Do you DADGAD players dedicate one guitar for it?

[Rosewood99]

I guess you can’t just have one guitar, can you?

[Doug Young]

Originally Posted by paulzoom

I guess you can’t just have one guitar, can you?

I try to, but somehow most of my guitars manage to end up in DADGAD in spite of my best efforts at designating different guitars to different tunings :-)

[AH Acoustic]

Edited by member.

[TBman]

Usually I have 2 in DADGAD and 1 in CGDGAD, but like Doug says, they all end up being in the same tuning of the latest tune I'm working on.

[s2y]

I prefer keeping a guitar in DADGAD, partly so I can optimize the strings to the tuning.

[jaymarsch]

I usually have one guitar that is in either Drop D, Double Drop D or DADGAD, one in standard, and one in either Gsus4/4 or Csus4add9.
Best,
Jayne

[MThomson]

I have one guitar and I retune. It's only 3 strings and doesn't take long. I do tend to spend most of a session in a given tuning rather than repeatedly retuning though.

[BluesKing777]

I have 2!

I have my Lowden 022 in DADGAD full time, unbeatable really. I have no pickup in it, but have a Sunrise that I throw in the soundhole. Excellent plus!

I also have my Taylor 717e with ES2 pickup onboard run to my Tonedexter, ready to play live if I ever get to that again, virus permitting.


BluesKing777.

[RodB]

I keep my A25 in DADGAD, with the odd excursion into other tunings, usually DGDGBE.

Tuning on my other guitars varies - even standard sometimes...

[Coler]

Yeah I keep one in DADGAD almost permanently. But I might tune the one I'm playing to it rather than swap.

[rmp]

nope, they're all subject to the same torture..

[Craviola]

I also keep one guitar in DADGAD and it usually stays there while my other guitars have their dedicated tunings.

[HFox]

keep the SCGC Otis Taylor in DADGAD,,,,,,,It sounds like it was born for it.
I understand thaf SCGC may be coming out with DADGAD string sets ???

[M19]

Three, kind of. The McIlroy, Taylor and the Gibson parlor are always in alternate tunings of some sort. The Martin, 12-string, PRS and Cordoba are usually in standard.

I don't recall that the Mac has EVER been played in standard tuning.

[edcmat-l1]

1 in DADGAD
1 in open G
1 in "Rainsong" tuning (open Gsus)
1 in drop D
2 in standard
The rest have their strings loosened because they aren't played much.