30-string Subcontra-Baritone update, part 5
In this blog post , I wrote of some pretty radical changes to the registers and tunings for the 30-string Subcontra-Baritone guitar . At that time, I was still referring to it as the 30-string Contra-Alto guitar, but as the register assignments change, so must the instrument name. It's been nearly a year since I made those changes to the 30. In that time, I've used it on at least 14 album recording sessions. The 30 has virtually become my defacto main instrument, even though I don't think of it that way. The string gauges continue to be refined, but the tunings have remained the same for the past several months. The tunings are: 18-string side: Sub-contra A tuning. 12-string side: Baritone A tuning. To further define the tunings: The sub-contra A tuning on the 18-string side is a fifth below bass E tuning. It's the lowest-tuned instrument I have. The other sub-contra tunings on some of my other instruments are C and D su...
