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Unread post by NoNotThat » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:39 pm

I've been playing/listening to Nick Drake like mad whoa crazy recently, and experimenting with some of the different tunings he uses. Is it bad that I like using alternate tunings a lot more than standard? Am I cheating? I just think they sound so pretty...
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Unread post by Pickles » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:46 pm

no, its not cheating. i wanna use alternate tunings, but i dont have enough guitars ;) ... im lazy heh. id really like to use DADGAD, gotta love it.
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Unread post by dmb_tatertot » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:47 pm

Haha i do the same thing. I enjoy playing my baritone a lot; not necessarily better, just a different sound. Variation is good !

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Unread post by Matty Boom » Tue Mar 16, 2004 4:54 pm

shane wrote:no, its not cheating. i wanna use alternate tunings, but i dont have enough guitars ;) ... im lazy heh. id really like to use DADGAD, gotta love it.
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Unread post by NoNotThat » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:10 pm

dadgad is seriously amazing.

i like BEBEBE

and CGCFCE
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Unread post by Pickles » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:15 pm

i like EABEBE
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Unread post by NoNotThat » Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:25 pm

wow yeah me too
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Re: Tunings

Unread post by fatjack » Tue Mar 16, 2004 6:53 pm

NoNotThat wrote:I've been playing/listening to Nick Drake like mad whoa crazy recently, and experimenting with some of the different tunings he uses. Is it bad that I like using alternate tunings a lot more than standard? Am I cheating? I just think they sound so pretty...
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Unread post by MWR » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:36 pm

Alternate tunings are the bomb. It's fun making up your own and knowing that people have no clue what your doing.
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Unread post by Pickles » Tue Mar 16, 2004 10:55 pm

i like handing my guitar to people without telling them its in alternate tunings, and then see the confusion on their faces when they sound like crap.
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Unread post by fatjack » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:47 pm

shane wrote:i like handing my guitar to people without telling them its in alternate tunings, and then see the confusion on their faces when they sound like crap.
heck yeah, especially since i've been keeping one of my guitars in an alternate tuning lately
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Unread post by juineaux » Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:07 am

yea, I went into a guitar store this last weekend and tuned a guitar to a variation of open C, the guy after me was so confused...
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