Members gardo Posted May 1, 2013 Members Share Posted May 1, 2013 I recently found out about Nashville or High Strung Tuning.Apparently it is E A D G B E but the four lower strings are replaced with lighter ones and tuned an octave higher.Has anyone tried this and what is the advantage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thom Posted May 1, 2013 Members Share Posted May 1, 2013 Johnny Marr was known to sometimes tune that way in The Smiths, it supposedly gets you that jangly 12-string type of vibe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted May 1, 2013 Author Members Share Posted May 1, 2013 Thanks, I listened to some of his playing,it has a good sound but I probably won't experiment with that tuningIt would be easier to get out my 12 string Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrjones Posted May 1, 2013 Members Share Posted May 1, 2013 The advantage to nashville over a 12-string is that you can use a slightly (or very) different strumming pattern, or put guitar on the left and nashville on the right, or just use it to fill-in little spots here and there around the regular guitar part.Nashville doesn't lend itself to leads, or even arpeggios very well, because of the drastic jump from the g-string to the b-string, but you can do a few things with it. When I use nashville, it's typically to put a little 'thickness' in the choruses, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ugameus Posted May 1, 2013 Members Share Posted May 1, 2013 That Gambale tuning is cool as hell. I am definitely going to try that.Basically he tuned up to A standard then made the two high strings an octave lower. Is that right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undergod12 Posted May 4, 2013 Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 I keep my '56 Dano in Nashville tuning, although sometimes I leave the G in the regular octave to keep things from getting too ice-picky. I recently swapped out the original bridge with one I got off a forumite so I could dial in the intonation a bit better. On its own it kinda sounds like a mix between a guitar, sitar and banjo. Mixed in with other instruments gives arrangements a 3-D quality, especially when I throw some chorus on it. Here is a rough song arrangement I wrote on it after the bridge swap (was still working out the riff so it is a bit ham-fisted). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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