Max's weird tuning method

[Mor Paul]

So, I tune my newest/oldest guitar in a weird way. I put it in open G with the lowest string gone.
I tune it like most people would, and then I do my weird fine tuning.

So, I noticed on my two acoustic guitars, if I pluck a string, other strings with the same note will vibrate as well. So, for fine tuning, I pluck strings that are the same note, and adjust until it sounds good. Then I pluck one string (the lower one) and watch the higher string(s). If they vibrate, I'm close. I turn the tuning machine until the higher string vibrates the most.
I also use how the whole guitar vibrates, so I aim for the least waves in the feel of the guitar.

This is probably impractical, but it works for me.

Opinions?  :blob7:

 

[JamesL]

Boss TU-2...
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ha, kidding...

sounds.... Difficult and time consuming. But I suppose it could work.

I just use the 5th fret method when there's no tuner around, I think it's easier than tuning by harmonics, which I'm too lazy for.

 

[DangerousR6]

sounds complicated...... :icon_scratch:

I normally use the 5th fret method, but I was also trained to tune open string plucking starting from the high e string and working up to the low e string. It takes a little to train the ear but after awhile it sounds natural

 

[nathan a]

Hmm that would work. I tune by harmonics whenever I can, standard or open tunings. Then I check it by playing 5ths and octaves. Then I play a bunch of open chords, and do any fine tuning on my highest three strings. Then I play more extended chords to make sure I'm happy.

I'm very picky.  :icon_smile:

If I'm someplace loud and I can't hear myself, I do something kinda like you max. My method stays the same, but I push my ear against the body of the guitar so I can hear the beats and vibrations between the notes I'm tuning. It works really well.

 

[Mor Paul]

It is complicated, but it works with open g, since of the 5 strings I use, only one doesn't have a harmonic note.

 

[JamesL]

There is a 5th fret STYLE tuning method for open G

I don't remember the fret number in specific, but It exists

 

[Mor Paul]

I know. That's how I get the tuning in the right range.
For the 5 strings I've got, it's 7th fret for the 5th string. 5th for the 4th and 3rd. 4th for the 2nd string, and 3rd for the 1st string.

 

[JamesL]

There it is!!!!!

I haven't used open G in ages.

 

[dbw]

I use my TU2 if it's set up, harmonics if I'm plugged in but not to the tuner, and 5th fret if I have to.

 

[Mor Paul]

Only two guitars right now, both acoustic. No tuner, so they're way flat

 

[LeeSkelly]

I may be wrong here, Max, but I think that what you are describing is a "sympathetic vibration".. Thats all i have to offer to the conversation and there's a 50% chance that I am wrong..

 

[Volitions Advocate]

and it would probably be much more common on an acoustic or archtop.  Its actually how i get a lot of feedback with my peizo guitars.

I use a TU-2 and 12th harmonic.  Gives me the fastest response.

 

[Alfang]

hey Lee, be positive, I think you got a 50% chance of being correct.

Theres a tuner out there, peterson strobe tuner, that uses some goofey alternate tuning method that involves like the 7th and 13th frets or something, I don't remember, maybe its the buzz fieten system.

As long as it all sounds good when you play, that's what matters

 

[imminentG]

no matter what you do, you wont truly be in tune without an earvana compensated nut

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sorry, but that thing is genius