Expand Your Guitar Sound with Nashville Tuning (ft. the JHS 3 Series!)

If you're wanting more from your guitar, but you don't want to spend money, try Nashville tuning. A whole new sound is just a pack of strings away. Josh is missing... again... so Nick and the boys take over this week's live to talk about the dynamics of the Nashville sound. We'll also be playing around with the JHS 3 Series!
Pedals:
JHS 3 Series Chorus
JHS 3 Series Reverb
JHS 3 Series Fuzz
JHS 3 Series Delay
JHS 3 Series Flanger
JHS Tidewater
Walrus Lore
Electro-Harmonix Micro POG
Electro-Harmonix Small Stone
Guitars:
Danelectro Jade '57
Yamaha FG-140
Takimine Satin Antique
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[@ZigbertD]

I read an interview with Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers and he said that on all the Tom Petty stuff that Jeff Lynne produced they doubled standard tuned guitar with Nashville tuned guitar when they wanted a twelve string sound rather than using an actual twelve string. He pointed out that you can be much more precise with picking and arpeggios than with a real twelve string because with a real twelve string, one string of the pair will always be struck a fraction of a second later, whether strumming or picking. Jeff Lynne, being a sonic perfectionist, didn’t like this and wanted the precision of exactly doubling on a second guitar.

[@howardmaryon]

That makes perfect sense, I will re-listen to the Lynne tracks now.....

[@Twannnng]

I read something similar from Johnny Marr - he said that the vast majority of Smiths songs featured various layers of standard and Nashville tuned acoustic and elctric guitars, mostly just to add some body and warmth to the tracks. Nashville tuning gives you the brightness of the upper 12-string register without the fullness of a "proper" 12-string.

[@michaelsnydermusic]

That makes so much sense now. Listening to Full Moon Fever and Into the Great Wide Open have that sound I always thought was some weird 12 string. Thanks for the Trivia because I LOVE that sound!

[@-davidolivares]

Of course he did… Jeff, with an eye roll.

[@andresilvasophisma]

Fulltone is closing, someone could buy it. **Wink wink, nudge nudge**

[@jsirius94]

glad to see y'all bringing this to more people's attention! I love putting one of my acoustics into Nashville tuning from time to time

[@ELKABONGHERE]

Try an electric guitar with a normal 6-string set through a clean amp (maybe add a bit of chorus) and an acoustic with the Nashville tuning. It's amazing.

[@jeffburnham4582]

I absolutely love and appreciate that you put creativity first and look for ways to get inspired. A+ on this video!

[@jhspedals]

Thanks!

[@emmiejo1]

I have used "Nashville tuning" on one of my acoustics for several years. I agree it adds another sonic dimension to your musical palette. Especial good for layering guitar parts.

[@mattbarnes9292]

a cool set up, Stoked to see you back in studio Nick!

[@stephenm5481]

I've kept my Mustang in Nashville tuning for years and have used it on almost everything. Great for sparkle and glue. Another use is to play a song intro with a Nashville and then when the song gets going with standard tuning, it packs more wallop. I actually told Rick Beato about this before he started YouTubing and you could see the gears whirring in his head. Also great if you wat a wiiide stereo 12-string.

[@ritualdevices]

This is very cool. Love anything which inspires creativity! Thank you!

[@JigsawEyesore]

My Dano U2 has been in Nashville tuning for the last 5 years, love that sound!!!

[@wesebeling]

Had never heard of Nashville tuning before. Cannot wait to try it out!! Thank you!!

[@mattcarnevali]

This really reminds me of acoustic Zeppelin, especially Over the Hills and Far Away

[@MR_Robbers]

Making a pedal that does a tiny light dance when it gets a quarter inch to the good side would be a hit. Thanks for all the great content...and your welcome :)

[@Tonetwisters]

We used the Nashville Tuning when we produced in my brother's Sweetbay Recording Studios, as early as 1974 ... It was a blast to use that!

