High Strung Guitar (Nashville Tuning) – The case for cheap guitars
I like nice, expensive guitars as much as everyone else, but sometimes multiple inexpensive guitars are the better choice.
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Originally posted by UC05GQH1swL2tESO3_vR6SFQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLOr8bFqaE
When a guitar is high strung, try to be a little more quiet, speak in a low tone, and take it out for dinner and a movie – but never to a drive-in as the films there are quite shocking and may case the guitar to become anxious.
Jon, any suggestion on an acoustic that has 48 mm nut width? I want to convert from nylon to steel strings but need adequate string spacing for fingerstyle.
I am a long time guitarist and more than 20 years ago at a jam session a woman showed up with a 6 string banjo. I fell in love immediately – not with her but her banjo – after she let me play a couple of songs with it, I decided I had to have one. Long story a bit shorter, a bought a cheap banjo and a buddy of mine machined a piece of aluminum to mount a Tele neck on it. He set it up nicely, but the sound was muddy. After a while I got the bright idea of replacing the the low E string with a D string and the A string with a G string, both of which I respectively tuned up to to E and A. That was an improvement, but eh.
Fast forward to about 3 years ago and I saw a video on YouTube about Nashville tuning, which was new to me. Bought a 12 string set, restrung the banjo with the high strings and EUREKA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like many players, I have a stable of stringed instruments and I must say, my Nashville tuned 6 string banjo is my favorite and easiet to play.
Thanks Uploader, good stuff ????????????
I picked up a £20 Encore W250 dreadnaught at the local charity shop / goodwill earlier this year. I didn't really need another guitar, however, I keep it next to me, it's great for song writing on the hoof, it makes an ideal busking guitar, as eggs can be thrown at it (or more likely me!) with no adverse effects. It's the only guitar I've ever bought, (including new) where I've not even changed the strings – to be honest, I think part of the sound is due to the old strings. It has loads of bass and it's got a great set-up. All I had to do was replace one of the tuners. (I don't know how old it is, but I'm almost certain it's one of the older Korean made models, before Encore moved everything to China.
What a ~ C O O L ~ idea for my parlor Martin‼
Good shtringing
Almost a baroque guitar with steel!
Some songs using Nashville Tuning: Rolling Stones – Wild Horses and Jumping Jack Flash; Pink Floyd – Hey You; Kansas – Dust in the Wind
This was a unique & interesting exegesis on alternative guitar tuning. I stumbled on something somewhat similar years ago by tuning my tenor guitars to the re-entrant voicing of making the 4th string an octave. I do most of my compositions on ukulele,& found that the arpeggios created by fingerpicking translated best to re-entrant tenor & 12 string guitar.
Get to the point, amigo.
Thanks for great video.
I myself have what I call “a super great crappy guitar”.
Bought it from a friend 15 years ago for around 100 bucks. It is a Fender or at least that what it says on the headstock. It is as much a fender as my kitchen table meaning it is a sloppy build in a “100 brands factory” in Indonesia. I wonder how many guitars just like mine bears the logo of some other brand. ????
But I doesn’t matter!! It sounds and plays great!!! ????
I have a Nash guitar now. It's just fun to have a different sounding guitar. Also, if you hate tuning 12-string guitars, this makes your life so much easier and you can pan the 2 guitars as you like to make a big spread. Just do it, you won't regret it.
Great video. Beautifully explained. I hear Pink Floyd (David Gilmour) used this tuning for Hey, You (The Wall).
I have an Irish Bouzouki from Hora. Its the cheapest brand that makes them for a couple hundred dollars in Romania on ebay, and Ive come to find that my bouzouki is: very bright, almost thin in comparison and rather small bodied. The finish was not all applied correctly so the last layer on the neck has been peeling off in last couple years i've owned it. I made the mistake of not getting electronics on it, so I jankily installed a cigar box guitar magnetic pickup to it myself, gluing it in place. But I love the sound of my bouzouki, it has an almost banjo like quality adding to the octave mandolin character of it. People are always intrigued when they realize they havnt seen what instrument im playing before. I love cheap instruments that do their job faithfully, like my Squire Strat that is probably my most dependably set up guitar at the moment.
I have a Martin D-35 , Martin MMV , Martin LZ1E (Little Martin) , Alvarez Regent & 12 String , 1969 Harmony Classical . All come in handy . But right now you can find used Martin MMV's online for under or around $1k . That is a deal I don't see sticking around . These guitars are all USA made and sound great . They sound more like a D-18 . They sit in the mix well , like a nice Gibson . Some didn't like when for a few years Martin used "richlite" for the fretboard and bridge but the went back to making them with ebony the last few years before they discontinued the model .
