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:	post by Snowden at 2009-11-17 00:45:57

I have a fretless Ibanez Iceman that I'm thinking of tuning in 5ths. This is partly because I've been playing a lot of fiddle and mandolin lately and have been really liking that tuning for melody playing, and party because playing chords on a fretless is kind of a lost cause anyway - in 5ths I'd at least be able to hit power chords with no trouble.

Has anyone here tried this? Because I've got a few questions:
1. does anyone make flatwound sets in the right sizes for this tuning?
2. if not, is there anywhere I can get mix-and-match flatwound string sets?
3. how do you deal with the high string? Seems like it would have to be impossibly thin unless I'm tuning super low.
4. even if I start at low C, my highest string ends up 3.5 steps above normal, ouch.
5. is this a terrible idea?

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