 5 draw, but it takes away from the cool sound of wailing on the flat 7th when you have to bend to it. If you paddify the Wilde Tuned harp you completely lose the Major 4 chord.
If they had a Lucky 13 harp configurator though, I think you could combine the best of all of them with the following tuning. The top 10 holes (4-13)are paddified Wilde Rock tuning with richter tuning in the low 3 holes. It basically makes a double Paddy Tuned Wilde Rock harp in the top 10 holes but gives you 3 major 4th combinations in the low end (2 are inversions) while still giving access to the major 7th in the middle and top register. Unfortunately, none of the luck 13s are close enough to retune to the tuning below without major surgery! Maybe someday I'll Frankenstein one though! What do you think?
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If they had a Lucky 13 harp configurator though, I think you could combine the best of all of them with the following tuning. The top 10 holes (4-13)are paddified Wilde Rock tuning with richter tuning in the low 3 holes. It basically makes a double Paddy Tuned Wilde Rock harp in the top 10 holes but gives you 3 major 4th combinations in the low end (2 are inversions) while still giving access to the major 7th in the middle and top register. Unfortunately, none of the luck 13s are close enough to retune to the tuning below without major surgery! Maybe someday I'll Frankenstein one though! What do you think?
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