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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 10, 2015 at 6:52am

Front of Janet

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Permalink Reply by Scott aka Farmer Ted on March 10, 2015 at 11:45am

I've made and set up 4 stringers with the same strings. But I tune them ADF#B, wnich is D6 or an alternate uke tuning. 

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 10, 2015 at 1:13pm

Cool that's one I will try when the singer is late. Lol

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 10, 2015 at 4:14pm

I use that one, too, along with GDGB, and BbF#BbD.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 10, 2015 at 4:38pm

That last one is filled with B. Lol no all joking aside really what the last one called?

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 11, 2015 at 7:42am

I mistyped the F#, should be F...would it make more sense if I told you the lower case B's are flats? So Bb = B flat...or you can write it as sharps: A# - F - A# - D

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 11, 2015 at 11:07am

I was pulling your chain Ron on the too many B comment sorry if you took that to heart. The F makes more sense. From a tonal point that should be higher than what I use now and I am pushing my singer to his braking point. Insert evil laugh here.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 13, 2015 at 5:03pm

No, I knew dat. I just like to B clear.

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 10, 2015 at 3:25pm

So looks like I am the only one doing this tuning. I am a freak

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Permalink Reply by TN Twang on March 11, 2015 at 4:47am

If memory serves, A-E-a-c# is one of the tunings Justin Johnson uses on his tutorial on (4-string) slide guitar. Likewise--as best I can recall--Keni Lee Burgess uses G'-D-G-b--which is the same thing, only a whole step lower. I'd say you're in pretty impressive company. (Justin implies that he learned the tuning by listening to some guy called Muddy Waters?)

If you're playing a hand-made CBG with no truss rod, I might lean towards Keni's slightly lower G tuning instead of open A just to reduce the tension on the neck. On the other hand, the A tuning probably gives you a tone with more "bite."

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Permalink Reply by Shawn on March 11, 2015 at 11:18am

I run it on a maple neck with a Purple Heart wood fingerboard attached to a solid body so I do not think the tensions to much ( been working with no tuning issues since December). I hardly have to tune Janet at all ( that's my main ax) maybe up or down a 1/4 turn she seams more stable than my Gibson witch is always flat even in standard tuning. Lol Yah on a CBG it may be to much as you said. The tone is great ice and pretty on cleans and metal on distortion. I found the open G to be a bit weak for solos it's better for rhythm parts though. My singer has a hard time cutting over me lol.

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Permalink Reply by Ricky D on March 17, 2015 at 12:16am

I think the open A tuning Justin Johnson says he likes is AC#Ea which would be a 1351. I have one of mine tuned as such and am trying....

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