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Razorwire
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Razorwire
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Joined: 05/30/02
Posts: 5
06/03/2002 11:14 am
There are lots of bands who use slack tunings out there I'm sure, my band use dropped D tunned down 1/2 a step (low E is tuned to C#).

I am having alot of trouble intonating the low E string at C#. I use a .42 gauge string and my intonation is always sharp. But on both my guitars (A les paul standard and a lonestar strat) I have extended the string length as far as it will go and cant get them into propper intonation.

Does anyone out there know how I can solve this without having to do major modifications? Can I improve things by using heavier strings?