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03-14-2006, 07:21 PM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery   Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,477
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: Sombras Que Corta Thanked: 170
   | Open G is fun!:) Inspired by an old Rich Robinson lesson from Guitar World, I tuned my Les Paul to open G tonight and spent about an hour cranking out some funky Stones-type riffs. So much fun! It's cool to take a break from my constant diet of progginess occasionally! Just thought I'd share...  'If one octave isn't interesting then who the hell cares about the others?!' Diamanda Galas http://farsideguitars.blogspot.com/ |
 
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03-14-2006, 07:39 PM
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| Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,179
Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 140
|  Dude, thanks for sharing, and I'm with you, but I sorta see this one dying an untimely death around here. "...and everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon." |
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03-14-2006, 07:48 PM
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| I'm fuckin' purty! • Super Moderator •  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: W. Seattle, WA Posts: 10,180
Real Name: Shannon Main Seven: Ibanez RG7621 Main ERG: Ibanez RG2228 Rig: Digitech GSP1101 Thanked: 85
| Open tunings are a blast. They get lots of workout on my acoustic. |
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03-14-2006, 08:04 PM
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| Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,179
Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 140
| DADGAD is a personal favorite of mine (and works wonderfully with a low A, too. Probably a low G, as well, now that I think of it...) |
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03-15-2006, 02:50 AM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,477
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: Sombras Que Corta Thanked: 170
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Try DADEAD, DADGAE (rocks for slide) or CGDGAD as variations. I wish I had my baritone with me, as I'd like to try DADGAD taken down to B flat or A flat right now... Have you ever heard an English guitarist called Nick Harper (son of Roy, as in 'Hats Off to Roy Harper')? Absolutely terrifying...plays steel string acoustic, but puts absurdly heavy strings on his guitar, and drops all the normal open tunings down into the baritone range. He does a lot of the Adrian Legg style tuning peg bends and tuning changes mid-song, but sounds a lot more aggressive than Legg. Don't know why I thought of him just now...haven't heard from him in ages... | |
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03-15-2006, 10:31 AM
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| Fear the Polo! • Super Moderator • Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 29,179
Real Name: Call me Ahab... Main Seven: 1991 Ibanez UV7PWH Main ERG: Sherman 5-string bass Rig: Mesa Recto-verb 50 Thanked: 140
| Never heard of the guy, Romeo, but he sounds like my type of player. I'll keep my ears open. DADGAD also KILLS for big, suspended-sounding Tool-like riffs. Gorgeous tuning, I'd be seriously tempted to start a groove-oriented prog band and write in that tuning and just not solo, if I could find the musicians, lol. |
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03-15-2006, 11:15 AM
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| This is my alt   Join Date: May 2005 Location: Leesville, LA Posts: 2,434
Real Name: urk Main Seven: 28.625" S7420 Main ERG: 30 fret 5ths tuned 7 Rig: Mesa Mark IV Thanked: 4 / 1
| Amen to DADGAD. My acoustic almost always stays in it. It's huge sounding, and makes for great Hawaiian slack key music as well. Drew if I were in the States we'd hook it up! "Dude, you need to find the right fucking meds to be on, because you are the most unstable person I know." |
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03-15-2006, 11:31 AM
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| Cubicle Dweller  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 785
Real Name: Alex Lifeson :P Main Seven: RG7620BK Rig: JSX w/2120 Artist Thanked: 6 / 1
| That's amuzing I have an acoustic tuned to Open G right now. When playin' some Dan Fogelburg he uses that tuning on "longer"... it's pretty fun, not really metal, but fun! *Image removed in fear of Chris's 133t Krom skills! www.briancrowell.com | "Carribean Blue" on SNOCAP! Myspace Page | YouTube Page |
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03-15-2006, 02:56 PM
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| Sumerian 7string Sorcery Join Date: May 2005 Location: The Eleven-day Empire Posts: 9,477
Real Name: I have many... Main Seven: C7 Hellraiser/LTD M207 Main ERG: Aria bass tuned in fifths Rig: Sombras Que Corta Thanked: 170
| The Devin Townsend-approved Open C is another great one on the acoustic, and is a little less common than D, G and DADGAD, so it's easier to break out of cliches with. Open minor tunings are ridiculously underrated as well...I occasionally play in Open G Minor, but for some reason all the music that comes out of me in the tuning is so depressing, I don't really make a habit of it. Wierd, I know... |
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