Y'know sometimes I think if I were to relearn the guitar from scratch, I would have started with 4ths from day one, but the thing is, I'm so used to standard tuning there wouldn't really be any advantage at this point. I remember a Holdsworth interview where he said the same thing...
Fifths on the other hand...:wub:
Done it on bass, acoustic and mandolin, and it really appeals to me. I still dream of having the disposable income for a custom-made five-string tuned CGDAE with a pair of X2Ns and a hard-tail bridge...
Fair enough, and I agree with you on the appeal of a 5-string in 5ths.
But I also like that there's a really nice pattern when you play 4-note-per-string scale fingerings involving 3 pairs of strings which works beautifully on a 6 string:
Very interesting indeed. I think I'll try out the minor 6ths tuning.
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