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Do you use them?
Is it worth the trouble to you?
Personally I keep at least one and sometimes two guitars on stage specifically for the purpose of open and altered tunings. I tune them between sets to whatever tuning the song needs. generallt tere's only one or two such songs in any given set.
To me, it's worth it. Yes you can play the songs in conventional tuning but it really sounds much better with the proper tuning.
Take a song like CCR's Fortunate Son. The song is played in G, but the guitar is actually tuned down a whole step which allows you to play the intro riff with open notes. To my ears it's a huge difference and worth the trouble.
Is it worth the trouble to you?
Personally I keep at least one and sometimes two guitars on stage specifically for the purpose of open and altered tunings. I tune them between sets to whatever tuning the song needs. generallt tere's only one or two such songs in any given set.
To me, it's worth it. Yes you can play the songs in conventional tuning but it really sounds much better with the proper tuning.
Take a song like CCR's Fortunate Son. The song is played in G, but the guitar is actually tuned down a whole step which allows you to play the intro riff with open notes. To my ears it's a huge difference and worth the trouble.