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kvsealegs
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kvsealegs
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01/12/2021 9:00 pm

I don't know how to really ask this question, or if it is really a "thing" as I may be thinking.

I have found some pleasure in trying out the James Taylor tuning in my acoustic guitars. It does seem to resonate to me more. It's not hugely different, but different. I have found that "I" tend to tune the higher strings a few cents closer to pitch, and the lower strings a few cents more away from pitch.

I don't really know what it is, but I am thinking that it creates more disonance from the high strings and gives a bit of out of phase sound, resulting in a fuller resonant sound?

Does what I say make sense? Or is this a swing and miss for a strike out, altogether. LOL