[Ken]

Anyone else have enough trouble with standard tuning. :raiseshand:

All the same, I may try this on my hardtail RG.

[distressed_romeo]

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...

[maskofduality]

I've just placed it in on my sevenstring and arbitrarily turned the low B into a Low G. I have no idea as to how this will turn out but I will say one thing. The open tuning produces a very peculiar but ear pleasing open chord. I'm debating turning it back to normal tuning and waiting for a chance to come across this whole "Guitar Craft" thing or if I should explore it on my own, thus cutting out the probable expenses of taking guitar craft courses.

[All_¥our_Bass]

I do straight fifths on my sixer (no minor third at the top) with a low F.
(low-high FCGDAE)

This is perfect for me, because...

A.) I like to use large intervals
B.) I started on bass, so I got used to using those really low notes
C.) I like meshuggah
D.) I LOVE the extra range
E.) I'm wierd

It's great for chords, both playing and sound wise. I like the unusual chord inversions it gives access to. 7th and add9 chords are a breeze. For all you people who like to play all the eastern scales 'n' stuff, it makes parallel fifths harmony excessively easy.

All that good stuff being said, it hard/impossible to play 'normal' stuff on, for the most part. 4NPS scale patterns are a bit harder to finger in the lower registers and require extra stretching. Also finding a good set of strings at your local shop can be a pain in the ass (not to mention expensive), I had to buy all of mine as singles.

[distressed_romeo]

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...

[All_¥our_Bass]

The only problem is it's best to devote a guitar entirely to it if you really like it. Now I have to get another axe in a more 'normal' tuning.

[BrianCarroll]

Originally Posted by machinegunriffer82

i think gojira uses this tuning

Nope, just DGCFAD

[Trespass]

Harr, can't wait to setup an acoustic to this.

[Demeyes]

I tuned a few strings on my 7 to this yesterday. I left the higher ones alone because they'd probabl snap with the tension.
I like it. It does force you to come up with different ideas and patterns. I might get a few single strings and set up an electric with it to experiment with. With the right strings I'd say it could be very fun to play around in.

[elrrek]

I've been seriously considering this for my Ibanez MMM1 but I have no idea what string gauges to use. It's got a 28 inch scale length and I thought just sticking a set of Elixir Baritone strings (012 016 022 038 052 068) on might do the trick But I wonder if the 012 will be too heavy for a high E and the 068 too light for a low F.

Anyone got any opinions?