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Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on February 20, 2012 at 12:33pm

Well, I've done a few 4-stringers now  I've tuned to eBGD, gDAE, open G, gCEA (ukulele).  All have their own unique signatures.  What gauge strings are you using?  I usually use .011, .016, .022, and .030/.032.  I found that .009 was too light and would snap easily.  Do what sounds good to you and post some pics of your build!

Permalink Reply by Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom on February 20, 2012 at 1:06pm

 All my 4 stringers are tuned GDgB.

I use the ADGB strings the middle 4 of a set of  6.

I found it works best for me... it's all about what you get use to.

Experiment  !!!

Permalink Reply by Tom Caneschi aka cbg tom on February 20, 2012 at 1:36pm

Hey Rooster, Check this video out it may help....

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/cigar-box-guitar-tuning?comment...

Permalink Reply by Alan Hodges on February 20, 2012 at 9:00pm

Hi rooster, I'm currently playing with open D tuning. Same as a 6 string but lose the two lowest strings. This leaves you with(from low to high) D, F#, A, D. Used the top four strings from a regular set. This gives a nice sweet tone as you get the three unwound strings and one wound.  Lends itself to blues slide very well, but if you want a "grungier" sound then possibly try GDgb as below. This gives more access to power chord type playing (root and fifth)

Hope this helps

Alan.

Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on February 21, 2012 at 12:49am

I usually tune to  b+G+D+G+ (lefty) using the middle four strings from a set of 6 Super Slinkys (9's), works for most songs for me though you could go a little lower,  if your voice will suit it you could tune bGDG. (-:

Permalink Reply by Rooster Reaves on February 23, 2012 at 12:49pm

Sorry it's took me so long to get back with y'all. Been busy. Thanks for all the info it's great and really helps alot!!