Sorry Don and Jim: The 9 different guitars and "they 'll creep back to where they were before" referring to the string tuning just isn't true, and this type of misinformation will tend to confuse any of the younger players reading this. Like anything else, Professionals who work with tunings all the time don't have these problems as the use of various tunings is a SKILL that can be developed. What astounds me about all of this is how you can be that oblivious
to that which is around you? In fact, although you may not want to acknowledge/realize it, there are players who are capable of tuning WHILE PLAYING A SONG! It's part of the show for some Nashville session guys and I've used it during many shows as a trick for the audience. Have you ever heard of Roy Clark?(Buck Owens/Hee-Haw) Tom Rush made a CAREER with open tunings. If you think I'm making this up, start checking this stuff out, and don't be like the blind men each holding a different part of the elephant, and one says it's like a snake, the next says it's like a tree, the other like a vine...you know the story, I hope. The world is a BIG place. See some of it. And remember, Uncle Bob loves ya. But WOW...bob