Poll for D10 players: How much of your practice time is devoted to C6

[Bill McCloskey]

I enjoy both E9th and C6th. My time playing with others is exclusively E9th, but I love practicing C6 for my own enjoyment.
So for those D10 players out there: how much time do you devote to C6 when practicing?

[Bill McCloskey]

so far evenly spit: half less than 50% and half more than 50%

[Roger Rettig]

'Playing with others'? There's a concept.

I haven't 'played with others' since my retirement. I know that lack of focused ensemble-playing has taken its toll and I've lost whatever edge I used to have. My beloved Emmons D10 has become an expensive plaything.

Meaning: I don't believe that I practice nowadays. I do still explore both tunings but no longer set goals. I'll ponder the changes to a tune that I like, then proceed to discover where it lays best - E9 or C6. Of course, sometimes it turns out that six-string guitar serves me best.

I ticked 25-50%; probably accurate. I enjoy E9's intervals more than the back neck, but C6 has a readily-available major 7th (either in the 'C' mode - I have the 'Old P4' on MKV - or the F major 9 (2nd string)) while retaining the root note in the bass. On E9, this requires going two frets above zero and engaging A/B or B/C pedals. Ultimately, anything can be played on either neck: one can be more challenging thatn the other sometimes.

As you can tell, I'm not practicing now, I'm typing.

[Dave Hopping]

I started off with a D-10, but found that E9 was more intuitive (for me anyway) than C6. Over the years I've worked out a few things on C6 but that's about it. Changing to a U-12 made the B-side a little more intelligible and I could incorporate some really basic stuff into stage playing. Still most comfortable with the E-side pedals and KLs so the B-side pedals don't get used much except at home.

[Douglas Schuch]

I chose 51-75%. But that's a guess. It depends mostly on what songs my band is currently working on, but I tend to use C6 more than most, I think.

[Ian Rae]

When I had a D10 I was 50/50 as I didn't want either to go for waste
Now I play a uni, I can no longer answer the question but I draw on both traditions.

[Dale Rottacker]

I put 75-100%, but with this caveat, ... After paying little attention to C6th for some 45+ years, when I acknowledged that I'm not getting any younger the for the last 5ish years C6th was pretty much all I played. I knew I'd have to immerse myself in it if the two of us were going to become friends. Now that I'm more comfortable there, (though still sounding like I just started) I'm spending more time on E9th again, and probably doing more of a 50/50 split.