Posted by Willardj on September 19, 2009 at 9:02pm
I realize there are no rules! but,i came upon this discussion about 3 string guitars and found it interesting...Many people are confused about what 3 string sizes to use and what are suggested tunings...Please feel free to add your imput...
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One thing I noticed is people are often changing tunings with mechanics.
Another way of doing it is to place a capo on your strings. Of course you will
need to experiment because the results depend on your guitar-box, whether
your guitar is diatonic or pentatonic ... So I found there is a great explanation
on the webpage of Bob McNally HERE
and it will help you a lot :-)
Here is a video I found from UncleBluez, explaining how to tune in DAD a 3 strings guitar
...while here, I will give you too the link to UncleBluez homepage where he is selling its homemade guitars http://www.blues-stick.info It's worth to visit because the 3 strings guitars are build the old way, using a
diatonic scale and a true example on how to do things right :-)
Tunings for a 3-string cigar box guitar
(utilizing A,D,G strings from an acoustic guitar string set)
All notes are listed from low to high (bass to treble)
Open A: A,E,A'
Open G: G,D,G'
A7 (the magic jazz tuning): A,E,G
A6 (Hawaiian tuning): A,E,F#
G9 (mandolin-type tuning/Shane Speal's "sitar" tuning***): G,D,A
***Shane uses the flat edge of a bone slide to buzz against the high string, creating a sitar-like sound. As heard in the Jug Fusion song "Bone To Pick"
Dirty E : Ultra-low E, E, B (in this tuning, the low E is practically flapping against the fretboard. Great for mean and dirty blues)
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Another way of doing it is to place a capo on your strings. Of course you will
need to experiment because the results depend on your guitar-box, whether
your guitar is diatonic or pentatonic ... So I found there is a great explanation
on the webpage of Bob McNally HERE
and it will help you a lot :-)
Here is a video I found from UncleBluez, explaining how to tune in DAD a 3 strings guitar
...while here, I will give you too the link to UncleBluez homepage where he is selling its homemade guitars
http://www.blues-stick.info It's worth to visit because the 3 strings guitars are build the old way, using a
diatonic scale and a true example on how to do things right :-)
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(utilizing A,D,G strings from an acoustic guitar string set)
All notes are listed from low to high (bass to treble)
Open A: A,E,A'
Open G: G,D,G'
A7 (the magic jazz tuning): A,E,G
A6 (Hawaiian tuning): A,E,F#
G9 (mandolin-type tuning/Shane Speal's "sitar" tuning***): G,D,A
***Shane uses the flat edge of a bone slide to buzz against the high string, creating a sitar-like sound. As heard in the Jug Fusion song "Bone To Pick"
Dirty E : Ultra-low E, E, B (in this tuning, the low E is practically flapping against the fretboard. Great for mean and dirty blues)