I think that's a good move. I just picked up a second Blueridge tenor and played it in CGDA for a few days. It is fun, but I prefer the deeper sound of GDAE, and I can always capo up if I want to be in tenor/mandola tuning. I just filed the nut slots yesterday and strung it with 14, 22, 32, 45. Sounds great! I like the 14 as the single E string, vs the pair of 12 I use on my other Blueridge that has 8 strings. I think a pair of 14 would bee too much for comfortable fretting. I'm still thinking I might convert it to 8 string, but I'll keep it as a 4 string for the next month or so to see if I like it.
Bookmarks