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The major chord across the second, third and fourth strings is kinda the core to guitar fingering, but if that's the tuning you need, the open Bb the song needs, there you go. … I could see that being some fingerstyle player's fave tuning, but I don't get it. Best of luck. …

Possibly. Intonation is balance of factors, and going from .012 to .016 for the high E (gauges from Stringjoy's light set) might mean the bridge is in the wrong place and your higher strings will be o …

There's a lot to playing slide that becomes much easier when you tune to an open tuning, especially when you're playing and accompanying yourself. … However, a triad (root, third and fifth) comes for free on the second, third and fourth strings of a guitar in standard tuning, making it easy to jump between bottleneck and standard playing. …

Yes, absolutely. You see Drop-D or similar tunings on, for example, metal songs just so you have one-finger power chords. And yes, you get different voicings from different strings. Playing a six-stri …

Different playing styles require different string tensions. Styles that require more bending would be lighter, while rhythm and slide playing would tend heavier. There's a rough center around 10-46 fo …

There are alternate nut systems, namely Earvana and Buzz Feiten, that change where the nut sits to allow better tuning on the first five frets. …

There are things you can't tell by description alone, and the class "What's wrong with my instrument?" is solidly in that category. Stating that, there are a few hopefully helpful things I can say. T …

The instrument in question is an Ibanez with a Floyd Rose tremolo system, which allows you to provide vibrato without changing tuning. … I'm not sure the differences, both legal and technical, but they should be similar enough to get you through restringing and tuning. …

I don't know how much pressure is getting what response, but pushing and pulling the neck to get whammy bar effects on hardtail instruments is a common thing. I mean, pulling would tend to just get fr …

I've seen that Bill Monroe used a tuning in his mandolin for "Get Up John", where the low G strings are split between F# and A and the high E strings are split to A and D. … With the "Get Up John" tuning, I believe that the melody playing was on the D and A strings, but the others were meant to drone as a D major chord. …

It is less that you would have to relearn the guitar with a BDDDDD tuning than wouldn't have to learn a lot of what guitar players learn about where notes are and where chords are. … You can also get custom strings that are perfect for this tuning. I'm skimming the tab and I'm seeing a lot of open strings, so ringing open D notes reverberating and padding the music. …

If it's playing the E that it says it is, and the A on the fifth fret is the same A as the open A, it's in tune. If it's too floppy for you, and you can hear string buzz, then you can either adjust th …

To answer the question in the title: Yes, somewhat. The truss rod wants to pull back. The strings want to pull forward. But the changes should be slight. But the answer in the question text: Different …

But yeah, get all strings on the instrument and get close to tuning before changing action or anything. …

The midi pickup and tuning control remind me of a Strat that Fender released years ago, but I don't think that has much to do with the whammy bar's effect, but I don't know. …