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We see discussions of down-tuning all the time. And they make baritone guitars. I don't recall ever seeing a discussion of quot;up-tuningquot;. What got me thinking about this, is I though I might add a Peavey T-15 to my collection. They have a 23quot; scale, and I'm guessing that standard tuning would make the strings fairly quot;flubbyquot;. But if you tuned it quot;upquot;, sort of like having a preset capo on the 2nd or 3rd fret, could be cool.

Is this too wacky an idea. Anyone ever thought or done this before. Should I stop drinking before noon?

Artie

This idea has to mind to me as well. The only hole I see in it is that there isn't much music that others have that you could play with this up-tuned guitar. However that's where creativity can lead the way. I guess it could be a new trend!

that would be very cool indeed - TRY IT!!!

I haven't done it, but Lowell George used open A (open G up a whole step), and David Lindley uses all kinds of tuning, several which are tuned up.

If you take some of those old pawn shop prizes that are hard to play, you can tune up for slide and they'll sound great

I used to tune my Duo-Sonic to F# (24quot; Scale). It was cool for doubling rythm parts, but I finally dropped it back to standard so I wouldn't be so confused.

just get one of these...you'll have all kinds of range, up *and* down
What in the world is that?


Originally Posted by ArtieTooWhat in the world is that?

I believe it's Uli John Roth's 36 Fret Sky guitar

hmm ive used open D tuning before its pretty neat. You cang et alot of cool things out of up tunings. That or i might use a capo.

Johnny Marr from The Smiths tuned up all the time,\...

I know Placebo use up-tunings.

Sounds like a good idea.

Buck Dharma from Blue Oyster Cult used to use a custom built SG type guitar tuned up a whole step in concert for quot;Don't Fear the Reaperquot;. As Pig Charmer said, Johnny Marr was almost always above standard pitch. I used to have an SG that I tuned up a half step, because it would because it would resonate to a high octave F, and I thought the effect was more useful if I made it do so at the 9th fret on the G string.

The White Lion song Little Figther was recorded with the guitars tuned up a whole step (F# 'standard').

Cool . . . this leads to another question: Would you select different pups for quot;up-tunedquot; than you would for standard tuning?

Thought of it a million times, never done it... go for it

i think the offspring (at one time or another) tuned up a step. i dunno though, that was like 7 years ago back when i knew about them.

I uptune at times myself and have written a few cool ballads with some strange up tuned open stuff.

When I uptuned, my Duo-Sonic had a pair of Fast Track 1's. Lots of jangle. Now that it's in standard, I have a CR/HR set in it.

I've seen string sets that are like...7-something for 'high tunings' and it sounds like a cool idea artie.

I used to mess around with a goofy tuning that started with F... then I went down to C and forgot all about that high-pitched jangly nonsense

That being said, a higher tuned guitar sounds SOOO much better than using a capo. Another high tuned example is Audioslave's quot;Like a Stone.quot; It's up 3 half-steps to G.