[@SpringfieldGuy]

Over 20 years ago, a friend and I married a banjo pot to a guitar neck. It was kind of neat, but the sound was muddy. Later I changed the low E and A with a D and G tuned up to E and A. It was an improvement, but still didn't wasn't anything special. Several months ago, I watched some KZbin vids, learned about Nashville tuning and decided to give it a try on my banjitar. I am absolutely thrilled with the result. It sounds like a million bucks and I find myself reaching for it to play more and more different songs. It really adds a lot to the sound playing with other stringed instruments.

[@michaelsnydermusic]

Oh I’m trying this! I’m about to start up doing a new ambient project and I can hear this on the wet reverbs doubling things. In the past I’d use an octave effect but this would be way better. Thanks guys!

[@dantemurphy7873]

Nick totally nailed my situation...have a guitar that I love but rarely play (my Hello Kitty strat) and decided to put a set of StringJoy Nashvilles on it...immediately recorded two new songs with it.

[@spookydirt]

I put Nashville on one my acoustics a month or so back, the sound and chord inversions make be rethink my guitar chords, really nice and spangly sound, even without layering with another guitar

[@DavidFell]

Cool! I enjoy Nashville tuning and have a guitar set up with it now; bought customized string sets from Stringjoy. Coincidentally, the day after this steamed, I met Josh at Fretboard Summit. His presentation was excellent!

[@dotcom_dotau8510]

I think this would be a great weekly segment, just like half hour streams on a Thursday, moody lights and chill vibes just playing different kinds of guitars, exploring different techniques and tunings and just how pedals can play a part in any of that

[@jhspedals]

I don't know that we'll do it weekly, but there's more of this coming.

[@dotcom_dotau8510]

@@jhspedals yeah weekly is probably a bit much but the idea of this kind of stream, regardless of how frequent or infrequent, is AWESOME! Keep up the great live content!

[@charlespiper9291]

Great video. In the 80s I saw an Albert Lee instructional video, he showed many of his vintage instruments and a Nashville tuned acoustic. I’ve had an acoustic in Nashville tuning ever since. When a client has too dense of a mix and asks for more acoustic, we track the Nashville tuned acoustic. Problem solved

[@-davidolivares]

Had to rewatch this and remembered I ordered Nashville tuned strings right after the first time, it feels like the first tiiiimmmmeee. I’m back, I also had in my line of sight a copperburst Danelectro U2 that I put a tortoise shell pick guard on (looks lovely) I want to Nash it up. I think it’s going to happen today. Thank you for the demo guys and the reminder.

[@brianwhitacre7349]

I have 4 acoustic guitars that live at my house, I have really enjoyed turning 2 of them into Nashville/ high strung guitars. I do need to get an electric setup though. Thanks - really enjoyed the show

[@fueymanchoo1291]

I bought a "campfire guitar" ie... entry level acoustic just for this tuning. Really adds a unique sound in a mix.

[@briankruesi6484]

Great video. You guys are awesome.

[@jhspedals]

Thanks!

[@fretkillrlives]

Paul Simon has been using this tuning on his recordings since the seventies. When you want jangley acoustic guitar sounds this is the way to go. I also enjoy Nashville chicken.

[@jhspedals]

Nashville chicken 🤤

[@DDE_ADDICT]

the best pedal show ever

[@jhspedals]

Thank you!

[@BrendanMiranda]

Been wanting one of these since hearing Holocene for the first time. Finally getting around to it this week lol

[@jefffletcher2614]

This is pretty fun and the show is going well but I think it'd be better if Belle would bust in and yell at you both every few minutes.

[@jeffreyodell9994]

Gonna try this on my 4/6 bass & guitar doubleneck and see if I can make my funk machine, FUNKIER.

