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Old 10-29-2019, 08:15 AM
Ralph124C41 Ralph124C41 is offline
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Originally Posted by Oldguy64 View Post
All my Six string guitars are tuned to Eb.
I have 12’s on a couple tuned down and I love the way i can feel it in my chest.

The 12’s are tuned to D.
I like the sound. And the ease.
I admit that with the Guild, it has suffered in its life before me.
I intend to string it as light as I can and never tune it above Eb.
My Takamine is the Nokia Phone of guitars.
It’s got 11-50’s tuned to D at present.
It sounds marvelous.
I've found I try to tune to D for a different, and perhaps stupid, reason: when I play lead I tend to get confused as the fingerboard dots don't seem to jive with what I'm playing. I generally play only in first and second positions. I'm fine with playing chords and some chord-based fills at Eb, however.
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