The problem with using heavier bass strings is that you have to file a wider slot in the nut and this will adversely affect the set-up if and when you change back to a lighter gauge - in fact, you'll probably need a new nut. Personally, I'd never put anything heavier than .056 on my Lowden. Some makers, like Dermot McIlroy, state that nothing heavier than .053 should be used on cedar-topped guitars if they are ever brought into standard tuning.

"No one here has mentioned how well these "low C" tunings (open C, orkney tuning, etc.) sound on nylon stringed guitars."

Listen to the fabulous Anna Shannon's playing, especially Song Without Words, played on a 1920s classical guitar.

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