Re: Hello again (after a long hiatus) and a couple of questi
robmartino wrote:
Hello, welcome back!
Yes I think the straight 4ths is the most common tuning for NS/Stick and SB8, this is what I used the few years I owned in NS/Stick. I like bass in 4ths so much it turned into the mirrored 4ths tuning I've been using on Grand Stick the past 20 years.
Interesting, so basically for mirrored 4ths I just need to restring the bass side so that the lowest string is in the middle - correct?
Do you still play an NS?
I'm thinking of getting another instrument (as a backup and just in case) and was toying with an idea of NS/Stick, though I'm not sure if it's too similar to SB8 and maybe I should aim for variety instead (regular 10 string).
On the side note I feel that tunings in a way reflect the intended role of the instrument in your performance (whether you want to use it a solo instrument), the only potential issue that I see with straight 4ths is that "in theory" it's not very well suited for left hand chords, but rather for the pure bass function.
robmartino wrote:
I find there is always a little bit of a volume drop tapping the fret closest to the nut, but you can improve this by making sure (via the truss rod) that the neck is perfectly flat without a back bow. Once this is set, you can also tweak this further by slightly raising the nut height if the string is too close to the first fret.
Awesome, I will look into that, thank you!