Songs for Nashville tuning

[buddyhu]

Just ordered a couple of sets of Curt Mangan “High Strung Nashville Tuning” 12-32 after watching a short video of someone playing a few chords and a short lead. Thought it might thing fun to introduce at a jam, and could just be fun to explore on my own.

Does anyone have some songs that they think would really shine when played in Nashville tuning?

[Brucebubs]

It's can be quite a hauntingly beautiful sound.
All those thin strings need to be 100% in tune and can be easily accidentally bent out of tune with your fret hand, takes a little extra care to fret accurately and cleanly but it's not difficult to adjust.

Haven't tried Curt Mangans, I really like the GHS 11-20 set pictured.

[StringMeUp]

I play pretty much everything on the guitar I strung with Curt Mangan Nashville tuning strings. It is a lot of fun to play.

Norwegian Wood, Mr. Bojangles, Wonderful World, Back In the High Life Again, and Sounds of Silence all sound cool. Have fun!

[buddyhu]

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

It's can be quite a hauntingly beautiful sound.
All those thin strings need to be 100% in tune and can be easily accidentally bent out of tune with your fret hand, takes a little extra care to fret accurately and cleanly but it's not difficult to adjust.

Haven't tried Curt Mangans, I really like the GHS 11-20 set pictured.

Part of reason I went with Magnans is because they are 12-32, not 10-27. But I will pay attention to my fretting to make sure I don’t push things out of tune (since I play some short scale guitars, and use low tension strings on my long scale guitars, I have some relevant experience with this issue).

[buddyhu]

Originally Posted by StringMeUp

I play pretty much everything on the guitar I strung with Curt Mangan Nashville tuning strings. It is a lot of fun to play.

Norwegian Wood, Mr. Bojangles, Wonderful World, Back In the High Life Again, and Sounds of Silence all sound cool. Have fun!

Thanks!

[GeneralDreedle]

Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones I believe

[StringMeUp]

Rich, you need to report back. I would love to see if you enjoy them as much as I have.

[Brucebubs]

Originally Posted by buddyhu

Part of reason I went with Magnans is because they are 12-32, not 10-27. But I will pay attention to my fretting to make sure I don’t push things out of tune (since I play some short scale guitars, and use low tension strings on my long scale guitars, I have some relevant experience with this issue).

I noticed Mangans have a slightly heavier gauge, I haven't used them but I'd certainly like to try them - where did you buy them from?
I see John Pearse do a 12-30 set too.

[buddyhu]

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

I noticed Mangans have a slightly heavier gauge, I haven't used them but I'd certainly like to try them - where did you buy them from?
I see John Pearse do a 12-30 set too.

https://www.curtmangan.com/nashville...osphor-bronze/

They ship from Cortez, CO. They processed my order in 24 hours.

[buddyhu]

Originally Posted by StringMeUp

Rich, you need to report back. I would love to see if you enjoy them as much as I have.

Will do!

[buddyhu]

Carved out some time to put the Mangans on my Collings OM2HG last night, and have started noodling around with them this morning. They yield a very interesting sound. "Haunting" is a good description. IMO, like a 12 string, there are some songs that really sound great using them, but there are a lot of songs that don't sound quite right. My first take is that songs that have some minor chords or that are in a minor key are going to be the better choices.

I discovered that Gillian Welch's "Annabelle" has a lot of potential. And "Wild Horses" is perfect.

The 12-32 gauge of the Mangans really reduce any tendency to push the strings sharp when fretting. And I think they sound great.

Looking forward to finding more songs that really shine with Nashville tuning.