Mishakuz

Hello Everyone,

I have two acoustics guitars, and I would like to down-tune one of them to D standard. I tried it out, and it sounded fine and was more playable than in standard tuning. The intonation seemed to be fine as well.

My question is if I can keep the guitar tuned down all the time, or if it's better to tune back up to E standard while it's being stored?

Thanks in advance
- M

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dannyalcatraz

Leave it be, it won't hurt it. My Ovation Elite has been in New Standard Tuning (CGDAEG) for more than a decade.

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patticake

like dannyalcatraz said. my husband keeps most of his guitars tuned to D all the time including his 1936 kalamazoo, 2 70's gibsons and his recording king, and they're all fine.

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Captaincranky

There's no need. In fact, guitars aren't shipped at standard pitch, (E-E), but rather either a half or whole tone down. It is also suggested to tune down to D-D when storing a guitar for any length of time.

My 12 strings will send their whole lives in D standard.

Depending on the scale length of you guitar, and your particular touch, you may want to try going up to a one gauge thicker string set. (This only if the bottom end sounds "loose" or "flabby").