Subject: RE: Slide Guitar What tunning ?
From: Murray MacLeod - PM
Date: 14 Feb 08 - 02:15 AM

what is the advantage of having two bass G strings instead of a G and a D ?
slightly off thread,but I think Roscoe Holcomb used this tuning,ggdgbd,not for slide playing .
but he was also a Banjo player.and gdgbd is a five string banjo tuning. of course your drone g is low on a guitar.
the problem is your d chord becomes more difficult.but ok for tunes/songs that are g chord and c chord. or for playing the guitar in a frailing/up picking banjo type style