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steel driving hammer Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 471 Champaign, IL. Gender:	Who started/invented the Open G Tuning? Ry Cooder? Jan 16^th, 2014 at 1:34pm Been searching on Google and haven't found much at all about Open G Tuning like who was the 1st to play in that tuning. Any info would be appreciated and if there is any rock and roll bands who played Open G before the Stones, like Ry Cooder.
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steel driving hammer Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 471 Champaign, IL. Gender:	Re: Who started/invented the Open G Tuning? Ry Cooder? Reply #1 - Jan 16^th, 2014 at 1:58pm BTW, I have my guitar tuned to Open G and can play most any song on it that not intended for the wonderful Open G sound.
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steel driving hammer Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 471 Champaign, IL. Gender:	Re: Who started/invented the Open G Tuning? Ry Cooder? Reply #3 - Jan 16^th, 2014 at 2:11pm Edith, you are one of the best, thanks for that read. Cheers my brother.
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Re: Who started/invented the Open G Tuning? Ry Cooder?
Reply #6 - Jan 17^th, 2014 at 2:41am

Yes, a great read! I first read that story in a Keith interview years ago, although he theorized that up to a certain point banjos were the cheapest instrument in the sears catalog, and when guitars became cheaper ($5 or less) all the poor blacks began buying them instead and used the same tunings they'd learned from their banjo-playing forebears. Fascinating stuff. And really odd too, because I JUST tuned my 1934 Sears Supertone to an open G tuning right before I stopped by here to see what was new, at 3:30 am.

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Reply #7 - Jan 17^th, 2014 at 9:41pm

steel driving hammer wrote on Jan 16^th, 2014 at 1:58pm:

BTW, I have my guitar tuned to Open G and can play most any song on it that not intended for the wonderful Open G sound.

Same here mate. I quit using standard tuning (nearly) completely. open D and E on some guitars.

Thanks EG, for the interesting read.

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