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Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on October 17, 2011 at 1:50am

Comment by Jon Grinder on October 17, 2011 at 1:34am

I just built my first 4-banger, tuned G-D-G-b.  The low G string lets me follow the root note as the bass, and lets me get a little more "growl" into the music.  I don't know if I will convert any of my 3-strings, but I definitely have a couple more 4s in my future!

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on October 17, 2011 at 1:18am

Aha! thankyou for approving my new group! (-:

I found I moved to four strings from three quite quickly, I use three strings for one or two songs but found four string suited my playing style better.

I usually tune the guitar to (lefty)  GDGb, the strings are all strummed and the high b string comes in handy as a sort of melody string, something which many other players do and found lots of riffs for songs just noodling around. I have some more four string build planned including a double neck (tuned differently) and a fretless, but will spend time in the future studying chords and tunings with a little help from Keni Lee's excellent DVD on four strings.

If anyone fancies going four string and has a number of three string guitars it is easy enough just to put on an extra string and tuner and adjust the rest accordingly. (-: 

Comment by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker on October 17, 2011 at 12:56am

Newer builders often ask me what the benefits are of going from three strings to four. That would be a good topic for a Discussion Forum in this group!

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