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Any of you ppl use the high strung guitar?

How? How did ya string it up? How did ya tune it? Do you have any recordings using it?

I had one of my old acoustics set up for an approximation of it, but I just can't find a good place to use it. It's interesting, but I'd just as soon use a mandolin instead.

I've heard of it, & wanted to try it out, but I've never actually heard it used in anything, at least not where I could pick it out of the mix.

So far it's been a bit disappointing, but an interesting experiment for me.

Hey,

Check out this link...http://www.bothner.co.za/articles/nashville.shtm


Johnl

Hey KIDD, thanks...I tried it but it doesn't work.

Hey,

Sorry...Yeah, I guess ya have to go to the sites home page...What I sent was one of its pages..Usually that works??? Try this:
http://www.bothner.co.za/index.shtml

Now, click on "articles".....Then scroll down where it says "Guitar Hot Rodding and Mods", THEN, click on "Nashville Tuning"...I shoulda just said what it said.. BUT, this is an interesting site that you may want for other info....

John

Excellent! Thanks a bunch, KIDD.

I've been looking for this info for awhile.

Do you use it, or know anyone that does?

when I saw "high strung guitar" somehow the first thought that came to mind was pot and valiums. hmm.

Yeah...that's "high strung guitar" not "high guitarist" or "high stung guitarist" ...lmao

I've known too many of those to count!

Lmao. Yeah, that is the "High guitarist," that's a lot different. I don't even know what a high strung guitar is, it sounds like an angry guitar. Does it beat you up if you do not play right?

Hey GA and other Youngins,

Now boys, back in MY day..the boys say"OH NO, not KIDD's 70s' crap again" Ya had to have a 12 string to serenade those girls...Man , they'd just cuddle up to ya while singin Rocky MT High... A 6 just didnt get it...NOW, you boys can get "HI STRUNG" and do it up just like ole PAP did....Only now, ole PAP aint a gettin em quite that young anymore ..WHAHAPPENED?..

John

Lmao. I got some pretty songs for the ladies.

I will be fine.

I want to by a double neck 12 string guitar by the way, one that ESP makes.

Peace, GuitarAnatomy.

Hey GA,

That IS an ULTRA KEWL AXE...Like, NOW I WANT IT....MOM!!!!!!!!


John

Lmao. Yeah, I cannot wait to go pick up certain guitars. Another one I want to try out is this Paul Allender model by PRS, I like PRS guitars.

Who knows, but I will not be buying any guitar that is over $500 till I feel I am good enough to handle it.

Peace out, GuitarAnatomy.

I just had one of my old semi-retired acoustics restrung as a high strung...it's one of those things I'll hafta play with for awhile before I think of a creative way to use the damned thing...it don't hafta be expensive GA.

Trying to stay on subject...this is from that site that KIDD gave me...

Alan Ratcliffe says;

"I have a Strat which is permanently Nashville tuned, which I use for "faking" an electric 12-string sound when recording. I've had quite a few queries asking me about Nashville tuning lately. So I thought I'd write this article to explain the concept.
Simply put, Nashville tuning is tuning a guitar to the "other half" of a 12-string, and when played together with a conventionally tuned 6-string guitar, the two together create a 12-string sound. This is done by tuning the lower four strings (G - Low E) an octave higher than usual, while leaving the first two strings (high E and B) unchanged. This requires different string gauges than usual.


A Nashville tuned guitar can be used by a second guitarist in an ensemble without fear of treading on each other's sonic space, and creating a really full rhythm sound.While it is usually used together with a conventionally tuned guitar, it can also be used solo. A good example of the latter is the Pink Floyd track Hey You, from The Wall CD.

Using a Nashville tuned guitar actually has advantages over playing a 12-string. It's easier to play, it's cheaper to keep in strings and the performance differences between two guitarists (or two takes of the same guitarist) make it more interesting sounding than a 12-string alone.

It can also be used creatively, by not duplicating the conventional guitar's part, but just accenting certain beats. In the studio, its also possible to process the two guitars separately and get entirely different sounds and even pan the two apart to get a stereo 12-string sound."

Thanks, John!

yeah high tuning definitely has its place in music I've known a couple of grungy hard rock acts that tune up to play heavy hard and fast...its not the same I know, but the theory is still similar