I have an older guitar high strung in DADGAD, and it sounds great with full strums, and sounds really bright and sparkly for a dreadnought.
I find the High Strung guitar works great in a mix when you want the jangle and sparkle of a 12 string without competing for space with the other instruments.
I was able to get an entry level Breedlove for cheap. It needed some setup work and $30 worth of Gotoh tuners but I got a cool guitar out of it!
or just capo up high on the same guitar and use a different mic
I’m using a White Korean made 00 size for Nashville tuning. The G sounds best with.017 plain string for me.
I have an Eko ranger 6 strung in the high strung Nashville tuning
I have this set up but have changed the bottom E string for a top e string and I’m able to now play hey you by pink Floyd as pre the original recording.
I used to have a Washburn bass that I'd paid some money for. Nothing crazy, but I was pretty broke. I joined a band and decided to leave it at the rehearsal space, which was ours, and then I'd buy a super cheap bass to practice at home with. The commute was an hour on two NYC trains. I bought a cheap Arbor bass for around $100. I loved that thing INSTANTLY. OMG. It was so great I dumped my washburn never playing it again. For me, a guitar is like a woman. You don't need one with lots of make-up and expensive dresses to be happy. Maybe sometimes. But, other times a more simple woman will work.
I picked up a Baby Taylor for ten bucks several years back in an antique store. The headstock had broken off right at the zigzag seam. A simple fix and many gigs later, it's the best guitar investment I've ever made.
Great video – thanks! Just came across this. I’ve been using the two-guitar method the way you demonstrated it – Nashville panned to one channel, standard panned to the other. It really gives you so many options to fill out the sound in my songs. It’s now my go-to for my acoustic recordings. Love that sound! ????????
I’ve never found a cheap guitar that sounded great. I’ve come across plenty of very expensive guitars that don’t sound great, but never the other way around. And I think that’s kind of a law of nature. Having said that, there’s a difference between how guitars sound in a room and how they record. I have come across some lesser quality guitars that translated exceptionally well when recorded with a certain mic in a certain position. I currently have one of those cheap Taylor GS mini guitars that are about 500 bucks. I don’t like it very much, it sounds thin and has no character. I use it for playing at the beach, etc. but it’s never been particularly satisfying. Now you have inspired me to buy a set of Nashville strings for it! Can’t wait.
I call it "half 12-string tuning"
We used these at Sweetbay Studios, Tallahassee FL in the early -to – mid '70s. It was called "Nashville Tenor" back then.
I’ve used Nashville tuning for many years. I have a Seagull parlour guitar and agree, the small body guitars sound great high strung.
I was given a Takamine 12 that had next to no low end for a dreadnought. I removed half of the tuners and had the nut re-cut, and that guitar has been my permanent Nashy for about 15 years now. I (almost) never gig with it but I've written a bunch of songs with it. Fingerpicking in this tuning keeps yielding pleasant surprises that can be inspiring.
Per la verità, intendeva parlare degli argomenti a favore delle chitarre economiche (custodia!!!!!!!!!)
Thanks for your info, cheers from Argentina!
Thanks, I have a YellowWood pawnshop guitar that has become my go to. I like it’s sound and it’s already nicked here and there but it’s nice sounding. Next set of strings they go on they were only $5.00 set so I got two.
I’ve got a $130 Samick jumbo that I really like. The pickup is not great, but it’s such a nice guitar for busking and campfire playing. All laminate, so I don’t have to be precious with it, and I like how much sound it puts out.
I just got a cheap guitar (that came with a bunch of accessories, including a stand, cleaning cloth, tuner, etc.) specifically so I could put it into Nashville tuning and layer it in my recordings. the whole thing was not quite $120.
watching your videos where you simply fingerpick it and get that lovely shimmering sound makes me extra happy I made that choice.
thank you!
heard about this nashville tuning so i took the low strings off the twelve string and it sounded so much better don't know if it's the twelve string headstock for more tone
This is engaging stuff. Thanks.
Today I thought, try a Nashville set on the 6-string banjo. So I ordered two sets, one PB & one nickel. Then I thought, been dabbling in open G…what about open G Nashville style? I can't find reference to that on the 'net, so I'll just have to find out how it goes.
Thank you ????, sounds good !
Great video !
Awesome, just bought a set of them. Such a cool accent to have on hand! By the way, what's up with that white MS-20 synth!? I have an old original, never seen a white one!