I play slide in low G tuning, which is DGDGBD. Often I raise the low D to an E, which gives m7 chords with the root on the sixth string. You get your 1, 4, 5 chords in G as open, 5th fret, 7th fret, and 12th fret, you get your minor third chord on the third fret, and you have all the minor 7 chord options with the root on the sixth string. I actually find it quite difficult to play other than the blues in this tuning.
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Brian Evans
Around 15 archtops, electrics, resonators, a lap steel, a uke, a mandolin, some I made, some I bought, some kinda showed up and wouldn't leave. Tatamagouche Nova Scotia.
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