Apropos of other tunings: Does anyone have suggestion for string gauges for modal C (CGCGCD)?

The bottom C is of course 2 tones down and tends to drift off sometimes when hit hard. Incidentally, Nic Jones used to drop down another semitone to B (i.e. in Canadee-i-o)!

I recently had some tuning-drift problems with my 30-year old Fylde Goodfellow, took it to Hayward the Luthier in Winchester - he fixed 90% of the problem by refitting quality rosewood pegs. Best £25 I ever spent. Still hates the cold though ...

AP

PS Matt: I take 2 guitars to gigs, one in open tuning, and retune between sets. Works for me. Except when they go out of tune halfway through, but there's no helping that...

PPS Bruce Michael Baillie: Thrashing out 3 chords sounds just as bad in any tuning.