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Location: Carle Place, NY | For those who may be interested in the various differences that gauge and pitch have on string tension:
http://www.alanhorvath.com/stringauges.php |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Great site. Thanks! |
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Location: Orlando, Florida | I love his tips on stringing a guitar. Been using them ever since.
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| Does anyone know what an O bridge is designed to take? |
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| ...saw the mcdonald' string chart, what kind of tuning is the 'nashville high-strung guitar' tuning?...don't remember ever hearing of that one before?...
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| The only one I know of is the one Pat Metheny uses on his baritone sometimes. He replaces the wound D and G strings with plain strings and tunes them an octave higher (still to D and G) so that the highest notes are in the middle. I thought I read somewhere that the original Nashville tuning used a standard guitar but used banjo strings or something to achieve the same effect. I'm probably totally wrong. |
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| ..well, anyway, no big deal, i was just curious because i have considered mixing string guages to equalize the resistance of the strings for flatpicking, such as extralight bottoms and medium tops...otherwise the bottoms tend to buck the pick and get a little boomy sounding...
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Location: Scotland | Strange that someone from Tennessee is unaware of Nashville tuning. Nashville tuning or "high-string" guitar is basically regular tuning but with strings 3 to 6 gauged to be tuned an octave higher than normal, kinda like a 12-string with the thick strings missing. Called Nashville tuning because it was developed in Nashville recording studios and still remains a standard technique for recording killer acoustic rhythm parts. Sounds pretty weak in islolation but when double-tracked with a regular guitar sounds massive, doesn't clutter-up the mix and doesn't sound mushy like a 12-string can. |
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| (..just got back to this topic) Well, Paul, I guess I'm just 'strange' then, I've heard of the various alternate tunings, but not the 'nashville'...I know this guy at church who tunes his Strat for power chords, but it really limits his arrangements...
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Like Paul says....sounds great when put as part of the mix....a little thin on its own.
Best way to give it a try is next time you change out the strings on your 12 string, just leave out the regular set of six and just put on the high strings. Tune like you would if all 12 were there. |
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Location: NJ | Case in point:
Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" :
The part where Gilmour sings
". . There is no pain, . . you are receiving . . . ."
The acoustic in the background is a CustomLegend strung "Nashville" . . |
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String gauge, pitch & tension chart