https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:08:15 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247224 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:15:36 +0000
I myself prefer a nice clean sound though (at least when I play - I do like wound string noise in others playing... Hmmm)

I like electric strings on my slide guitar as well - because they take to slide better IMO.

Tho I gotta have 4 unwound strings. And I use a 2" Moonshine #244 glazed clay slide. (on my pinky)
That way I get a nice clean tone.... I can hit the 2 wound strings though if I want that sound.

As for regular acoustics - gotta have acoustic strings. (DR Rares)

Ken]]> Slide and Alternate tunings CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247224 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247220 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:53:50 +0000 Summertime recording.

The main reason I like nickel electric strings is their very bright tone.

Another reason I like them is that I've learned, as my teacher had explained he did himself years ago when I was first starting out, that it's handy to use the same strings on your acoustics and electrics. Same playing feel. Makes string inventorying mighty simple as well. I went through experimenting with heavier and heavier strings on my reso. Got up to .017-.070". Guess what? Standard .012-.052" electric nickel strings are way better IMO.

A nice side benefit of this is that basic nickel electric strings are dirt cheap, and they last nearly forever. I'm super cheap myself, and I like that a lot.]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247220 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247217 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:41:15 +0000 Yeah, I'm sorry....
I'd really hate to see your G string come unwound where your Johnson is concerned.... LOL

I think I'm finally gettin' the hang of this site!
(No pun intended)

Ken]]> Slide and Alternate tunings CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247217 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247216 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:37:03 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247216 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247215 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 06:32:14 +0000 Presumably for the unwound G string....?

Have you ever tried using an unwound D string as well????

A lot less slide noise against the wound D that way.
If slide is all it's used for, it works out well.

Ken]]> Slide and Alternate tunings CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247215 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247110 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:56:48 +0000 Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247110 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247105 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 19:27:10 +0000
That was fantastic Ric.
Thankx for putin' that up.

I really like the tone on that.

I had a smile on my face the whole time - love that bass line.

Gave way to a little chuckle at the end - it really does make you feel like you're sittin' on a porch swing sippin' lemonade
on a lazy, breezy, Southern summer day.
:D :D :D

Thankx again,

Ken

ps - gave it another listen....
even in the Gm tuning, it lent a rather banjoesqe like infusion to the guitar sound.
Really nice 8)]]> Slide and Alternate tunings CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247105 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247019 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:58:51 +0000
As for Summertime, it's basically just a version that started off with my discovery that it was easy to play in Open Gmin. (Same as Amin, a step apart in pitch as noted above.) When I showed my teacher what I'd been doing, originally I'd gone into that tuning to easily play I Wonder As I Wander, which I wanted to play and sing for Christmas. I'd gotten that down easily enough. He was unfamiliar with the song, thought it was a cool thing I'd done, but wasn't too excited. Then I showed him how the basic Carol of the Bells fell readily to hand, and he was a lot more interested. Then I started into Summertime, and he couldn't take any more. He said "Give me your guitar!" He'd never played in Gmin tuning in his life, but he just took off jamming on it with stuff that'd bring tears to your eyes. He showed me some of his licks, I've played around with it, and have my own version. We've had lots of fun playing duets, taking turns playing rhythm chords and doing lead on it. Dunno about tab. And yeah, it's the Gershwin tune. I used to get rocked to sleep to that one when I was a wee tot.

Hey, I just found an old version (I think about 3 1/2 years old) of Summertime that I'd squirreled away in a dark musty corner of the Web:
http://oldengine.org/members/culp/summertime.mp3
(It's in Gmin, on my Johnson Tricone.)]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247019 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247016 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:32:19 +0000
Ric - When you say Summertime, are you talking about the Gershwin Jazz Standard version,
or the Big Brother version????

And

Do you know where I can get Big Brother's version in tab????

Thankx,

Ken

ps
Your tricone is a real beauty.... :D]]> Slide and Alternate tunings CitiZenNoir https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247016 https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247009 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 02:37:36 +0000 The Pusher!]]> Slide and Alternate tunings Ricochet https://guitarnoise.forum/slide-and-alternate-tunings/open-amin/#post-247009