Oops - I've just noticed that it was Frank not Rick who mentioned the National. Sorry - I try to be very careful with my attributions and get annoyed when ohters make the sort of mistake that I have made.

John, I will give that tuning a try - it might work better than standard for me. I have tried tuning my guitar in fifths but regardless of what gauges of strings I use, the guitar always sounds horrible tuned that way.

Jon