Brilliant, Scott!!iiipopes wrote:And now for something completely different: terz guitar. String a 320/325 with 9, 11 1/2, 17w, 22w, 30w, 40w (you can get all these odd gauges as D'Addario XL singles) and tune it up four frets to G#, D#, B, F#, C#, G#. This gives some really nice chimey tones: not like a mandolin; not like a 12-string or any other guitar capo'ed. I've recorded with this setup as well. Really adds sparkle to the mix of the right song. The first time I used it I was accompanying a guy who wanted a particular song capo'ed up the four frets, but any regular guitar, with his voice, just did not have the clarity in the mix needed to accompany his particular tonality. This setup did it. And using a wound 3rd, I didn't even have to reintonate my bridge, and the gauge verses tension stayed the same so I didn't have to tweak my truss rods.
That's great lateral thinking...