[@landonmatthew]

wow, i really enjoyed the high strung through the POG! with a lower octave

[@jamesswift580]

That bit you guys play at the beginning reminds me of some William Tyler songs, very cool

[@NoCoverCharge]

I had been ordering Nashville tuning strings from stringjoy ..separate …now they offer them in a pack so cool

[@TheGorillafoot]

Cool video. Had never heard of this technique.

[@chriswhitfill2785]

I've got a Squier Mini Jazzmaster that I keep in Nashville tuning. It's a fun little project guitar.

[@harrisfrankou2368]

You guys seem so relaxed without Josh's domineering autocratic ways. The music breathes with more soul. But sick burn attemps aside, Awesome video, seriously enjoying this breakdown and ideas with the 3 series...and I have a spare acoustic for this!! I do banjo rolls to and American folk frailing so I can have the spare nashville for a second rhythm. It is pronounced. Tak a me nee btw.

[@Mistertbones]

The Nashville Tuning has such a nice sound on acoustic.

[@57too]

Aw, I forgot about Nashville tuning. I must get into it....thanks fellas.

[@thisperfectworld]

Wechter manufactured an amazing acoustic line designed for Nashville tuning; check them out! They were Plek'd from the factory, and sound amazing!

[@WutipongWongsakuldej]

I was about to try this, even bought an used acoustic just to put high string on it. I couldn't find a 12 string set of the brand I normally use (Elixir, as I don't love changing string that much) so I put thought on hold until today. The guitar I've got sounds pretty good on normal set, so I ended up playing it all the time. Guess I need to find another guitar lol.

[@flatgroundtv7097]

I got a good reason to buy another cheap guitar. Thank you guys. ✊🏽

[@anatollegros3454]

This is so inspiring! It gives me a lot of ideas and i feel like i really need to try this out. Thanks!

[@JayKughan]

I like how Nick asked "is there a phaser up on the wall?" It would be absolutely hillarious if the room wallpapered in pedals didn't have a phaser 🤣🤣🤣 PS. Loving the mood. You guys should maybe use these lighting more often 😎🤘

[@bmoklsc]

I know this is about Nashville tuning, but I'm saying it now: the most underrated JHS pedal is that Series 3 Reverb. Not the Hall, just the bog standard Reverb. I crank mine up and get lost for hours, especially paired with a fuzz.

[@IvorThomas]

I don’t yet have a Nashville tuned axe, but I did convert a cheap semi hollow Ibanez to Gambale tuning, which is equally awesome and interesting.

[@customfreak81]

I keep an acoustic tuned to nashville all the time, excellent for 2nd acoustic duties, mine is tuned down a tone as it suits me better, for strings I buy the 12 string packs and then use the regular gauges on one acoustic and the high set on another.

[@kefnminorguitarchannel]

I'm a fan of a "modified" Nashville. Same thing but you use the regular G. The E,A&D are the high strung

[@darksidebilly]

I strung up my one strat in Nashville tuning, to play Hey You the way David gilmour did

[@ianglencross]

My baritone telecaster is strung with Nashville A-A and it is magic in a mix. It's a mid-range sparkle, and you basically use a standard set of 10-46 ( 14-18s-13-17-26-36 ) - you just take out the 10 and 46 and add a 14 and 18s. Try it : you will be amazed.

[@HenryJackification]

Whoa, I need to hear this!

[@Sheabonez]

LOVE Nashville tuning! We took two six-string Rickenbackers, strung one Nashville, doubled the solo here with them, hard-panned them, and then cross-panned them mid solo for stoney baloney headphone radness: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaHHnZ2Dj6mmZ7s

[@adrianseifi3285]

Listening now, rad song!

[@Sheabonez]

@@adrianseifi3285 Thanks! It's a cover of Matthews Southern Comfort covering an Arlo Guthrie tune.

[@ericcarpenter3263]

Moody Thursday…. Has to be a thing. 30 minute stream. And yeah that wobbly vibrato has a sound. Now to find a guitar to Nashville tune.

