All those E strings

Hi everyone,

I've been making  four string cbgs for about a year and a half, now I've been thinking about what to do with all those e strings I have collected? Sure a Diddley Bow but I was thinking about a four string with one low e and three high e's and using some sort of a drone like tuning. Maybe a middle eastern feel. Any tuning recommendations? Share your other ideas about using up those pesky extra strings in the package.

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Permalink Reply by Cause the Blue rat on September 29, 2016 at 10:36am

I got a few of those sets as well. Was thinking of low and high E two stringer. 

Permalink Reply by Jim_N on September 30, 2016 at 4:39am

You bet!

Permalink Reply by John Sawyer on September 29, 2016 at 10:57am
Canjo... Fun and easy...
Permalink Reply by JL on September 30, 2016 at 4:09am

I did a 2 stringer with the high B and E drop-tuned to GD (1-5 tuning) and it had a very pleasant dulcimer/mandolin kind of sound.

Shane did a video for a 1-8-10 tuning to mimic a Seasick Steve setup

standard scale length: low E, high e, high e uptuned to g. E-e-g may pleasantly surprise you?

Permalink Reply by Huntz Meyer on September 30, 2016 at 3:03pm

Avoid the problem in the first place - don't buy what you don't use.  We buy bulk just the gauges we use.

http://www.juststrings.com/phosphorbronzeguitarbulkstrings.html

Thanks,

HuntzNSam

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