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Post by JDaveG on Feb 26, 2015 22:53:57 GMT
I mean, I've played in open G before, but I tuned up the Tele to open G, raised the action, put on 11s, and grabbed a slide. Playing with my fingers through the Marshall was pretty sweet.
Then I started riffing on some Stones tunes. Good GRIEF this sounds greasy! I love it! I'm going to keep the Tele set up like this as a Stones n' slide guitar.
This is the song that got me thinking about it…..
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Post by mdrake34 on Mar 24, 2015 15:57:51 GMT
I tried to tune my Alvarez to Open G to mess with Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits and the damn high E snapped while I was tuning DOWN. WTF?
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Post by JDaveG on Mar 25, 2015 11:31:20 GMT
Wow. You just violated the laws of physics!
You know what keeping this Tele in open G means. Yep -- I need another Telecaster.
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Post by mdrake34 on Mar 25, 2015 16:32:09 GMT
Wow. You just violated the laws of physics! You know what keeping this Tele in open G means. Yep -- I need another Telecaster. Well, yeah. You need one with a maple fretboard for Open G. |
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Post by mdrake34 on Mar 26, 2015 2:56:25 GMT
Put a new high e string on the Alvarez. Wound it the wrong damn way. Had a couple of glasses of wine at my wife's birthday dinner.
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 2, 2015 21:54:39 GMT
So do we think one of these guitars is open G? Or is this DADGAD or some other open tuning? I really dig this song whichever it is. Pretty certain it isn't standard tuning too...
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 2, 2015 21:56:43 GMT
Here is the studio version of the above.
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Post by JDaveG on Apr 3, 2015 13:48:46 GMT
Exactly.
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 3, 2015 21:21:45 GMT
Pretty sure this is Open G too.
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 3, 2015 22:17:00 GMT
As an aside it is funny when Page tries to sing backup. He is horrible at it.
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Post by JDaveG on Apr 6, 2015 20:39:08 GMT
I managed a trade this weekend that included an ass ugly Danelectro U2 (here's a photo for proof):  Anyway, first thing I did was lower the pickups, raise the action and re-tune to Open G. Man, this thing sounds fantastic! As a side note, guess what Jimmy Page used a whole lot to play slide? |
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 7, 2015 21:18:51 GMT
Not open G, but here is the answer to your slide question. (Played it in DADGAD often too)
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Post by googlywoogly on Apr 7, 2015 21:20:19 GMT
Nice trade too. You are on a roll!
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Post by JDaveG on Apr 9, 2015 15:32:23 GMT
Nice trade too. You are on a roll! I actually am. I was trying to sell the guitar, just like the amp, and couldn't get cash offers, but I finally got a trade offer that included enough cash to make it worth my while to pull the trigger. I also got a late 70s/pre-81 MXR Distortion+, along with this Strat:  The Strat is the gem of the bunch. The tuners, bridge and electronics are garbage, but I swapped out the electronics for CTS pots and good wiring, caps and a new jack, and I just decked the bridge to take the trem block and springs out of the equation. It is a monstrously good guitar, especially considering it's probably worth less than $200. The MIM ceramic pickups are incredible. |
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Post by googlywoogly on May 16, 2015 23:39:05 GMT
What about open C Major 6 tuning?
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