new (to me) tuning

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    • #5240
      Daniel
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        OPEN G!  Holy plectrums Batman!

        I was today years old when first tried open G.  I think my life might just have changed.

        I may have to try my entire repertoire in open G.

        :0)

        Daniel

      • #5241
        indexless
        Keymaster

          Welcome to the G club Daniel….it worked for Muddy

        • #5247
          Chrisakadigdog
          Participant

            It is so much fun. Aka taro patch .  Happy for you

             

          • #5248
            Old 97
            Participant

              Talk to Fran. He’ll give you the directions.

            • #5253
              Matt Hayden
              Participant

                Yep.  Learned it a long time ago.  Stuff works easily in it.

                Try Fahey’s Sunflower tuning, too – CGCGCE

                It’s remarkable how much works in it.

                 

              • #5271
                tadol
                Senior Moderator

                  Do you need to swap out that low E? Tuning that far down with my current strings would be pretty rattly –

                • #5290
                  Daniel
                  Participant

                    On a 24.5″ scale, C is about as low as you van get without resorting to Mike Hedges types of string gauges. 🙂

                    Fun tidbit of info about open G: “Ohhhhhh.  THAT’s why Macawber* only has 5 strings.”  The low D gets in the way as often as not.

                    Though I’m having a lot of fun with “Wayfaring Stranger” playing the Dm like this: 020233.  Fattest fretted Dm chord I’ve ever heard.

                     

                    *for those who don’t follow this stuff: Macawber is one of Keith Richards’ Telecasters.

                    🙂

                    Daniel

                  • #5315
                    Matt Hayden
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                      Micawber is named after a particular character in David Copperfield, FWIW.   He’s an honorable man in a dishonorable world.

                      And yeah, I have taken the low string off too; it’s weird that it gets in the way, but it does.

                      FWIW this thread had me playing Brown Sugar in Open G through my micawbered tele and DR until Beth told me I had to knock it off 🙂

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