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Topic: Question for Skreemer type guitar players |
Wayne Baker
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Altus Oklahoma
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Posted 24 Jan 2004 8:43 pm |
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What tuning would you use for the distorted slide type music used in modern country? Six string skreemr?
Thanks in advance,
Wayne Baker |
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Peter Jacobs
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Northern Virginia
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Posted 25 Jan 2004 7:33 am
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My group plays alt-country/roots music, so I use a lot of overdrive. I tune to open-G, with a C on top for a suspended chord -- I can get some Keith Richards and Sonny Landreth sounds. Low to high: G D G B D C.
I like having to slide up to the root note (G) on the high D string. And hey, open G or A was good enough for Lowell George and Bonnie Raitt, so who am I to argue? ;^) |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 25 Jan 2004 7:44 am
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To my ears, the 'G' type of tunings (5-1-5-1-3-5 or 1-3-5-1-3-5) and the 'E' type (1-5-1-3-5-1) has very different 'vibes' to them.
I've always found the 'G' tuning to be more 'open' and 'friendly' if you like, while the 'E' tuning is darker and more 'threatening' (as Ry Cooder once described it).
Open E or D is my peronal favorite for 6-string, Cooder and Lindley also favors this tuning, but in the end it's all a matter of personal taste, isn't it?
Steinar
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Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 Jan 2004 8:08 am
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| What Steinar said !!! Open E(EBG#EBE..High to Low) or down to D will do it all. Great for bar chords & leads, and just listen to what Lindley can do with this tuning. |
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Wayne Baker
From:
Altus Oklahoma
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Posted 26 Jan 2004 11:11 pm
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Thanks for the help guys. I certainly appreciate it.
Live from Afghanistan,
Wayne Baker |
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