Telecaster Guitar Forum - View Single Post - How many of you play a guitar tuned down to Eb?

fakeocaster · March 7th, 2007, 02:01 PM

To be honest Ive never seen any point in tuning in Eb.Im not a singer but Ive played with many who sing in every key known to man(and more) so I learnt how to adapt.Once I learned to transpose without a capo I found it easier to stay in standard and work from there.

I did sit in once at a blues festival with a SRV wannabe who wanted the bass player and I to tune down to Eb with him in order to play ONE SONG (Pride and Joy).

We just played down a semitone instead and everything was fine

Im sure if you want to stay in Eb you could get used to transposing up a semitone instead.

Its probably a case of picking one tuning and staying with it

March 7th, 2007, 02:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
fakeocaster Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Enniscorthy, Ireland Posts: 640	To be honest Ive never seen any point in tuning in Eb.Im not a singer but Ive played with many who sing in every key known to man(and more) so I learnt how to adapt.Once I learned to transpose without a capo I found it easier to stay in standard and work from there. I did sit in once at a blues festival with a SRV wannabe who wanted the bass player and I to tune down to Eb with him in order to play ONE SONG (Pride and Joy). We just played down a semitone instead and everything was fine Im sure if you want to stay in Eb you could get used to transposing up a semitone instead. Its probably a case of picking one tuning and staying with it __________________ cheers fakeocaster