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  • Yankee Dog August 26, 2013 at 7:52am

    depends on your string tension. If you crank it up a step and it doesnt seem right, try shifting over a string. for example if you are using 3, 4, 5; go to 2, 3, 4. 

     

    Oily has it right when he says each CBG seems to have an optimum tuning.

  • Uncle John August 24, 2013 at 7:34am

    If you have a cbg neck that you trust, crank it to AEA.   That is assuming you are using the 5th 4th and 3rd (A D G) strings from a standard set of six.  Also, try G#D#g#   and  A#E#a#.   I would not go higher than A sharp tuning.  Some times those # tunings sound magic.

  • The Phrygian Kid August 24, 2013 at 7:06am
    And if there's any B's they'll go to C#...
    If you have frets (and sometimes even if you don't) you can use a device called a 'capo' (actually 'capotasto') to shorten the playing length of the neck temporarily, raising the key without otherwise changing anything. You can get a cheap one for a couple bucks but a decent one is thirty or so..
  • Ron "Oily" Sprague August 24, 2013 at 6:08am
    Nope. Just tune the G's up a step to A's, and the D to E; they should be able to handle it. You may find, however, that your git may not ring as well as in G. Each guitar seems to prefer a certain tuning or narrow range of tunings. As a further alternative, you may want to consider A-D-F#, which allows the use of movable chord forms like on a 6-stringer. This is another tuning you should easily be able to reach from open G.
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