Originally Posted by
Spudman
Does anyone here use alternate tunings on a regular basis? If you do, which are your favorite and what do you like to play in that tuning?
I use something like 4 on a regular basis.
Dropped D. Great for playing songs in D with an alternate picking but still retaining the same chord fingering
Open D. my main open for slide guitar love the low resonance
Open Dminor: Wonderful for Blues fingerpicking and slide Dark was the night for example
DADGAD: Great tuning for folk influences
DADFBE: an open tuning that I discover while listening to Chris Whitley's music, wonderful open chords and very melodic
There's many more right now I'm using a very weird one on my resonator guitar and I'm looking to see what I can produce with it
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface