Who keeps a guitar just for alternate tunings?

[Rosewood99]

Or do you just change tunings as necessary?

[jpd]

2 of 'em............

[arie]

ha! all of my guitars are available for alternative turnings and all are tuned alternatively.

[AtlJohn]

I could probably be content with only one guitar, but right now i do have a cheap/unsellable 'extra' guitar. Fortunately for me, it seems to really like being in DADGAD or Open D, so that, and with me, is where it stays.

Cheers,
-js

[Red_Label]

I HATE tuning on the fly. Even going from E to Drop-D is more than I like doing. It's not just because I'm lazy... but MORE because most guitars "memorize" their tunings and "like" to be tuned a certain way. Each tends to sound better in the tuning that it prefers or "learns" to prefer. So just like I have electrics for E, Eb, and so on... I'm doing the same thing with my acoustics.

[ljguitar]

Originally Posted by paulzoom

Or do you just change tunings as necessary?

Hi paul...

I had one built which is designed for alternate tunings (multi-scale/fanned fret). It lives in standard or Dropped D most of the time and is retuned as needed.

I have no issues changing tunings when I want/need to. If I were doing alternate tuning as part of a gig, I'd pre-tune one and have it onstage with me.

[Howard Emerson]

Originally Posted by paulzoom

Or do you just change tunings as necessary?

Rx: 1 guitar, 5 tunings, change as needed.

HE

[DanR]

I have an old (well, about from '03) Olympia (imported by Tacoma) dreadnaught that I consider a 'beater' guitar. I bought it new for $200 and considering what I could sell it for or get for it on a trade in (not much for either), I kept it around even when I upgraded to better guitars. Seeing that I don't really have need for a 'beater' that I could use for outdoor/campfire playing, I decided to string it Nashville style but tuned down a whole step. The reason for tuning it down was, if I used the Nashville tuning to double a recorded conventionally tuned acoustic guitar, it sounded very close to a 12 string, which I didn't want. The tuning down forced me to use different chord shapes when doubling the standard acoustic, thereby sound much less like a 12 string.

[Inked]

I did for awhile, but found that whenever I picked it up I always ended up changing the tuning to something else!

[geordie]

I keep a Spanish guitar for EADGBE tuning - I consider it to be an alternative to my normal (standard) tunings.

[markvc1]

GREAT way to justify having multiple guitars

[Frankieabbott]

Alternate tunings?

[news_watch]

Old Sigma DR-45 tuned to Open D or Open G. That is my Pat Simmons guitar.
Older still Alverez with raised action for slide, tuned to something un-standard. Mississippi Delta Blues (someday).
Couple others at Standard.

I couldn't justify buying a new guitar just to have an Open Tuning standby, but after I buy a new guitar for whatever reason, I can always justify tuning the older one to an alternate tuning.

[WordMan]

I got a GS-Mini as a travel/beater guitar, but found I kept it in G for slide noodling. Then my son decided it was his . Heck he plays it every day, in both standard and G, so I guess I can't complain...

[NY NY]

I have a resonator that stays always in an open tuning. Among regular flattops I dont keep a particular instrument solely for open tuning, but I ususally have one in an open tuning. Usually the same one for quite a while. But they do change.