ok, Brian but dadgad still only gives YOU 3 keys, so it is limited harmonically compared to cgcgda [5 keys] or standard or drop d.

"I don't doubt that standard tuning is the most flexible, and I wouldn't use DADGAD if I were trying to play jazz. It's just that standard doesn't give me the sound I like, to accompany traditional songs and dance music"
"Well, it's held my interest for thirty years now - perhaps you should have stuck at it a bit longer. And what are "distinctively harmonic limitations"?
you liking it is not what is under discussion, what is under discussion is it harmonically limited?.
I have given you an answer to its limitations.
I like it too on occasions, but I do not like to use it exclusively, although as I stated before, Bensusan has explored it in depth and shown what its possibilites are with a lot of work.