townsend
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I play at home, and here is my situation. I have a
1) LP type clone (single cutaway) humbucker guitar in standard tuning, and a
2) Stratocaster (w/ Seymour Duncans in all 3 positions, humbuckers in bridge and neck, single coil in middle, etc.), in Eb tuning. I believe these are the two most common tunings for rock and I don't like to retune guitars unless I have to.
If I want to play any song in standard tuning, I just grab the LP. If I want to play a song in Eb, I grab the strat. I chose the strat for Eb tuning mainly because of Hendrix songs (a little Guns'n'Roses here and there).
I was thinking of learning Heart's Barracuda, and I wanted to play it on the Strat so I could do the whammy bar harmonics at the beginning. This song is, however, in standard tuning (I think). So my overall plan just doesn't work.
What to do? Do some of you throw a capo at the first fret and "convert" the Eb guitar to standard tuning? Or do you just retune it? Inquiring minds want to know. I know, having two nice electrics is such a pain.
1) LP type clone (single cutaway) humbucker guitar in standard tuning, and a
2) Stratocaster (w/ Seymour Duncans in all 3 positions, humbuckers in bridge and neck, single coil in middle, etc.), in Eb tuning. I believe these are the two most common tunings for rock and I don't like to retune guitars unless I have to.
If I want to play any song in standard tuning, I just grab the LP. If I want to play a song in Eb, I grab the strat. I chose the strat for Eb tuning mainly because of Hendrix songs (a little Guns'n'Roses here and there).
I was thinking of learning Heart's Barracuda, and I wanted to play it on the Strat so I could do the whammy bar harmonics at the beginning. This song is, however, in standard tuning (I think). So my overall plan just doesn't work.
What to do? Do some of you throw a capo at the first fret and "convert" the Eb guitar to standard tuning? Or do you just retune it? Inquiring minds want to know. I know, having two nice electrics is such a pain.