Changed Tuning From DADF# to GDAE - Now Strings Bend Notes and Change Pitch

So I bought a 4 string CBG and it was tuned DADF#. It played beautifully. I could play chords, mostly up on the first four frets and press the strings normally and the pitch was perfect. Then I changed the tuning to GDAE, using the following strings:

4-String - Best Open Tuning?

GDAE Tuning for 4-String CBG - What Strings to Buy?

I am buying a 4-string CBG and plan to try GDAE tuning one octave lower than a mandolin.  OK - full disclosure, I play mando but do not read music and do not even know what an octave is!  I guess it is the same notes just lower, so I am wondering wha

Tabs for Melissa in Open D

I have found some open D chord/tab info. on Melissa (Allmans) and need a little help finding the rest of the chord shapes for DADF#. 

First three chords:

oooo (open D)

o221 (an E chord shape)

0443 (same E chord shape two frets up)

Now the part I

DADF# - What are These Chords?

I am playing around with my CBG that is tuned DADF# and wondering what these chords are. 

When I do barre chords for E, F.G, etc. up the neck, I am also fretting the A string two frets up, or the F# string one fret up.  Anyone have a clue what chords

Looking for Am in DADF#

I have looked extensively but cannot seem to find an Am chord for my CBG tuned DADF#. Any way to do this off the barre chord? Any suggestions, other than actually understanding music theory? Thanks BB

DADF# Chords?

Bought a 4-string CBG tuned DADF#.  I am a novice so I have discovered this to be the lower strings of an open D tuning. I have found some chord charts but most seem to use the top two strings. Does this setup not lend itself to easy chords?  Being c

Just Finished CBG Case Outside - Next Up: Do the Inside and Buy One!

Hacked up an old potato bug that hung on our walls for years and combined with a Rocky Ford lid...

No CBG Yet, But Need Ideas for Top of My Case!

Found a great old wooden box used to sell shoes in stores and spent the last couple of days reconstructing it as a CBG case.  I'll upload photo tonight.  It is about 16 x 40 x 6, of 1/4" x 6" rough-sawn boards.

I put an old wrought iron handle and an

CB Mando, Mandola, Octave Mando, Tenor Guitar, Guitar - What Should I Get?

I'm new to CBGs and a bit clueless about what to get - and not sure if it matters exactly what it's called.

Ronnie sent me a video of his 4-string CBG tuned GDAE, but down an octave from mando tuning.  I like the sound - and it would be nice to have a

Strum a 3-String?

I'm a chord-playing mandolin player.  I know the basics - mostly 2 and 3 finger chords.  I'm looking at checking out a 4-string CBG and either tuning it to GDAE or open tuning it and learning some slide.  I see so many 3-string CBG and am wondering i

Anyone Have Audio/Video of CBG Tuned GDAE Tuned Down One Octave?

Just wondering what it sounds like.