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Old 07-25-2012, 03:34 PM
DennisC DennisC is offline
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Originally Posted by JMFingerstyle View Post
Dennis,

I posted this earlier in another thread, but since this one is specific to strings, I'll mention it here as well.

I also have an ABT60, and didn't care for the string noise of the EXPs. I switched to an Elixir baritone set, and then made a couple of string changes. I replaced the plain steel 2nd with a .022 wound Elixir, and I replaced the plain steel 1st with a .017 nickel wound D'Addario.

I mostly play fingerstyle in open G formations (open D on the baritone - A,D,A,D,F#,A) so that tunes the 1st and 6th string to "A", which works great.

The .017 won't tune all the way up to "B" without snapping, so if I want to use standard chord formations, I use an A-A tuning instead of B-B (A,D,G,C,E,A)

Suits my style, and I've come to really like the sound of the wound first string.
Good info, JMF. I don't know yet where my tunings will go with the baritone; I'm going to probably make some tuning compromises 'cuz I don't have room for two or three more guitars at favorite tiunings!
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