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Re: new standard tuning
At 04:52 PM 11/3/95 -0500, you wrote:
>>>C G D A E G
>>
>>I do not think I will learn another tuning with a irregularity.
>>
>>>3) Forget about BENDING. It will break strings, almost always. (Of
>course
>>>you can get away with on the bottom 3 or 4 strings if you really want.
>>
>>I would rather play without strings than without bending.
>>
>>Thanks a lot anyway.
>>Matthias
>
>
> I've been using this tuning for years and have never had a problem
>with breaking strings. Popping strings has more to do with your technique
>then with a tuning..Or maybe your guitar setup is to blame??
>
> Steev
>
>
Steev
you misunderstand
after about the first five years...i never break strings. it takes longer
for some of us to adjust to the tuning, but once you understand...it's
never
a problem
i was thinking back to that first year or two, when you don't yet know how
to APPROACH the guitar, how to restring it without breaking strings.
plus I had a history of picking WAY TOO HARD
GC finally put a stop to that
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