Alternate tunings
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Re: Alternate tunings
Guitar is now in F#F#F#F#BE
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Re: Alternate tunings
Smells like sonic youth in here.
E A D E B e
E A D E B e
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Re: Alternate tunings
Being on holidays and put a 5 way selector switch in my Stagg to split the SH8 bridge I tuned down to Eb standard this morning to attempt Scarified. In the end I think it will go the way of Open G and E and drop D and C at other times of my life - I can't be bothered.
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Re: Alternate tunings
I use GDGDGA# or GDGDGA#D for my main band depending if I'm using a 6 string or 7 string.
My other guitars are in A#FA#FA#C#, CGCGCD# and DADEAD.
My other guitars are in A#FA#FA#C#, CGCGCD# and DADEAD.
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Re: Alternate tunings
Use DGDGBE on the acoustic. It's good for pretty melodies.
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Re: Alternate tunings
I love that tuning. This is me using it on bassslowfingers wrote:Use DGDGBE on the acoustic. It's good for pretty melodies.
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Very nice Vince! Nobody sounds like you.
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Re: Alternate tunings
I've been messing with an alternate tuning of sorts on the Mockingbird, EADG E. I need to go to a guitar shop.
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Re: Alternate tunings
One of my favs. The A string drops to a G:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftqlx6-obss[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftqlx6-obss[/youtube]
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Thanks heaps. Anyway, I really like that tuning.slowfingers wrote:Very nice Vince! Nobody sounds like you.
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Re: Alternate tunings
Experimenting quite a bit at the moment, one guitar in E std, one in Drop C# and one in Drop A! Quite fun messing about with them all, love the low A tho'... almost as much as I love the D!
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I've gone back to trying to do stuff with my cut-off capo. Basically, I took a hacksaw to a Kyser so that it only covers the bottom three strings of a bass and you can get a nice ringing open string either over the top or along the bottom. I did this ages ago, after regular capos kept slipping, but I'm finally starting to use it in songs.
It's a really cool thing, have you guys done that?
It's a really cool thing, have you guys done that?
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Re: Alternate tunings
I keep the Danelectro in open D and often use a capo on the second fret for - if I'm not mistaken - open E. Much fun to be had.
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Nice, a lot of what I mess around with involves playing an open string along with other strings being fretted, it's a cool sound I reckon!Vince wrote:I've gone back to trying to do stuff with my cut-off capo. Basically, I took a hacksaw to a Kyser so that it only covers the bottom three strings of a bass and you can get a nice ringing open string either over the top or along the bottom. I did this ages ago, after regular capos kept slipping, but I'm finally starting to use it in songs.
It's a really cool thing, have you guys done that?
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