Re:fifth tuning

[Malhomme <malhomme@vete.ucl.ac.be>]

I play with a fifth tuned guitar among
others, and in fact the high "E" string is
G#.
I tried lot of brands of strings, different
alloys, different origins (even harpsichord
strings that use a different metal: american
steel is known to be of poor quality, while
harpsichord string string are made of a
greman steel).
In the end. Dean Markley string were the best
suiting. I use a .008. I tune it carefully in
several times, and can bend it one half tone.
They usually resist until next string change.

Olivier Malhomme