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| Originally posted by Beal:
don't go to E I had a feeling that wouldn't work. Thanks, I'll stick to B. I will probably go with some slightly heavier strings though and see how that sounds. Maybe the 58 or 62's. |
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| Yeah, I have an Adamas 1 version of these guitars and I think mine might be strong enough to handle it for periods of time....and I have taken it to E to see, but it makes me nervous as this was a $3,800 guitar...and besides it defeats the purpose. Since I know your curious I will help you out and perhaps save you the need to try it....
Only way to do it is with a set of 13's and then you don't get the same scale note changes as the lower frets are designed to be spaced for "D" tunings. I run 14's on mine at "D" all the time now and it sounds great, again there is a difference in the sound of these guitars as yours and mine are actually very different but you'll get what you want in "D" you can tune to "C" nicly too but I do not do a lot of work that low and at "D" you can always use a capo on the second fret and you have a standard guitar tuned to "E" and the strings are softer to play as the tension is less. Makes sense right...
Experimenting in the lower tunings like "C" & "B" and I even had mine down to an "A" with the 16's is really cool but after a while it no longer sounds good to me when it gets that low. So I have been staying with the 14's. This thing shakes and sustains twice as long as a normal guitar in "D" and there are actually a lot of songs written in this tuning.
Dave Mathews has some in "C", Gimmy Page has a bunch of early work that used to stump me because he had alternate tunings and these guitars do them so well, Neil Young had several songs, lots of odd tunings with CSN and when your with other guitars this thing adds such a different acoustic sound by using different chord arrangements because you have more flexibility in tuning you'll learn and love to leave it in "D" or "C" and leave it alone.
I would Agree with Beal here....believe me of any of us; he'd know..... ..and say,.,,; """NEVER""" EVER tune those strings all the way to an E on your elite wood top, I am pretty sure at that lenght between the nut and the bridge that guitar is not made to withstand that kind of tension and you'll have to reset the neck rod and eventually if not right away you'll begin to pull the bridge over and bow the top.
Enjoy this guitar far what it is. Use a capo if your in need of a second guitar for normal tunings. If you want a normally tuned guitar buy a normal guitar right.
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Well, I'm convinced. This will be the next guitar purchase for me. (Not YET, but I'm hoping soon.) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | If you're using 12-52 you can do E, but why??
13-56 0r the 14-59 set I'd say D or C although the 14 will do B without too much flap. The nice thing is that to do open tunings the 5,4, and 3rd strings actually go up in pitch. |
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| Thanks so much guys, this is so helpful! Remember, I'm a bass player and I'm trying to learn more about guitar playing, but wanted to do something different than just picking up my 6 string and strumming away.
I hadn't really considered open tuning either, but now I've got something else to play with tonight. |
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