Question for 12-String Gurus about 12-String Guitar Tuning

Brad Little

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I love many of Kottke's open tuned pieces. But at some point in his career he stopped using open tunings, even going so far as to disparage his pieces that employed them -- i.e.: pretty much the entire "Armadillo Album" and several of the albums that followed.

It seems as close he gets to an open tunings these days is dropped D.

There's always a couple good pieces on any of his albums, but to my ears the further he got from using open tunings the less interesting his music became.
reminds me of the flatpicker who played at a fingerstyle camp. After he finished, a number of the other participants came and asked him about his unusual tuning, His response? E-A-D-G-B-E. (cue rimshot).
 

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I'd love to find a nice D25-12 to mix things up. (Did Guild ever do a D25M/mahogany-top 12-string?)

They do have a MIC all hog Dreadnaught 12 string and it's glorious. I just use standard tuning, no issues and if it sits in the case for weeks, when I pull it out it of there, amazingly it is still in tune.
 

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Methinks that if the wallet and living quarters both can accommodate second guitar, then it is higly recommendable. Your spouse can listen to you playing instead of tunig back and fro.
 
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