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>i think a joni mitchell approach would help here (not just for fripp, but >for any of us). the tuning of the guitar posits a certain default sound >(overcomable by technique).. it's my understanding that joni has a >differant tuning for almost every song (i suppose to a guitar player, it >would make her "sound more technicly skilled" than she might be..but the >end result is, imho, great). if one were to believe the roland pr dept, >it's for this reason she now uses roland guitar synths. > It would be interesting to note at this point that since late 70s, early 80s, robert fripp has championed his new standard tuning, or NST, precisely for that reason - offsetting and intentionally disturbing learned mechanical patterns. of course at this stage, one would expect he knows and navigates NST like his back yard nic _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp