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I love fifths tuning and NST. I've done CGDA tuning on my fretless bass a lot, and it works brilliantly, and I've done NST and CGDAEF# on my acoustic before. Fifths-based tunings are awesome for acoustic instruments, as they resonate a hell of a lot better than fourths do. I've also done the 'crafty fifths' thing of all-fifths with a minor third and a major second on top; on my five-string bass it was BbFCGBb, which was awesome for tapping, and on the acoustic, BbFCGBbC.
If I was to use a seven-string version I'd probably do CGDAEGA, or the same thing a tone down.
I love/d fifths and NST, as it's surprisingly intuitive, but makes it actually extremely hard to play any of the guitar-y cliches like blues licks and so forth. Pentatonic scales line up very nicely with 3-note-per-string fingerings, and open-voiced triads are also very easy to grab. On bass, it's awesome for two handed grooves, a la Trey Gunn (who uses the C-A tuning on the melody side of his Warr guitar). Oh, and as AYB said, it rules for faux-Indian playing, especially with fretless.
Now that I think about it, I wouldn't mind setting up a guitar for this tuning again... Maybe next time I re-string my fretless guitar...
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