How Do You Choose Guitar Strings For Alternate Tunings?
If you’ve decided to start using alternate tunings, you will have to pay close attention to the strings you use. The more you change the tunings on your guitar, the more metal fatigue your strings will experience, which can lead to them breaking. But you will also need to experiment with a number of different string types to determine which work best for the tunings you want to use. Start by using your normal strings. If you use light gauge strings, expect to break a few as the lighter the strings, the less they take many changes in tuning. Re-tune your guitar a number of times using the tunings you plan on using. If your strings break after only three tunings, you will need to use heavier gauge strings. Use only medium strings if you plan on tuning up, or tuning your strings to notes higher than standard tuning. Light strings will suffer from metal fatigue and heavy strings will often go sharp when fretted above their intended tuning. Use heavy gauge strings if you plan on tuning your
