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by The Doctor » Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:16 pm
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
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by DBS » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:28 pm
i recently wrote a song about wagner vajagner in open d.
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by The Doctor » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:32 pm
That's what a lot of the old Blues players used, right?
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by DBS » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:40 pm
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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by JesseJames » Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:50 pm
I've been expirementing with the tuning DADADD
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by croninburg » Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:52 pm
JesseJames wrote: I've been expirementing with the tuning FAGFAG
I've been playing in GAGAGA lately
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by JesseJames » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:28 pm
croninburg wrote: JesseJames wrote: I've been expirementing with the tuning FAGFAG
I've been playing in ZZZZZZ lately
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by Maelstrom » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:58 pm
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by Pfl?yd » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:37 pm
AEADFBE or BEADFBE
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by hektik » Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:25 pm
i use standard tuning and that's it. fuck you guys
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by Pfl?yd » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:18 pm
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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by Acid Flashbakc » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:40 pm
i want to get an 8 and string it up with a high-a string.
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by Grimlock » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:10 pm
C Standard.
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by The Doctor » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:35 pm
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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by The Doctor » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:41 pm
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.
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by Pfl?yd » Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:52 pm
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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by slay » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:37 pm
7 strings tuned to b flat standard
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by hektik » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:20 am
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
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by Acid Flashbakc » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:00 am
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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by The Doctor » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:12 pm
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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by Acid Flashbakc » Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:37 am
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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by croninburg » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:56 pm
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.
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by PABassPlayer » Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:57 pm
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.
Dats a good one!
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by Acid Flashbakc » Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:25 pm
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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by croninburg » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:08 pm
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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by Acid Flashbakc » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:35 pm
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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by croninburg » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:43 pm
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by PABassPlayer » Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:58 am
croninburg wrote: You will heal, in time
But it won't.
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by JesseJames » Fri Nov 06, 2009 11:42 am
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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by 5axisOfEvil » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:26 am
Drop D or C.. One finger power chords
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by Jebodiah » Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:46 am
Everyone plays in Drop D nowadays
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by stoic » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:06 am
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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by The Doctor » Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:59 pm
Jebodiah wrote: Everyone plays in Drop D nowadays
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.
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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by walking_ash » Sun Nov 22, 2009 8:14 am
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by Gnarkiller » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:24 pm
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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by J of the Lords » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:00 pm
Open C is the best.
I play in drop A from time to time because I'm too poor to get a 7 string.
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by Boshtwik » Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:32 pm
croninburg wrote: EBOBAT
i play in that tuning when i'm not playing in standard C
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by UNGODLIKE » Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:26 am
open chord tunings are fun to fuck around with if you're lazy about suspended chord changes
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by Pfl?yd » Mon Nov 23, 2009 10:12 am
UNGODLIKE wrote: open chord tunings are fun to fuck around with if you're lazy about suspended chord changes
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.
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