Nashville baritone tuning?

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Thurisarz

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I wanna try this and see if it fits me and my music but i wonder what string sizes i should use? Did a google search and found a Pat Methany tuning but it was in A-A with a low A string but i want to go B-B with a high B string like "regular" nashville tuning. So, for B-B nashville tuning what strings should i look at?

Thanks in advance!
 
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The gauge of the strings will depend on not only the tuning you want to use but the scale length of the instrument in question as well as the overall feel and tone you want.
 
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The scale of the guitar is 25,5" and i'm looking for tight feeling strings, in other words non-sloppy. I'm not after a specific sound.
 
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http://www.pacificsites.net/~dog/StringTensionApplet.html

You can use this applet to:
A. Calculate your current tensions (by inputting your scale, gauge and note)
B. Plug that tension back into the new note and get an equivalent gauge at that pitch.

:)

For example, a low "E", tuned to "E" with a .46" = 19.91#'s of tension.
To get ~20#'s of tension on a high "E" tuning, you need a ~.11" string.
 
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Thurisarz said:
The scale of the guitar is 25,5" and i'm looking for tight feeling strings, in other words non-sloppy. I'm not after a specific sound.
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a 25.5 inch scale guitar is not a baritone and will never be one...you can put heavy strings on it and tune it down but it'll never have that tight bari fdeel or that bari tone...
 
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Thurisarz said:
Even when regarding nashville B-B tuning?
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Im not sure what in the world "nashville" B-B tuning is...a B is a B no matter where in the world you are and if you put heavy strings tuned to B on a 25.5 inch scale guitar that does not make it a baritone and it will not have the tone or feel of one.
 
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the guy who invented fire said:
Im not sure what in the world "nashville" B-B tuning is...a B is a B no matter where in the world you are and if you put heavy strings tuned to B on a 25.5 inch scale guitar that does not make it a baritone and it will not have the tone or feel of one.
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Nashville tuning is basically stringing your 6 string like the octave strings of a 12 String. Just like a 12, the G can be high or low. It allows you to double guitar parts with a vary "airy" quality, similar to capoing up and doubling a guitar part.

The most famous use of Nashville tuning I can think of is "Hey You" by Pink Floyd. That intro isn't a complicated fingering pattern, it's just a chord shape in Nashville tunning picked up and down the strings.
 
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I guess I wasn't clear...I know what Nashville tuning is and I know what a baritone is but I have never, until now heard the 2 mentioned together concerning the same instrument...
 
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Just to make it clear is that i'm not gonna use a heavy B-string its gonna be tuned one octave higher, would that still make it floppy?
 
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Thurisarz said:
Just to make it clear is that i'm not gonna use a heavy B-string its gonna be tuned one octave higher, would that still make it floppy?
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You're talking about tuning a guitar UP in pitch from a regular guitar...you're saying you want it to be an octave HIGHER than a B-B Baritone...that right???

If thats the case you'll want to go with a LIGHTER set of strings and you mioght want to look into a shorter guitar...something 24 3/4 or shorter woudl be best...

If this is not what you want than I am completely confused and am being no help at all...
 
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Now you got it the guy who invented fire :)

I'm not gonna make this permanently, just gonna try it out and see if i like it and if it will fit my music. Any suggestions on what string sizes i should use?
 
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10-52
I only tuned to dropB for curiosity's sake, though I have a guitar that I keep intonated for open C and drop C and its a 25"scale guitar . I find heavier than the 52s I lose the crunch... I like the skinny top heavy bottom feel but its taste and feel you can always go with12s or 13s if ya want it tight & snappy

I forgot to mention I use 10-52s on all my guitars tuned from standard to drop C, its just a comfortable and very playable set IMHO
 
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Thurisarz said:
Now you got it the guy who invented fire :)

I'm not gonna make this permanently, just gonna try it out and see if i like it and if it will fit my music. Any suggestions on what string sizes i should use?
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Well, if thats the case then the range you're looking for is what woudl be the 7th fret B on a standard tuned electric guitar...to get up that high w/o a capo you're really gonna have to go VERY light strings and like I said, if you have anything shorter than a 25.5 inch scale use that. I used to have a Mustang (24" scale) that I kept with lightish sttrings pulled up to G, but you're talking 2 full steps above that!

I'd say start with nothing bigger than a .008 on top...do this go with something VERY light like .008/.010/.012/.018/.028/.038 and see how tight you can pull those w/o them being to tight to really play, if you can get as high as say A-A then do that and put a capo on at the 2nd fret...

Those are just about the lightest strings I think you're gonna find...I have seen (and used to use) a wound .018...it's often used as a wound G string in a standard set often sold as round wound JAZZ strings...I'd try that and see how it works out.
 
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