I usually tune drop D because I find it easier for melodic purposes. For example, something like-

------------------|(double time here)
d-----5-------5---|-----2h3-------3p2-------7-10p9-
A---2---2---3---3-|---3-----3---2-----3---5--------
D-2-------3-------|-0---------0---------0----------

d-----9-----2/3---|
A---9---7/5-----3-|
D-0---------------|

parts of that would be a lot harder for me to reach in standard tuning, like the 2.9.9 It wouldn't be a problem for some gutiarists, but my hands have been changing a lot recently (I went from about 104lbs to 125 in a month) so I gotta cheat a bit.

No, that's not copyrighted, but it is part of something I'm writing so if any of you suddenly becoming famous and I hear it playing it on the radio I'm gonna be pissed and I don't mean the British pissed.

Edit- might wanna copy that to a monospace font, I don't remember how to change it in here.

[Edited by Hammurabi on 11-11-2003 at 10:52 PM]