Raised-B.......I GOT IT!!!

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Raised-B.......I GOT IT!!!

Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:16 pm

Yeayah!
After weeks of struggling with buzzing strings and guages and all that crap, I finally got one of my guitars into raised B. In exultation, I played YNK for 15 minutes, belting out the lyrics for all those who cared.
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Unread post by ticohans » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:17 pm

you tuned the strings all the way up to raised b???
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:21 pm

No, I was finally able to re-arrainge the strings correctly, in the 543212 pattern, without them buzzing profusely.
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Unread post by The Man of The Hour » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:24 pm

Very nice! If you plan to keep it in raised B tuning... you should let us all know how that affects the neck...or maybe just me. Would the overall tension of that string combination differ from a standard set?
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Unread post by Davy28 » Sun Sep 14, 2003 12:27 pm

The only problem is the high B string, with it lower then the F# and D strings it sounds a little weird, but not enough to detract from the music.
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Unread post by the floodzone » Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:24 am

How do you get into raised B tuning? Also whats so "bad" about it, on the guitar that is? I just got another guitar so I'm going to try and keep my old one in raised B tuning.

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Unread post by Davy28 » Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:50 am

Its only bad on the guitar if you try to tune a standard string arrainged guitar (654321) up to raised B. The strings will break and/or the neck will be damaged. You have to rearrainge the strings to 543212.
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Unread post by the floodzone » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:25 am

Davy28 wrote:Its only bad on the guitar if you try to tune a standard string arrainged guitar (654321) up to raised B. The strings will break and/or the neck will be damaged. You have to rearrainge the strings to 543212.
I'm a bit confused about what you mean by rearranging the strings.

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Unread post by grock » Mon Sep 15, 2003 3:57 am

use the fifth string in place of the sixth. use the fourth string in place of the 5th. etc... then for the high E you just use an extra B string in place of that. so the order on a normal guitar is 654321 but on raised B you would use 543212. get it?
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Unread post by the floodzone » Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:17 am

grock wrote:use the fifth string in place of the sixth. use the fourth string in place of the 5th. etc... then for the high E you just use an extra B string in place of that. so the order on a normal guitar is 654321 but on raised B you would use 543212. get it?
I think so. So I just buy and extra B string, don't use my low E string and I'd be set. Right? Also, whats the tuning then, since I think I get how the strings go?

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Unread post by gcom007 » Mon Sep 15, 2003 4:59 am

raised B tuning is absurd...that's just a ridiculous concept...leave it to Dave to further use his stance as a well known guitarist to influence guitarists to do stupid things...
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Unread post by fatjack » Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:32 am

gcom007 wrote:raised B tuning is absurd...that's just a ridiculous concept...leave it to Dave to further use his stance as a well known guitarist to influence guitarists to do stupid things...
excellent call

come people just find some brains and learn to play it in standard...
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Unread post by Appfro » Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:45 am

fatjack wrote:
gcom007 wrote:raised B tuning is absurd...that's just a ridiculous concept...leave it to Dave to further use his stance as a well known guitarist to influence guitarists to do stupid things...
excellent call

come people just find some brains and learn to play it in standard...
agreed. ynk sounds just as good w/ a capo at 2, and sol isn't that hard in standard.
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Unread post by isaac » Mon Sep 15, 2003 5:46 am

nope. SOL is pretty fun to play in standard, too. but uh, i've never tried it in raised B, so what the hell do i know? ;)
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Unread post by Davy28 » Mon Sep 15, 2003 1:17 pm

In YNK, strumming the open strings with the intro/verse gives it fuller sound in raised B.
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