[@spartan8390]

I live in and grew up in Nashville. Nashville is to music as oil is to water.

[@Ira88881]

I can never understand many vloggers’ emphasis on using Nashville as accompaniment to regular tuned…and using it to up the game on a “cheap” guitar. Yeah, I guess valid points… But damn, there are so many songs when Nasville tuning stands on its own. I have it on a Tele clone and Takamine acoustic, and pick those guitars up for specific songs.

[@arkhamasylum8382]

Nashville tuning on a ganjo !!! Trick I’ve used for years to cheat banjo

[@jamesswift580]

Bass vi Thursday!

[@awesome6323]

I put Nashville tuning on my Baby Sitar. It's awesome

[@qddk9545]

I really like the F... soda bottle masking all the chords.

[@sgblues4238]

Sweetwater used to sell the Taylor GS Mini in Nashville tuning. They might still do it by request.

[@TheMirolab]

If you really want to commit an electric guitar to Nashville stringing, it helps to adjust the saddles to intonate it properly. The saddle positions for large E & A strings will be very different for the thinner octave up strings. It's not hard to learn to do yourself. It's a great use for your old Squier Strat that you're not using much anymore!

[@Alleycat2112]

I learned about Nashville tuning about a year ago. It's great when you're not a great guitarist. You can use the same voicings and get a different sound. I've been trying to get the church band to use it, but sadly I can only advise.

[@300Foxes]

"Is there a phaser up on the wall?" He says 😆

[@jhspedals]

😅

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Very swampy reminds of Doobie Brothers Black Water .....extremely cool 😎

[@jhspedals]

😎

[@Zetamen7]

If I'm not mistaken this is the tuning Justin Vernon used for Holocene (with a capo on the first fret maybe?)

[@mitchaelhollingsworth1698]

i believe so, i remember reading that ages ago when i wanted to learn that song

[@eyeballbill]

im gonna string up my Baby Taylor in Nashville tuning after watching this.

[@Jaspertine]

You call it a cheap way to expand my sound, but I feel like this would require buying another entire guitar.

[@mykhedelic6471]

Pony up for the tunes. A decent Squier is $200, and a set of strings is $8 and whammo, you can expand your recordings like that. Don't go nuts, don't PRS your budget but cut some lawns, set up a Tele or a Strat and bring that magic.

[@SwidrygajlowArek]

@@mykhedelic6471 you can buy PRS if you want tho

[@mykhedelic6471]

@@SwidrygajlowArek Right, sure, but the commenter seemed concerned about budget and achieving this really great effect without investing too many clams and for many of us, a PRS is a lotta clams...

[@RamirezFlores]

Every serious guitar player has more than 1 guitar. If they don’t they’re saving up for another

[@Jaspertine]

@@RamirezFlores So if you're broke, you can't be a serious guitar player? That seems a bit contradictory.

[@reuelbraid7446]

@rhett with the amazing Nashville tuning video he put out a bit ago

[@TerrestrialMack]

There goes my last $7

[@fenderfox5080]

👍 never heard of it

[@MACKHAWKSS]

“thurs-day-moooOo00d” sound drop coming week

[@srfrodoxd]

So is topo chico endorsing you guys now?

[@strychen]

I always told myself if I ever get a second acoustic, I'll string it up in Nashville tuning. Here I am, 25 years later, with 3 electrics and the same, single acoustic....... One day..... Side note: seeing all the white JHS pedals on a single board gives me anxiety for some reason. The thought of forgetting which pedal is which in the heat of the moment and not being able to read the text with my glasses off. (because when I leave them on, they end up hanging from the rafters at the end of the gig)

[@yourguitarist]

Doesn't that mess with the tension on the neck? It seems like you would need to adjust the trust rod probably the bridge. Also...how are you not breaking those super skinny strings? If I try to string any of my guitars with even very light gage strings I am breaking them just tuning them up.

