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I know this is a tired topic, but I was just curious if anyone else here used "open" tunings rather than standard ones. I recently started using Open C Major and it's :tup:

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i recently wrote a song about wagner vajagner in open d.
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That's what a lot of the old Blues players used, right?
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The Doctor wrote:That's what a lot of the old Blues players used, right?
i don't know but it would make sense. it's very convenient for bluesy stuff.

i also like fucking about with DADGBD. if you listen to 'song for george' by eric johnson, it's a good example of the fingerpicking stuff i try to emulate.
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I've been expirementing with the tuning DADADD
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JesseJames wrote:I've been expirementing with the tuning FAGFAG
I've been playing in GAGAGA lately :tup:
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croninburg wrote:
JesseJames wrote:I've been expirementing with the tuning FAGFAG
I've been playing in ZZZZZZ lately :tup:
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AEADFBE or BEADFBE

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i use standard tuning and that's it. fuck you guys
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hektik wrote:i use standard tuning and that's it. fuck you guys
Not even down a half-step? What kind of metal guy are you?
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i want to get an 8 and string it up with a high-a string.
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C Standard.
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Acid Flashbakc wrote:i want to get an 8 and string it up with a high-a string.
You might have to get a multi-scale 8 for that...
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Grimlock wrote:C Standard.
I used D and D♭ for about 6 years. I'd highly recommend Open C Major to anyone who uses D or C though. :tup:
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Acid Flashbakc wrote:i want to get an 8 and string it up with a high-a string.
You'd probably be cutting your fingers open playing a string gauge needed to accommodate it!
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7 strings tuned to b flat standard
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Pfl?yd wrote:
hektik wrote:i use standard tuning and that's it. fuck you guys
Not even down a half-step? What kind of metal guy are you?
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Pfl?yd wrote:
Acid Flashbakc wrote:i want to get an 8 and string it up with a high-a string.
You'd probably be cutting your fingers open playing a string gauge needed to accommodate it!
haha yea i've thought about it, but with the right gauge strings and the right neck i'm sure it'll work.
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hektik wrote:
Pfl?yd wrote:
hektik wrote:i use standard tuning and that's it. fuck you guys
Not even down a half-step? What kind of metal guy are you?
mad old school son
Open C Maj is older than the hills, cuzn.
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i just put a little nick in my school guitar. i don't want to say it, but inside i'm fucking furious.
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Acid Flashbakc wrote:i just put a little nick in my school guitar. i don't want to say it, but inside i'm fucking furious.
Only 100 more before it actually starts to look cool! You'll be able to sell it to PABass for 1000% profit.
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croninburg wrote:
Acid Flashbakc wrote:i just put a little nick in my school guitar. i don't want to say it, but inside i'm fucking furious.
Only 100 more before it actually starts to look cool! You'll be able to sell it to PABass for 1000% profit.
:lol: Dats a good one! :tup:
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croninburg wrote:
Acid Flashbakc wrote:i just put a little nick in my school guitar. i don't want to say it, but inside i'm fucking furious.
Only 100 more before it actually starts to look cool! You'll be able to sell it to PABass for 1000% profit.
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What is it? My pride and joy is just a sunburst tele so I don't really mind when it gets dinked.
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It's an Orpheus Valley Sophia nylon. it was only 850$ and they are factory made, but I got the owner to get one made for me in Bulgaria while the company halted production :(
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You will heal, in time :aargh:
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croninburg wrote:You will heal, in time :aargh:
But it won't.
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Acid Flashbakc wrote:i just put a little nick in my school guitar. i don't want to say it, but inside i'm fucking furious.
Ah dude, I have scratches and small dents in my custom guitar, fuck it, there's nothing you can do to take it back
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Drop D or C.. One finger power chords :tup:
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Everyone plays in Drop D nowadays :tdown:
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i don't know what you call it, but the only goofy tuning I ever fucked with besides drop d, open d, etc was to learn Burden In My Hand.
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Jebodiah wrote:Everyone plays in Drop D nowadays :tdown:
I don't know why people get all pissy about tunings. Alternate tunings have existed as long as guitars themselves. Mid 90s Alternative Rock and Late 90s/early 2000s "Nu Metal" didn't INVENT every tuning that isn't EADGBE. :lol:

People have been playing in Dropped D and Open D since the early 1900s. Open C has been used for quite a long time too...
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Post by Gnarkiller »

I only use e standard and d standard currently. after playing for many years ive cum to realize its best for me to pick a tuning for each guitar i have and stick with it. Otherwise i won't set it up properly and next thing you know for some reason i stop picking up my guitar cause i'm too lazy to fuss with it
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Open C is the best.

I play in drop A from time to time because I'm too poor to get a 7 string. :tdown: :tup:
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croninburg wrote:EBOBAT

i play in that tuning when i'm not playing in standard C :tup:
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Post by UNGODLIKE »

open chord tunings are fun to fuck around with if you're lazy about suspended chord changes :tup:
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UNGODLIKE wrote:open chord tunings are fun to fuck around with if you're lazy about suspended chord changes :tup:

And really the best part isn't even the easy chord to play, but all the weird and cool chords you come up with just fucking around with traditional chord fingerings. :tup:
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