what's your guitar tuned to? - Page 5

Sonic Youth 37 · 03.14.2008, 10:17 PM

Black Tele: Standard
Blue Tele: Ostrich
Les Paul Copy: ACCGG#C

Cantankerous · 03.14.2008, 11:03 PM

the guitar that i play most often is currently in d flat ostrich tuning
i think the others are mostly in standard though.

Death & the Maiden · 03.15.2008, 05:01 AM

D ostrich tuning, then stretched all of the strings so they range from C to D.

king_buzzo · 03.15.2008, 06:46 AM

jazzmaster - standard
strat copy - GGDD and the other two strings are something else which i cant remember right now.

atsonicpark · 03.15.2008, 08:16 AM

Question: Anyone know a good tuning for acoustic guitar that will mostly be played with a slide? I guess that limits me to open tunings, that's fine, I'm just looking for a sound that's real rednecky.

Danny Himself · 03.15.2008, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Question: Anyone know a good tuning for acoustic guitar that will mostly be played with a slide? I guess that limits me to open tunings, that's fine, I'm just looking for a sound that's real rednecky.

Open C# tuning should suffice.

C# G# C# F G# C#

I have a guitar tuned to into that and it sounds mighty bluesy.

atsonicpark · 03.15.2008, 08:41 AM

Excellentttt.

Jeremy · 09.16.2011, 01:12 PM

So it's been three years. What new tunings has everybody come up with?

I've played around with:

EBDABE or EBDABD
GAEABE
GBDABB

You can get some really cool stuff in those ones.

~Jeremy~

Diesel · 12.17.2011, 04:02 AM

Any tuning that resembles a dirty old town in Yemen is fine with me: Dadabe

ann ashtray · 12.17.2011, 05:26 AM

My Strat is almost always in standard.
VERY seldom drop d
even less seldom random tunings I make up when I wanted to get weirdo noise in yr face trash.

I'm one of those that think standard is a pretty unique tuning these days. Non-standard is pretty standard these days, least round these parts when most are trying to avoid it.

Torn Curtain · 12.17.2011, 09:45 AM

Yeah open tunings are too often used out of songwriting laziness (as with a lot of them by simply placing your fingers randomly you can end up with some really nice sounding chords, but that's not necessarily enough to make great songs from start to finish).

fugazifan · 12.17.2011, 10:32 AM

i find that the randomly playing notes works best with standard tuning.

i usually play in standard or open G or C

choc e-Claire · 10.06.2019, 06:18 PM

I rarely pick up my guitar, but whenever I do it's in drop D (unless I decide to just fuck around with it briefly)

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 10.22.2019, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

I rarely pick up my guitar, but whenever I do it's in drop D (unless I decide to just fuck around with it briefly)

This. Playing with a Floyd style bridge is a pain in the ass to tune so I hardly even change the strings.
The acoustic is in some weird open D hybrid; DADGAC I think.

03.14.2008, 10:17 PM	#81
Sonic Youth 37 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: if there is a bright spot in the universe, the farthest point from it Posts: 9,443	Black Tele: Standard Blue Tele: Ostrich Les Paul Copy: ACCGG#C __________________ "One: Where's the fife? and Two: Gimme the fife."
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Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	the guitar that i play most often is currently in d flat ostrich tuning i think the others are mostly in standard though. __________________ RETIRED
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03.15.2008, 05:01 AM	#83
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	D ostrich tuning, then stretched all of the strings so they range from C to D. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
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03.15.2008, 06:46 AM	#84
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	jazzmaster - standard strat copy - GGDD and the other two strings are something else which i cant remember right now.
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03.15.2008, 08:16 AM	#85
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Question: Anyone know a good tuning for acoustic guitar that will mostly be played with a slide? I guess that limits me to open tunings, that's fine, I'm just looking for a sound that's real rednecky. __________________
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03.15.2008, 08:41 AM	#87
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Excellentttt. __________________
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09.16.2011, 01:12 PM	#88
Jeremy 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Batcave Posts: 833	So it's been three years. What new tunings has everybody come up with? I've played around with: EBDABE or EBDABD GAEABE GBDABB You can get some really cool stuff in those ones. ~Jeremy~ __________________
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12.17.2011, 04:02 AM	#89
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 594	Any tuning that resembles a dirty old town in Yemen is fine with me: Dadabe
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12.17.2011, 05:26 AM	#90
ann ashtray expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Macon, GA Posts: 2,299	My Strat is almost always in standard. VERY seldom drop d even less seldom random tunings I make up when I wanted to get weirdo noise in yr face trash. I'm one of those that think standard is a pretty unique tuning these days. Non-standard is pretty standard these days, least round these parts when most are trying to avoid it. __________________ Team Thurston!
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12.17.2011, 09:45 AM	#91
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Yeah open tunings are too often used out of songwriting laziness (as with a lot of them by simply placing your fingers randomly you can end up with some really nice sounding chords, but that's not necessarily enough to make great songs from start to finish). __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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12.17.2011, 10:32 AM	#92
fugazifan invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,816	i find that the randomly playing notes works best with standard tuning. i usually play in standard or open G or C __________________ If there's been a way to build it, There'll be a way to destroy it, Things are not that out of control www.myspace.com/dellilahtheband www.myspace.com/lecirquedesvampiresmusic
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10.06.2019, 06:18 PM	#93
choc e-Claire expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 2,460	I rarely pick up my guitar, but whenever I do it's in drop D (unless I decide to just fuck around with it briefly) __________________ Making myself up as I go along. Check out my music-themed blog, 79:57.
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