[@HaldyBear]

The string sets are designed for that tuning

[@ericdallairez]

👍

[@andrewsmith1520]

I have toyed with the idea of building an electric 12 forever, I think this will scratch that itch withouth a new guitar

[@leewalterredding7274]

I tried to do Nashville tuning and kept breaking the strings when I put them on. What am I do wrong!?

[@kevinkeating838]

This.

[@leewalterredding7274]

@@simon_patterson yeah

[@theelectricsexmachine7502]

Late to the party and am watching a month after this one went to air but if you end up doing a moody baritone ep maybe you might like to explore Pat Metheny’s Half Nashville Baritone tuning. Tuned down a perfect 5th to A so A E C G D A however the C & G are tuned up an octave

[@alexj0126]

How does the Nashville tuning work with slide?

[@HeyLiem]

👍🏻

[@paulmatulevich3623]

Joshua got a prison style tat from his brother, he's now the most metal JHS employee

[@andrewsmith1520]

So Nashville tuning is just the octave strings from a 12 string set but tuned to their normal notes? So the notes are the same as normal and so are the chord shapes? It's jut an octave higher on the "lower" 4 strings? How often are you breaking those thin G's?

[@jhspedals]

Yup! That's right!

[@moushunter]

Have you tried a double high strung on a twelve string with 12 high stung strings strung hi and strummed and...whoa! 1969 just whacked me in the floating head!!!! Play some Hendrix on it!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Yes! I did that on a cheap 12-string that had gotten too hard to play. Double-track it with a standard-tuned 6-string and it's super-lush!

[@crock2434]

How do you feel about open e tuning?

[@iwouldfthatsu]

Should've tried it with the mosaic

[@Joe-ho5gc]

Tack-em-ine

[@courier11sec]

Saw Rhett's video about this a while back and I really want to dedicate a machine to this. Also, please acquire a cat to hang out in the studio for live streams.

[@stuminnis4050]

I love the cat idea!

[@courier11sec]

@@stuminnis4050 I bet we can make it happen. We have the numbers. 😸

[@springbloom5940]

I think the 3 Series, should be $33.33. That would be cheap.

[@TheFreedomofLiving]

#NoAgenda

[@scooter5005]

Then, after you buy the pedal case, then you could buy the parts inside for $33.33, and for another $33.33 you could buy the labor to put them all together!

[@RileySullivan]

Now I need a new acoustic guitar.

[@jhspedals]

Probably

[@julianpiwowar4640]

0:12 to 0:42 almost sound like “Doledrum” by The La’s

[@nayaleezy]

4:04 I don't care what guy's stupid face says, that sounds great

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

hmm there's no chat here... ok, i'm officially in the Twilight Zone

[@violinmiata]

Used to have a red U2 danelectro, still regret trading it away

[@gustavoberocan]

I will try the Nashville tunning when you try a viola caipira. JUST TRY STUFF!

[@dksouthpawatx]

What's the KZbin channel of the guy that they mentioned?

[@jhspedals]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqGvgKVul6ukl6c

[@brendanrice1018]

Don’t tell me what i have to do

[@crawlingman7003]

How does it sound for lead guitar?

[@LZen.]

Funny thing is, ernie ball doesn't make a nashville tuning-ready pack (D'addario does)

[@Detoneato]

One day Addison will get catfished by someone with knowledge about his preferences for the Crook and vibrato pedals.

[@raycochrane3971]

I'm not sure about cheap...it'd be the case of regularly restringing an existing guitar, committing an existing guitar to Nashville or buying a new guitar.

[@MoggioMTB]

A super cheap and dodgy way I have used on demos for someone is record another track with just the top three strings and then tune the top 3 of them to EAD and then play what you play on the low strings on the top three strings. Gives the nice jangle of the Nashville tuning without another guitar reasonably well but sadly doesn't allow for any complex playing. Very ghetto.

[@NathanEMilos]

No FX 69 Grunge (Yeaaaah)? ;)