Newby tuning question

[CWood8656]

Hey everybody,

I have what I hope is a pretty simple question. I've recently started experimenting with alternate tunings, and today I tuned up to open E. Is it OK to leave the guitar tuned up above standard tuning? Should I relax some string tension until the next time I play? The guitar is a Martin 000 28 EC.

Wondering if there is any danger to the guitar leaving it with increased string tension.

TIA,

Chris.

 

[coastie99]

Hey C ........... whassat in your avatar ?

Bears an uncanny resemblance to my man, here ...............

 

[CWood8656]

Well.... it's this. My buddy Dallas, when he was a puppy.

Another puppy pic....

And now.

 

[coastie99]

Ah yes, nice!

Plenty of doggie-people here C ....... probably lots of incoming !

We've been mulling over getting a Boston Terrier for some time.

 

[FNG]

I wouldn't leave the guitar tuned up to open E when not playing. One way is to tune to open D, and if you need to go up to E, then capo on the second fret.

 

[dane]

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[danerectal]

There's another Dane here. Quite shocking.

I can only echo the words before. Capos are way cheaper.

 

[CWood8656]

Thanks everybody,

I'll be using the capo. I didn't like increasing the string tension, I like the capo much better.

Chris.

 

[kitniyatran]

That guit should be sturdy enough if you're using light enough strings, probably not worth the risk with mediums.With a 12 first & a 52-54 sixth, it may be okay, but I don't think Martin builds them as heavy as they used to. Everybody else is right, a capo is cheaper.