What tuning do you prefer to use most often?

[Nuclear Vampire]

Lately I've been grooving on D standard on my new DK2. I've already written 2 songs on it and I've taken one from Eb and transposed it down and it sounds even better.

My other 2 tunings I dig are Eb and C standard. I only play in E standard if I'm playing along to Maiden CD or something.

[vi0lenT]

Always EADGBe

[tanpsi]

EADGBE always I don't want to open a can of worms

[mantis]

I perfer Eb. I use 9-42 strings Fender 250's. I just got into Drop D last year. It's fantastic. 440 Drop D is cool. I perfer to be flat so Db is what I like.

I also will tune to the correct tuning if I'm learning a song like Bullet for my Valentine or Nickleback. They both tune differently. You need multible guitars tuned for different things if you want to play covers. Sucks but thats how it is.

Dan

[markD]

standard tuning for me

[skorb]

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You need multible guitars tuned for different things if you want to play covers. Sucks but thats how it is.

yup, you just described my life in my cover band.

[wilkinsi]

Open E. I cheat by using my Boss GT-8's tuner.

[Ant RR-1]

E, Eb, D

[VitaminG]

Open E. I cheat by using my Boss GT-8's tuner.

you prefer to play an open tuning? Is that slide, fingerstyle, what style of music?

[slash-ed]

Creed? :P

[mjl927]

The two guitars I most often use live are tuned to standard. I'll drop-d them occasionally because I like to write originals with that tuning. My LP studio is in drop-c. My LP classic is in Eb. I pretty much cover the spectrum of tunings with my guitars setup like this. I have no real preference for one tuning over the other other. My only beef is setting up a Floyd Rose for alternate tunings. FR is fun but I'd take a fix bridge over them any day.

[Bengal]

Jackson Student Soloist: Standard
Charvel Fusion Custom: Eb
Grover Jackson Soloist: C# with a drop B

Covers just about everything...

[NextInLine]

D standard and Drop C

[Mr.C]

I have several tuned to E 2 for Eb 2 for drop D, 2 for D# 2 tuned to C 2 for B & A

[Drizzt]

Drop D.