Talk:New Standard Tuning
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Could someone please explain how tuning the top two strings (normally E and B) up does not snap them? I've almost snapped those string by tuning them only one whole step higher -- so how does that work?
Also, it is inconsistent with another page: The tuning is similar to all fifths except the first string is dropped from b' to g'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_tuning
Sp3z1aL 00:11, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
The strings don't snap because a set with different guages is used - top G .010 or .011; E .013 and so forth. There is also the problem of taking the bottom string from E down to C, which makes it a bit floppy, so a thicker guage would be used there. Sometimes (particularly in the early days) NST would be tuned from EADGBE and, yes, strings would snap.
The statement from the other page is not untrue, but not terribly helpful either.Grangousier 23:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
