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Post subject: Country Twing Sound
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:48 am
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I was reading this months Guitar Player magizine and a small blerp mentioning "nashville tuning" caught my attention. Although I generally play rock and blues music and am familiar with different open tunings ,I am not or have never heard of "nashville tuning". I ask this because I have aquired a love for certian types of country and cannot dupilcate that unique country lead sound. I play a Fender Strat Amer Delux guitar through a Fender "hot rod"Delux 4x10. Accustic through a Fender Accusticsonics ll. Have a few effects pedals but have failed to find the right combo. Is it strings, settings , right pedal or " tuning" which I suspect it is not.

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Nashville tuning , also called "high strung guitar", isn't how you get the sound I think you're asking about. The sound I think you're asking about is generally gotten with a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a clean Fender tube amp. Many country pickers use a compressor too, but I think the sound is more playing style than a gear thing.

Nashville tuning is mostly used for playing rhythm and often doubling another guitar part. It's still E A D G B E but the E A D G strings are an octave higher than normal. The two E strings will be the same pitch, not an octave apart.

The easiest way to try this is to buy a pack of strings for a 12-string guitar. Put the "normal" strings on one guitar and put the high strings on another. Ideally you'd want to do a setup on the high strung guitar as intonation may be off and the truss rod might need adjustment since there will be less tension on the neck. The nut slots might give you some trouble too - fret buzzing, most likely - but if you just want to try it sometime it won't do any harm.


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Post subject: Country Twang Sound
Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:36 pm
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George wrote:
Nashville tuning , also called "high strung guitar", isn't how you get the sound I think you're asking about. The sound I think you're asking about is generally gotten with a Telecaster on the bridge pickup through a clean Fender tube amp. Many country pickers use a compressor too, but I think the sound is more playing style than a gear thing.

Nashville tuning is mostly used for playing rhythm and often doubling another guitar part. It's still E A D G B E but the E A D G strings are an octave higher than normal. The two E strings will be the same pitch, not an octave apart.

The easiest way to try this is to buy a pack of strings for a 12-string guitar. Put the "normal" strings on one guitar and put the high strings on another. Ideally you'd want to do a setup on the high strung guitar as intonation may be off and the truss rod might need adjustment since there will be less tension on the neck. The nut slots might give you some trouble too - fret buzzing, most likely - but if you just want to try it sometime it won't do any harm.

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Thanks for the response. Thanks for the info on "high strung guitar" never heard of that. I know about Teleacaster being the guitar to get that sound but I don't have one and I'm hoping possaiblly since my Strat has a maple neck & fretboard that with a pickup swap/change it might help. Also thanks about the tip on a compressor effects pedal. I'm going to try it first and work on my technique.
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Nashville tuning is great for playing with another person, especially if they tend to play the same chord formations you are using (I have a buddy that does that!). You will need a spare guitar strung with the tenor strings from a 12 string set as that guitar will only be good for chords. This tuning, when played against a regular tuned guitar, is especially useful to get some of the earlier Beatles acoustic, and electric, sounds. Really grabs that 'jangle' sound they had. The two guitars together almost sound like 1 twelve-string guitar.

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