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Permalink Reply by Taffy Evans on April 23, 2020 at 12:22pm

Hi, I cant get my head around your explanation, however, if both sets are suggested for G tuning, then I would imagine the only difference would be in the thickness of the gauges. Strings that are tuned lower would normally have a heavier gauge.

I'd say your last line is on the money.

Taff

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 23, 2020 at 3:17pm

Yes, the high string in GDG tuning is always a higher octave. not to confuse you more, but here’s some GDG tuning info with gauges & sound samples, if you haven’t read it already? Don’t forget about the  cigarboxguitar.com archives, there’s plenty of information for Beginners as well as novice players? https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/open-g-gdg-tuning-on-...

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Permalink Reply by Dave Roy on April 24, 2020 at 12:10am

Thanks, guys.  I probably should have waited for the GDG strings before I asked the question!  I originally bought some GBD strings and promptly popped the light one trying to do a GDG tuning!

Afterward, I did use that great article to settle on what strings I wanted, but that's actually where I got confused...

That is, how is the octave difference between a Low G and Middle G, the same as the octave difference between a Low G and a High G?

Of course, it may all come together for my dense brain once I actually string it up!

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Permalink Reply by Timothy Hunter on April 24, 2020 at 4:44am

all low G strings are tuned to the same pitch. the difference is in the thickness of the string and the tension on the string. there is also a tone difference but not a pitch difference. same for the high G string.   the pitch of the high G string should be the same as the low G string when it is fretted at the 12th fret.

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