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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Jun 27, 2018 21:16:31 GMT
Rick's B tuning for 4500X was a moment of inspiration. I don't know at which point Rick really upgraded to very heavy gauge strings as the B tuning only works well with a very heavy gauge set of strings.
The open G tuning is more universal with many guitarists but often in the more popular D G D G B D set up though Quo would wind the low E up to G instead of dropping down to D. Therefore making GGDGBD. Putting plenty of tension on that string.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Jun 28, 2018 14:40:12 GMT
Rick's B tuning for 4500X was a moment of inspiration. I don't know at which point Rick really upgraded to very heavy gauge strings as the B tuning only works well with a very heavy gauge set of strings. The open G tuning is more universal with many guitarists but often in the more popular D G D G B D set up though Quo would wind the low E up to G instead of dropping down to D. Therefore making GGDGBD. Putting plenty of tension on that string. He wound the E up to G so he could get the sound and the power with one finger or a barre. He couldn't do that if the E was down to a D. That G tuning is more of a finger-pickin' blues style. The BB tuning he uses is unique to him, I think. I can't think of any other guitarist that uses BBDGBE tuning. It's used on 'Lonely Man' too, although it can be played just as well in standard tuning. Pip W confirmed that the modal B tuning was all Rick's invention. Apart from tributes I can't think of anyone else who uses that same tuning either. Possibly the heavy gauge strings required would put many a guitarist off the idea! I imagine a few players use the same G tuning that Quo put to good use. Mick Ralph's (Bad Co) springs to mind? Keith Richards obviously couldn't be doing with all that and removes the low E string all together in the G tuning! |
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