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Location: Ohio | Has anyone tried Nashville tuning an an O? What kind of results, and which body were you using? For those of you that haven't heard of Nashville tuning, is is using the HIGH sent of strings from as 2 string set on a 6 string guitar. Gives kind of a sparkling sound. Gordon Lightfoot uses this on quite a few recordings. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I use it frequently on my '97 Collectors. It's a pretty sounding guitar with light strings, but not very versatile; however, it turns to magic with high-octave strings. I play 2nd guitar in the band, and I try to find a song where I can fit it in. You capo on the 3rd or 5th fret and it turns heads!
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | When Joisey Goil #2 and I changed out the strings on the Pacemaker I took half of them off so that it would be temporarily in Nashville, just so I could try it.
It's a really different kind of sound, and I was glad to have the chance to try it; but since I wasn't sure when I'd use it, I just restrung her with 12.
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I found 6 strings not enough to drive the Pacemaker top.
Nashville not bad on the AA-31 but not everything works on it. You'd need one 6-string in normal tuning, one in Nashville, one in DADGAD, one 12-string... |
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| What in the world is "Nashville" tuning?
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Location: SoCal | A guitar that's been tuned in Nashville...... |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Its stringing your guitar with the treble strings of a 12 string set. Then the strings E A D G will all be an octave higher than usual, giving the guitar a very different sound.
I'm working now, cannot access Youtube from here, but someone will probably post a good example soon. |
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Location: Ohio | Sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqRL5lb60Pk&feature=related |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Sounds like a hammer dulcimer. |
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Location: Flahdaw | I keep a guitar strung Nashville. It's great for open sounding chords (Cmaj7, Am7, etc) and/or as a second guitar part. Fingerpicking gets kinda weird though, particularly on well-known songs. |
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Location: Tennessee | I have an 1117 with VT bracing strung Nashville. Also an Applause that is half size with a ssb. I've used it on a few recordings. It's not so good for solo guitar unless you're playing some sort of novelty song. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | To me, it's a strummy mando substitute. You lose the bottom end and raise the center of gravity. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | About 6 months back I removed the heavy strings from my 1866 Legend 12 leaving the 6 octave ones and I took it to my Friday night gig.
The rhythm guitar player in the band used it that night and it sounded great! A lot of the country songs of the '60's and early '70's recorded in Nashville (which I what I mostly sing ;) ) used a guitar strung that way hence the name.......
The rhythm player now plays a standard strung 6 string dreadnought with only the G string replaced with the high octave string....Doesn't sound quiet as bright and jangly as the "full on" Nashville tuned one but it still adds a nice flavor combined with a standard rhythm guitar in the mix.
I still haven't put my 1866 back as a 12 string yet 'cause I like to play around with the Nashville tuning....but like dark bar mentioned, it does get kinda funky soundin' when you fingerpick it!
I like it! |
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Location: Munich, Germany | Had my 1581 tuned that way.
Turned some fingerpicked songs into something totally different. BUT: As I nearly all the time play alone, it's not of much use. For duetts it's perfect!
Best regards,
Kurt |
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