There isn’t a famous guitarist, well MOST famous guitarists have ventured into the land of alternative tunings. When you get bored with the stock, try one of these and just play with it, it will open you fingers and mind to new sounds and directions for writing songs.

Besides the standard, here are a bunch of different tunings


Simple Top Drop D – Simple but great for finger picking at has a different feeling about it.

E-A-D-G-B-D

Classic Double Drop D

D-A-D-G-B-D

Drop D top with G Bass

G-A-D-G-B-D

Inside Outside – released on Acquisotic II

G-B-D-G-B-E

“DAD” tuning. This is use this one a lot, it’s fun.

D-A-D-A-A-D

Brand new – On his new unreleased tune “Welcome to the new world”

E-A-D-F#-B-B

A nice slide open tuning and the famous Kasmir tuning, Jimi Page likes these (a LOT)

C-F-C-F-A-C

D-A-D-G-A-D