I am just now switching from MR to "Full Baritone" which is not in that list so I selected "Other"

The same thing here: 10 String: MR -> Full Baritone.

And: I am using the MR SG12 on the Alto, without the 1st and the 12th string

Well ... until today the last post was in 2010 and "Full Baritone" didn't exist yet.

Yes, I had already seen it. That's why I marked it as "Others".

also no RMR

I personally love the 10 string Classic tuning, as there is a real nice logic there, hence my love of the old Ironwoods........

My SB-8 is [I believe..] going to be set up IMR as I asked Emmett if it would be possible to incorporate an electric bass tuning E A D G on the melody side, with the Classic C G D A on the bass.

My RB-8 is going to be set up in a custom single region Crafty tuning, which truth be told I've forgotten the exact names of the strings, but at least 6 of them will be in 5ths, the rest 3rds or something like that [!!]


And of course, the NS Stick is in Guitar intervals, which strangely enough works very very well on that particular instrument, as I was not so sure how I was going to set her up till I had her in me hands....

I heard EmmeTT say, or mention somewhere.

Learn the instrument or free hands style first, decide on tuning, and string gauges later.

If you get a Chapman Stick with MR, learn that. If you get a stick with classic tuning, learn that, once you have something, then tweek it. once you learn the basic concept of fourths fifths tuning, it's easy to transfer to most of the tunings recommended.

I think the basic is the fourths fifths, for me.

Currently I am using
12 string classic
12 string MR
Alto tuning
and on my original 10 grand i am using classic on melody, and 8-12 of classic 12, on bass side.

Yay tuning discussions...! (said gleefully checking "Notify me when a reply is posted)

I too am in the 6% of, among others, Full Baritone players.

Is it weird that I'm (we're?) fascinated with what other tunings people are using...?

And is tunings even a word? My spellcheckers thinks not lol.

I may explore full baritone on my 10 grand , when i get my new Stick. Tunings

A timely discussion from my view. I bought my stick with RMR tuning ("Emmett's favorite" according to some words I read somewhere) and have been playing it on and off for a couple of years. However I generally find myself liking the lower tones more than the extreme upper tones based on pieces you folks play that I can view.

In looking to change tunings. I also wonder if I might find any tuning-related fixes for some of what ails my playing (which is of course 99% just that I'm a bad player, but I'll take what other remedies I can get). Here's some of the things I wonder about, in considering other turnings:

1) I often find myself fumbling for finger positions across the strings when I try to play some things. As in, I'd like my right hand to help my left, or vice versa - with the note distribution on some pieces, but the overlap of of the note ranges isn't always optimal, and sometimes I avoid a string because even though it's the same range, it has a completely different sound because it's a different thickness of string). For example the 6th treble string (lowest range), and some of the mid range strings of the bass. They overlap on the scales, but the sounds they make don't mix well because they're different types of strings (thickness, or something). Maybe I just have more technique to learn.

2.) I've often liked the tone of some of Greg's pieces and have wondered what he plays. I'm pretty sure I want something slightly more baritone in flavor but really I have no idea what. For example, his Amazing Grace rendition, what tuning was that?

3) Again bear in mind I'm an extreme rookie without much guitar experience, are there baritone-ish tunings that make some bass genres easier? If I'm trying a blues riff I find my hand has to travel a lot on the bass. If I'm trying some chords (like the higher ones on Greg's Amazing Grace rendition), I find my left hand doing some contortions to make the chords on my RMR tuning. I'm not experienced or educated enough to know if RMR-styled tunings are harder in this regard, or if it's just my noobishness and lack of stick experience.

Anyway, curious as to advice and to learn about what lower-than-RMR tunings make you folks tick.

Here's an example. Consider Rodrigo's playing of the Bach Cello Suite in G (first part).
You _could_ play the entire thing with just your left hand. But that requires a fair bit of travel on the fretboard. Is there a tuning that would help with that?

Or you can play it as he has it, so that the notes are better dispersed between two hands across all strings. Is there a tuning that helps there? I found it an interesting exercise to try to work both approaches (without having seen the music he posted), and try it with RMR, but for two handed play I found it challenging not to have my hands in each other's way, though no doubt it's more likely because I have little experience trying to translate non-strick instrumental music to stick fingerings. Anyway, two examples where I wondered if different tunings have advantages. My only experience being RMR I have no idea.