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| open E tuning on slide | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 01:26 pm |
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bacalao Approved
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i've been playing slide about a year, and i've tried open E tuning a few times with regular light strings on a seagull folk acoustic and a strat and the strings just snap after a short while so since then i've been scared to try playing open E pretty much only played open d or open g. anyone have suggestions as to what kind of strings i should use?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 02:33 pm |
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Will Approved 
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I don't play slide guitar or open tunings (yet), but I believe the general principle of retuning is to try to tune some of the strings down in pitch rather than up - that will minimize broken strings and a bowed guitar neck. It may be necessary to compensate for rattle in certain strings caused by insufficient tension by switching to a heavier gauge string.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 05:02 pm |
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Philj200 Approved 
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Will nailed the answer. Heavier strings will take the extra pressure of the EBEG#BE tuning. Light strings cannot. You can also tune down to DADF#AD, which is open-D tuning which gives you the same intervals. If you need to sing in E-major, tune to open-D and capo up two frets. This is the tuning many 12-string )myself incldued) use to reduce tension on the neck.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 05:12 pm |
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bacalao Approved
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thank you, i wasnt sure about that. maybe i'll just play open D without the nut extender with the capo two frets up to prevent damage to my guitar, since it's my only acoustic. but i prolly will try heavier gauge strings sometime
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| Posted: Thu Sep 4th, 2008 05:36 pm |
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Philj200 Approved
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Ah... playing slide and playing slide are not always the same thing. I got the impression (not sure why) you were playing blues-style slide. Not dobro-style with a nut extender on a regular guitar. You are changing the dynamics of the neck and putting pressure the neck was not designed to handle. But, that doesn't mean it can't handle the stress. You guitar probably has a metal truss rod buried in the neck. So it should handle the tension with no problem. Until I purchased my resonator guitar, I would use a nut-extender also. But I was always careful. Resonator guitars are built with plywood tops and extra thick necks for strength. The plywood face doesn't affect the tone, since the tone comes from the metal cone. They can take a lot of tension but even then, the tunings with raised strings are approached knowing that strings can break. The DGDGBD is one common open-G tuning. It is the one recommended for round neck resonator (and therefore any other) guitars played with a high-nut. Of course it can be played with a standard nut. The higher bass strings of the GDGDBD put more strain on the neck and is recommended for square neck resonator (true dobro style) instruments. These instruments have the tuning pegs facing up, rather than down. They are not meant to be cradled in your arms like a guitar. The are only played on your lap, or strung flat with a very long neck-strap. The all-electric lap-steel guitar of C&W fame is roughly equal to the place solid body electrics have in other genres of music. Hope this helps. Last edited on Thu Sep 4th, 2008 05:37 pm by Philj200 ____________________ My MP3 Section: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1143/ My Myspace area: http://myspace.com/philj200 |
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