Originally Posted by
Jim Nollman
Steve, yes I have had my Fado guitar tuned to DADGAD, and for many years. During a show, I'd start the 10 minute long instrumental tune I'd composed specifically for this instrument, with this tuning, (basically an open D sus). About 10 minutes into it, I'd quickly tune the G down to an F# and play the resultant open D tuning with a bottleneck. It was basically a raga format, with the drone played on the bass strings. These days I hardly ever take the guitarron out of my closet.
And thanks for the insight about the Woodpecker ribbon. I can see there's a ribbon in my future, maybe later this year, and reading through this thread suggests I'd probably do better by getting the Royer.
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