I never play in regular tuning. Check out this site for some interesting ones: http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/tab/index.html

i also use DADGAD but “use” is more like “tune my acoustic like that when i want to improvise and just get silly a little” here

seriously – i love this tuning. i’m a big fan of drop D, so i feel comfortable in it and DADGAD is very funny to improvise in – it’s really not hard to come up with something that sounds awesome and “fresh” to you. But when it comes to a proper songwriting – nothing better than good ol’ drop D (or standart… but… meh…)

and open Dm is also interesting although i don’t use it that much, it’s cool

i hardly ever use a typical open tuning; quite often though i’ll just re-tune one or two strings from standard…

i have some songs in these tunings:

E A D G# B E

E A D G A E

E G D G B E-or-D

D A D G Bb E

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or i’ll use an open tuning with a slight variation such as:

D A D F A E (i really like this one)

D A D F Bb D

(both deviations from open Dm)

I always have the same gauge and tuning on the bottom two strings for that droning sonic youth-esque sound. I have one guitar tuned in DDDDAA ,its my favorite tuning! As for the tunings I created, i dont give them out cause I’m kinda secretive about how I do things musically. 😆

NOTE: you should always swap gauges when you use odd tunings to get the most out of your guitar, dont stick to a standard set, make your own sets. It takes me two or three sets or more to string one guitar. That’s one of the reasons I buy 24 packs at a time for 3 bucks each set from http://www.webstrings.com/ great strings!

Doing this also prevents some strings being too tight and some being too loose.

I dont change string much as i play a jaguar mostly which is bright even with old and dull strings so i can get away with it and I never break strings either so I leave them on for months at a time.

I live in the magical land of Oz where musical things cost an arm and a leg! 😆

It works out ok cause then all the spares i use on other guitars tunings so i don’t really waste too many strings all in all.

i’ve been wanting to try the EHX strings, but i need to use up my 10 pack of d’addario’s first, plus i cant find them in any store near me.