C6/A7 is a six string lap steel guitar invented by Jerry Byrd in the late 1930s. The tuning is (low to high) C#, E, G, A, C, E. This gives the player the ability to play major, minor, 6, m7, diminished, and dominant 7 chords with a straight bar (no slants). It's also a conveniently short URL.
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