I usually tune my steel guitars to D6 with G bass (G B D F# A B D F#). The Bohlen-Pierce tuning below uses the same string gauges with a BP fretboard designed by Andy DePaule. I simply place the fretboard over the standard one and retune to play in BP.
If you use a Peterson Strobe HD tuner, you can install the BP tuning table from the “Uncategorized” list at petersontuners.com/sweeteners/shared. That’s a lot easier than eyeballing the cents numbers on a traditional electronic tuner.
| BP note | 12 EDO Tuning |
| H | F -39 |
| G | Eb +14 |
| F | C +22 |
| Db | Ab -17 |
| C | Gb +37 |
| A | D -2 |
| H | Bb -41 |
| F | F +20 |
Here’s some ambient music played on it: