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Tuning down 1/2 step with OM/000's, aside from making vocals and string bending easier (I use 13's on everything), also provides a little more low end grit, a very good thing to me...........
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On a couple of guitars I tune down to accommodate and accompany my voice. Though I have a decent vocal range, it's still a bit of a reach to sing everything at concert pitch. A semi-tone isn't much, but it helps over the long haul. To keep the guitar top vibrating well, and maintain volume I suppose, I use medium gauge strings on those guitars.
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nice to hear
This is gREAT to read...I'm about to solo gig for the FIRST TIME as my "second act" in life and have a few songs that are a HAIR out of reach (hey tonight, born on the bayou, and a few other D songs), but I've been worried about it. I know I practic "Spain" in concert tuning then when I go to an open mic, they guy there tuned down half step and I had to go into "louder mode" halfway through the 2d vers (can you feeeeellll it....must be realll...etc.) where with concert tuning I don't get loud until "well I've never been to heaven..." and also Dead Flowers...I almost can't do it in Eb tuning where it's almost perfectly comfortable in concert. I'm going to just start practicing in Eb and see how it all shakes out. Great thread.
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I jus put mediums on my Gibson Country Western and turned down 1/2 step. I may keep the guitar... wow.
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SRV famously played Eb. Much to my annoyance ‘cuz his stuff is great for my voice, but my electric player doesn’t wanna...
I’m certainly not better than SRV.. Different guitars respond differently...it’s almost as if wood was different from steel... My first baritone ukulele just LOVED “A tuning”—we’d call it F# tuning; I’ve played a few guitars that Just Sounded Better in D or even C Horses for courses and all that |
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When in standard tuning, I have two that I tend to keep down an entire step, D to D. One is my 12 string, which has a great growl left open and of course tuned down a bit, there is less stress upon the neck. The other is my Leach, which just sounds its best when a bit lower. I find having one tuned a bit lower is handy on certain songs when I want to play in one figuring but that figuring is bit too high for my voice.
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As we speak, my D18 with the medium strings is tuned down 1/2 step. It comes in very handy on a few of my tunes and on virtually everything first thing in the morning.
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Interestingly I just tuned down my OM this morning and love the feel and tone. However something about the tuning itself drives me crazy! I know a lot my idols use the tuning and I have used it for covers in the past. I just can’t get past the tuning not sounding quite right. It is almost like my ears always hear it as out of tune. I would love, love to have that feel and tone at standard! My OM has already been set up for nice comfortably low action (but not ridiculously low). I’ve tried multiple string guages and guitars but I haven’t quite gotten the formula right yet. My dad has a beautiful pre war OOO that “feels” great but the shorter scale length “loses” something for leads. Almost like it loses the “snap” in the notes. A friend of my dad had a pre war Dread that was fabulous, but the price is prohibitive. I’m going to try some different strings this week and see if that helps. There is a tiny bit of play left on my bridge for lowering it but I don’t want to go past the point of no return. I play in an acoustic trio and most often just tough it out in standard. Maybe I’m asking too much, but you know, guitar players. I hope everyone in the States has a wonderful Labor Day!! UNION STRONG 💪
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