What does dave play YNK on?

[PilotC150]

Regular guitar tuned up? Baritone guitar with regluar gauge strings resulting in a higher tuning? What exactly does he use in order to get the baritone tuning an octave higher??

[cmcdmb]

i thought it was just a standard baritone guitar?....also, you can get the same results with a 7 string guitar....

[gravedigger]

i thought it was just a standard baritone guitar?....also, you can get the same results with a 7 string guitar....

weird: I dreamed last night that I was at this guys house and I was playing his 7 string Norman acoustic they don't make a 7 string and I've no idea why I dreamt of one. It was very nice though anyway, the guitar must be adjusted so that regular strings can be tuned up to baritone, so that the tension isn't too much to break the strings. I can't think of any other way.

[PilotC150]

Do ya think maybe he uses a specially made set of strings? Or is it actually in the same octave as a baritone guitar? Therefore played on a baritone?

Oh, for the 7 string, can't you get a tenor 7 string which adds the low B, or do they all add the high A? I know there are different 5-string basses which either add the low B or high B.

[cmcdmb]

i think 7 strings come standard with low b, that being the 7th string....so u have b e a d g b e

[gravedigger]

i think 7 strings come standard with low b, that being the 7th string....so u have b e a d g b e

yeah, the Gibson Les Paul 7 string has the low B, but there's also ones wtih the high A string which would be better, in my opinion. but as far as the YNK tuning?????? damn. I don't know. I'll Never Know~

[PilotC150]

Maybe he had tabbers in mind when he was writting the song.

ok....probably not.......eh....definatly not

[madtadder]

i know he plays it on his taylor 714 (seen in the everyday video). string wise, i dont know. my guess would be that he changes up the strings like this:
E--> put on a B string
B-->put on an E string and tune to F#
G-->put on a second B string and tune to D
D-->put on a G string and tune to A
A-->put on a D string and tune to E
E-->put on an A string and tune to B

or something to this effect.

[ticohans]

i sure hope he didn't do that, cause that's WAY too much tension for the neck, to just kick up all the gagues a notch like that. Well, he does have money to burn. But still, I doubt the sound he'd get from a set up would be that good as that's too much tension to let the top vibrate well.

[gravedigger]

i sure hope he didn't do that, cause that's WAY too much tension for the neck, to just kick up all the gagues a notch like that. Well, he does have money to burn. But still, I doubt the sound he'd get from a set up would be that good as that's too much tension to let the top vibrate well.

its not that much tension is it? the heaviest string is the A string, and tuning them up a step isn't that crazy. The overall tension can't be much more than if it's in standard, is it? I don't know.

[ticohans]

ohh, wait, i'm an idiot. I read that post by tadder backwards. I thought it was a very low B string that was the highest gague. Now it makes sense. My question is then would there be ENOUGH tension?...

[gravedigger]

ohh, wait, i'm an idiot. I read that post by tadder backwards. I thought it was a very low B string that was the highest gague. Now it makes sense. My question is then would there be ENOUGH tension?...

that's what I thought, well, the strings are tuned up a step and stuff so the tension could be alright. Fuck it sounds good, so

[PilotC150]

topping this thread....

I have a new guitar now, so I want to tune my old one to the YNK tuning. It looks like I can use just one set of strings plus an extra B string. Anywhere I can buy just ONE B string? Or anybody have an extra one they can send me??

[madtadder]

you can usually just buy single strings at a music store. most places sell them as replacements, i buy them when i dont want to completely restring because the strings are fairly new. just go to a music store and tell them what you're looking for and im sure they'll help you out, they're usually more than willing to help there.