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by e17
Mon Sep 21, 2015 9:47 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Drop-Tuning a Mustang to D Standard
Replies: 9
Views: 6812

robroe wrote:
honeyiscool wrote: If you play with any sort of finesse

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Haha finesse isn't exactly my forte. I like heavier strings because its harder to for my badly-gripped chords to yank it out of tune too.
by e17
Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:19 am
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Drop-Tuning a Mustang to D Standard
Replies: 9
Views: 6812

Cheers everyone. After Fridays gig we have some time to experiment a little and I'll give it a shot.

This is a song we did - all the clean guitars are my Mustang and most of the Dirty as well. The rest is a blacktop Jag. All the bass is a shortscale jag bass.

http://myelinldn.bandcamp.com/
by e17
Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:58 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Drop-Tuning a Mustang to D Standard
Replies: 9
Views: 6812

It's more an issue of the strings feeling flappy and pushing out of tune easily. Heavier strings definitely help to combat that, but there's no question that heavier strings suit downtuning better for stable tuning. D Standard on my Tele with 11s is unbearable. Also - I can't relax my left-hand - I'...
by e17
Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:54 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Drop-Tuning a Mustang to D Standard
Replies: 9
Views: 6812

Drop-Tuning a Mustang to D Standard

Hi all. This is my Mustang - a Classic Player that's been modded from P90s to Single Coils, with the switches bypassed and the control plate set to a 3-way toggle and master volume. Simplicity! My friends playing a Cyclone and the bassist has a shortscale jag bass. Offsets all the way. http://igcdn-...