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Open tuning as opposed to cross note tuning

There's a few open tunings I've used such as open d open e open g etc.
I was trying a tuning by randomly tuning one day and there was a different sound. I read that the tuning was what's called-cross note tuning. Is there a difference between open tuning and cross not tuning. So this is the tuning I'm talking about
E A E A C E from low string to high string. It at first started as a open G Keith Richards like tuning but then there was the mysterious difference of one string...so I got out the tuner and this is what I found...the strings as described above and skip James used it...a minor open tuning ???

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Permalink Reply by King Rubbish on May 2, 2016 at 10:17am

(Not sure if this comment should have gone in the 'where to place diodes?' discussion..?)

bb is definitely my new favorite note now - I'm gonna play it everywhere I can...

KR : )

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 10:23am

I was a bit confused too. Maybe wayfinder has had too many beers today. Hahaha

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on May 2, 2016 at 10:17am

I bought a Black Ice chip from Stewmac that replaces the tone cap connected to the tone pot and it gives a distorted sound to your guitar. They are basically diodes encased in a plastic cube.

I put mine with a 250k volume pot in a shaver tin to use as a effect pedal with a bypass switch. It gives a signal/volume boost with a slight distortion/overdrive sound.

There's a DIY instruct-able online that uses Shotsky Diodes to accomplish the same effect. Don't know if it's similar to what you were doing or not, but the result sounds familiar.

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Permalink Reply by King Rubbish on May 2, 2016 at 10:22am

LOL - Wayfinder..! : )

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