The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119189 Message #2583083
Posted By: Richard Bridge
07-Mar-09 - 01:22 AM
Thread Name: DADGAD Day
Subject: RE: DADGAD Day
Well, yes, the bottom and top Ds and teh top A are both tuned down a tone from the pitch in standard tuning, so are slacker and floppier, with all that that implies including for ability to excite the top of the guitar.
On the guitar I usually use for DADGAD, since it has a slightly short scale length, I'd play 13/56s or even a 13/58 bluegrass set, in standard, so I'd expect to want 14/18/26/36/46/58 for DADGAD and so far my choice seems to be either to buy strings as singles or to get 6 sets as a minimum order from Gordon Newton.