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Originally Posted by chet
What happens when you play at a jam with that guitar? I'd think that you'd just have to tell everyone else what key you're in etc. Does the Bass player necessarily have to tune his bass to Eb also?
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What happens is that you tell the other players what key you are playing in or they tell you and then you play in that key... no biggie.
The bass player doesn't have to change tuning at all... but he does need to know the key.
I occasionally use my strat and it is tuned to eb just for playing "don't let our love start slippin' away" although lately it is just easier to play it in d or e and not switch axes.
I have been intrigued because Buck and Don were tuned down to do it... but, and this is probably really crazy, a guitar with newer strings strung to pitch has a certain chime that I don't hear when it is tuned down... I'd love to know if anyone else hears that?