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Thread #121690   Message #2661839
Posted By: Don Firth
21-Jun-09 - 10:19 PM
Thread Name: hurt my guitar to tune it a step high?
Subject: RE: hurt my guitar to tune it a step high?
Thanks for the specific info, Mooh!

Kevin, with a guitar with a 21" string length, I wouldn't think there'd be a problem. I've seen small bodied, short scale guitars like the Tacoma "Papoose" or the Mini-Martin, referred to as "terz guitars," that use standard strings, but are intended to be tuned a minor third higher than a standard guitar. That would mean that an E chord fingering would come out a G chord—which is to say, it would be like a standard guitar with a capo on the third fret.

Don Firth