Lately I've only been playing an accoustic guitar after years of jamming with bands with my marshall half stack. It's been pretty cool. I've been playing a lot in the open G tuning. That's from lowest string to highest: D, G, D, G, B, D.
It's easy to go from standard tuning to open G. First lower your low "E" string to D by sounding the E and D string together and matching the note (but of course a lower octave). Then lower your "A" string to a G by sounding the A string and G string together lowering the A to match at the lower octave. Then lower your high "E" string to D, again by matching using the sounding of the open D string.
When you play in this tuning, especially with a slide, you automatically sound like an old bluesman. Or the Rolling Stones. Keith Richards uses this tuning A LOT. But he removes the lowest string from the guitar.
I really like this accoustic too, especially for the price I paid for it, which was only $80 on sale online at Musicians Friend. It's an Epiphone AJ-1. It plays and sounds great for the price.
One of my favorite songs in open G tuning is, Death Letter Blues, by Son House. It's pretty easy to play. He used a slide, but I just use my fingers on this one.
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