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I was tempted to try this, being a huge King Crimson fan, but to be honest, I don't think it has any real advantages over standard tuning; it's just makes some things easier and some things harder. Fripp himself's said as much in interviews before. Apparently the purpose of adopting the new tuning at the Guitar Craft courses is to force everyone to start from scratch and throw out all their old licks and patterns.
Regarding the High G, I'm guessing it's that as it's impossible to get a high A with normal strings, and the High G would make chord voicings more manageable.
When I get home, I may set up my Les Paul in this tuning and finally give it a proper go...
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