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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Here is the discussion that i felt was helpful as to what 3 string gagues and what tunings... http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/string-gauge-for-a-three...
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)
VERY COOL! I love it...
Hi,

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 :-)

.
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 :-)
try A d A it always woks!

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