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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Carl[/i] [br]Okay, seeing as the topic of 'Nashville' style tuning was discussed recently(FB uses it on 'Orange/Yellow', as it's known), here's a better explaination of it, which I gleaned from a couple of old guitar mags(by the way, since FB is gonna record in Nashville, it kinda ties in!!)[:I] [b]Nashville tuning gets it's name from it's use by producers in Music City studios, Nashville to brighten up rhythm guitar tracks. Apparently, it's used exclusively on acoustic guitars. To get the right sound, you'll need to restring your guitar;I think it's better to use a 12-string, but I'll explain the 6-string version first: 6-STRING; Replace the lower 4 strings(E,A,D,G)with light-gauge strings. Tune them up one octave.Leave the B and high-E as they are. And that's it....Pretty simple, really! 12-STRING; Remove the heavy strings of the lower 4-E,A,D,G-and replace them with light gauge ones. Tune these strings up one octave. leave the B and high-E as they are. This tuning has been used by various guitarists, such as Joe Satriani, Albert Lee, David Gilmour and Keith Richards(The Stones' 'Wild Horses'). Albert Lee has actually used it for lead work. David Gilmour uses a bit of a variation on Pink Floyd's 'Hey You' and 'Comfortably Numb'. Using the 6-string method, he replaces the low E with a high-E string, and tunes it up TWO octaves in unison with the high-E! I hav'nt actually tried this tuning out, but obviously with the tuning-up involved, avoid string-snappage!![/b][;)] CARL. [hr][IMG][icon_cof.gif][/IMG][i][b]"-JOIN ME!!"[/b][/i] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.