Half Step Flat Tunning ?

[sloop_john_b]

Are you daring to cast aspersions on the stability of the TP neck?

Strangely, my TP is the most stable guitar in the stable, tuned to concert pitch.... I have had way more problems with bass necks, long and thin as they are.

No no, i'm talking about Rick 12's in general.

[whojamfan]

Tuning in anything but standard just drives me nuts. No matter how accurate the tuner is, or the guitar is tuned, it just doesn't sound right to me. This is just when I'm playing, not listening to others(unless they really are out of tune). It's all in my head, I'm sure, but it just doesn't sound right to me. I can tolerate a drop d to a certain extent, but E flat just doesn't work for me.

[doctorwho]

... Gives the stratocaster a pretty big sound though, I can't really explain it ...

Although I'm a chemist, not a physicist, I would think that the lower the tension, the greater the oscillation (distance traveled) in the string's vibration, which would translate as a larger induced current in the pickup, and, therefore, 'bigger sound'.