Why ? And if you have more then one guitar open tune it and start having fun .Someday, I'll try out open tunings too. There is a reason guitars are often shown with at least drop D.
Maintenance and keeping your hand in your pocket all the time when not playing so you're not constantly tearing/ripping the nails on something.I noticed the fingernails too. Keeping them like that takes maintenance!
Exactly. Whenever I consider taking up open tunings, ukulele, 4 string baritone guitar, etc. I always come back to the conclusion that when I've mastered the basic 6 string guitar in standard tuning, THEN I'll branch out. Disclaimer: I do own an old Harmony baritone I keep for the novelty of it, and I still have my childhood ukulele that started me on the path to the 6 string guitar.Just for a different viewpoint. An interview with the great Andy Summers. Of course, he had years of jazz and classical training before The Police, so he can handle guitar chord shapes that most mortals can't.
Do you play in alternate tunings?
SUMMERS No, I don’t. My sort-of-insulting response to that is that I always thought all these alternate tunings were for people who don’t really know any chords. [Laughs.]
I grew up being a real jazz aficionado. That was my basis for guitar playing. I find that a lot of the open-tuning stuff is very pretty, but my ear gets tired of it. Some of the tunings are interesting, but to me they’re not as significant as real harmonic knowledge and real chord progressions on standard tuning. Standard tuning is absolutely infinite. My language is standard tuning. It takes a lifetime to learn it, and then you get there and you don’t really want to give it up.’
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Actually a lot players use glue on nails .I hear the Tallest Man on Earth glues on nails, and they’ve been know to fly off during a concert!