will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

[skyking]

Hey guys just bought a new LP std and was wanting to tune to open e to play some slide and was wondering if it would do any kind of harm to the neck. Ive tuned my other guitars like this and didnt care too much because they werent as expensive as this one. So i just wanted to get some thoughts on it from some guys on the forum. thanks for the help.

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

It literally cannot hurt your guitar. Tune away.

 

[Zerberus]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

No, it will not.

 

[Northwinds]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

I forsee no problems except if you are using heavy guage strings, then you might need to make a trussrod adjustment

 

[Aceman]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

Open E!?!?!?!?!! Good God man! That is the FORBIDDEN tuning. The E stands for EVIL.

It will destroy not only your Les Paul, but you also your SOUL.

Tune it back to standard now!!!!

 

[kaligula11]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

I've just tuned my guitar to EADG#BE (G to G#) because I thought it would make a riff I came up with sound a bit better. Well, it sounded worse than I expected;(. Anyway, now I looked at this thread... ooops?

 

[skyking]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei-L_AuuaxIThanks for the post guys, just wanted to make sure i wasnt going to hurt my guitar. I was wanting to learn to play this song.

 

[skyking]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

well i guess im computer retarded cause the link isn't working. anyway it was supposed to be a link to a cool video of " stay with me " by the faces

 

[lex666]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

Do it!! :28:

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

i have a friend who tuned his Les Paul to open E.

Three years later? BAM! Herpes.

 

[Aceman]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

Here is a very cool alternative slide tuning: Drop High E - just tune the high E to D.

Then, the bottom 5 strings are in standard, and the top 5 strings are in open G. Fast, and easy! standard rhythm, slide leads. Try this for Tush by ZZ.

 

[skyking]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

Thanks aceman im going to try that one out! I just learned to play the rythm part of that song a few weeks ago, i think its time to tackle the slide parts in that one too.

 

[mixedmedia]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

open Dm on the other hand might be a different story.

 

[rockinangus]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

Northwinds is right, It all depends on what gauge string you are using, a heavier gauge could put to much stress on the neck, and if the guitar ever fell off the stand face down then it could break the back of the headstock because of the extreme tension of the strings pulling on it

 

[FretFire]

Re: will tuning guitar to open E damage my guitar

i have a friend who tuned his Les Paul to open E.

Three years later? BAM! Herpes.

+10 cool points for this reference.

"She Talks To Angels" is a fun open E song.