I have my Washburn 12-string tuned to BEADA#B, 5 frets down. This means I can play C chords and they come out in G, or D chords and they come out in G: this is handy for accompanying most of the melodeon & fidde players in these parts, and it also helps me because I'm not the world's greatest guitarist and I have a tenor voice.

I must make the effort to get a custom set of strings (or at least a set all made by the same manufacturer). Also, I need to widen the nut slightly for the big bottom B string, which sits a little high: I have to tune it slighty flat to get it right when fretted, and it's the only one that gives me trouble when I use a capo. I'm reluctant to start something I may not be able to finish!

Steve