DADGAD

[Skip Ellis]

Been trying  to get into this alternate tuning a little bit lately and have noticed very few, if any Larrivees in the YT vids featuring this tuning - I wonder why this is? My L-05 sounds great tuned this way. Mostly it's Lowdens, McIlroys, Taylors and a few Martins. - where're the Larrivees?

[AZLiberty]

The other day I decided to be extra nice to the wife and changed the strings on her OM-03 for her.

When I was done I may have left it in DADGAD though.   

[rockstar_not]

Could just be market share representation

[Walkerman]

Been trying  to get into this alternate tuning a little bit lately and have noticed very few, if any Larrivees in the YT vids featuring this tuning - I wonder why this is? My L-05 sounds great tuned this way. Mostly it's Lowdens, McIlroys, Taylors and a few Martins. - where're the Larrivees?

What are the yt vids?

[Queequeg]

Here's a favorite of mine.
Waltzing Matilda by Larry Pattis on his Larrivee parlor. [DADGAD]
I always thought that parlors seem to record quite well (to my ear).
You decide.
Waltzing Matilda

[Skip Ellis]

Yeah, this is my favorite version of Waltzing Matilda.

[Denis]

I've got a few Skip

https://youtu.be/ShDONS9dv60
https://youtu.be/buORqdzX9x4
https://youtu.be/VaKK2_YqPII
https://youtu.be/0OxtZVho74U
https://youtu.be/oEa8PkjO6_I
https://youtu.be/G6bAfEuRXps
https://youtu.be/G6bAfEuRXps

[Skip Ellis]

Yep - seen and enjoyed yours but not may others that I've stumbled in to.

[kwakatak]

I don't know why that is. DADGAD is a great tuning for playing many Celtic and Led Zeppelin songs. If you drop the third string another half step then you have open D and can play slide guitar. I call it the next "gateway tuning" behind drop D tuning. It's all about balancing the tension on the neck though, and I just discovered that a tuning machine upgrade makes a certain amount of sense after a while.