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"sorry for waiting so long to reply. i get the heavest string set i can get and use t…" Ice Bob replied Jul 16, 2014 to String selection for DAD tuning	7	Jul 16, 2014 Reply by Ice Bob
"on a 3 string use low E A d strings tune the d up to e. so you got (EBe) or just swi…" Ice Bob replied Aug 10, 2012 to E5 with 1,2,6 Strings	3	Aug 10, 2012 Reply by Ice Bob
"ok you got a G and a D already .so tune your A string down to G low i like heavy st…" Ice Bob replied Oct 25, 2011 to GDG	3	Jun 12, 2012 Reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music
"try the bass A string tune it down to G. then you can put the D string on tune it to…" Ice Bob replied Apr 21, 2011 to GDG	1	Apr 21, 2011 Reply by Ice Bob
"A 145 in Bflat great newbe vid thank you " Ice Bob replied Jan 24, 2011 to G Maj.	1	Jan 24, 2011 Reply by Ice Bob

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String selection for DAD tuning

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Tip for finding chords on a 3 or 4 string guitar in any tuning

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5 string tuning

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Chords

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E5 with 1,2,6 Strings

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GDG

Started by Mal Chilvers. Last reply by Swamp Dawg Primal Music Jun 12, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Help with Key Please

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GDG

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G Maj.

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Ice Bob's Discussions (109)

"sorry for waiting so long to reply. i get the heavest string set i can get and use t…"

"on a 3 string use low E A d strings tune the d up to e. so you got (EBe) or just swi…"

"ok you got a G and a D already .so tune your A string down to G low i like heavy st…"

"try the bass A string tune it down to G. then you can put the D string on tune it to…"

"A 145 in Bflat great newbe vid thank you "

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