Speaking of other tunings, mine is currently tuned DA DD AA DD. It makes Midnight on the Water and Bonaparte's Retreat BOOM!
Credit to a workshop at Chef's house for that inspiration. M On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:08 PM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>wrote: > Mike, > Lots of valid comments here, actually, ALL valid comments. But I did > tune my Gil F4 up to AEAE once for a month with no visible or audible > signs of damage. I wouldn't do some of the older, lighter mandos that > way however. I think that GDGD-capo-at-the-2nd-fret ideer is good. I > would also follow Topher-san's suggestion to find appropriate string > gauges. I keep wondering what gauges would be required to tune in EGAD > tuning. > > TBug > > On Nov 20, 10:34 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if tuning up the G and D strings to A and E present > > any threat to a mandolin. I'd like to keep one tuned up like that all > > the time. Thank you all. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Taterbugmando" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=.
