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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on December 16, 2016 at 4:11am

One reason may be that many CBN members start off building basic fretless stick in a box CBG's, and find learning to play the power chord tuning of GBg and it's variants easier to learn standard 12 bar blues riffs.

For others who build or play fretted versions, tuning will likely evolve to string/tuning choices that enable fingered chord patterns in 3-6 string styles.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on December 16, 2016 at 8:04pm

Or DGB using the middle strings from a 6-string set...

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Permalink Reply by JL on December 19, 2016 at 2:31am

A quick peek at some of Glen's One finger Lessons should answer that question, Open G5 tuning makes it easy to get started, and a lot of "next level" was built on that.

Any tuning is possible, Shane did a video of Eeg tuning (1 8 10-flat) that was cool.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on December 20, 2016 at 9:37am

1-5-1 tuning is easier to play on a 3 string and works great for slide. I like my 4 string better 1/G-5/D-1/G-3/B so that I can add the 3rd or other if wanted.

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