I've mentioned this in other threads, but I don't miond repeating myself if anyone'll listen! A few years back I began tuning my 12-string down further and further so I could use C chords more often (I sing most songs around G-A), but working out string guages was very tricky. In the end I went down a whole five frets to B-E-A-D-F#-B. So now I move the strings up a notch -- lose the firsts, seconds across to first, thirds (unison) to second, and so on; then find a heavy bottom E. I shall have to find a custom maker somewhere close to home so I can have all the same brand & style across the fingerboard. Also, I'll have to widen some of the slots in the nut some time, asone or two of the heavier strings stick up a little too much. I find some people like it better, and others less than my 6-string, which is still in standard tuning.

Steve