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It's possible that the original Drifter (stolen in 1999) had the F#s tuned above the Bs, but for the era of the New Drifter (2002 and beyond) the F#s were below the Bs, equal to the 2nd fret of a regular guitar's low E.

Notes: Thurston uses a guitar strung with 4 bass strings on this song, with the two Bs in unison (equal to the 2nd fret of a regular tuned A string), and the two F#s in unison below.

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Notes: This is a modification of the AAEEAA tuning.ī B x x F# F# How to tune: Eu7 Au2 x x Bd17 Ed22 For most live versions, Lee has been playing 'Purloined' in CGCCCG.ī B E E A A How to tune: Eu7 Au2 Du2 Gd3 Bd2 Ed7 Notes: This is a modified version of CGCCCG, one of Lee's solo tunings.

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I believe she also used this for a lot of Free Kitten material.ī F# B B B F# How to tune: Ed5 Ad3 Dd3 Gd8 Bs Ed10 Notes: This is a modified version of Kim's Dirty tuning DEDGBB. He also used this for '100%' on the Washing Machine tour.ī E G D B B How to tune: Ed5 Ad5 Dd7 Gd5 Bd12 Ed17 Lee may have used F#F#F#F#EB for 'Saucer-Like' on the album but always used AF#EF#EB live. Notes: This is a modified version of the classic F#F#F#F#EB tuning. Notes: Lee uses a modified version (BBEEAA) on 'Cinderella's Big Score'.Ī C C G G# C How to tune: Eu5 Au3 Dd2 Gs Bd3 Ed4Ī F# E F# E B How to tune: Eu5 Ad3 Du2 Gd1 Bd7 Ed5 I used to think the comments on the tunings in this feature were from Lee, but now I think they just chose a few at random from an online tuning list and made up their own descriptions.Ī A E E F# A How to tune: Eu5 As Du2 Gd3 Bd5 Ed7Ī A E E A A How to tune: Eu5 As Du2 Gd3 Bd2 Ed7 In a sidebar in Total Guitar #46 (the August '98 issue which featured an interview w/ Lee - check out the Gear Magazines section of the Gear Guide to read more!), this tuning is called the 'Wall of Sound' chord. Notes: This tuning is crossed out for Lee's name under 'Justice Is Might' in the Bad Moon Rising CD liners.

Enjoy!Ĭontact me if you have any suggestions/corrections!Ī A A A B D How to tune: Eu5 As Du7 Gu2 Bs Ed2 If you still want a handy txt version to refer to, this is literally a copy/paste of this page into a txt file.

Strings that don't change are not bolded. 'Ad3' means to tune the A string down 3 frets, or one and 1/2 steps, to F#. 'Eu2' means to tune the E string up 2 frets, or one whole step, to F#. This is basically an alphabetical octavical list of all tunings used by Sonic Youth, on various solo albums, or written in liners of SY releases.Įach tuning has a guide on how to tune from standard EADGBE. Well, it only took 20 years, but I decided to clean up the 'txt' version of the Tuning List, which hopefully makes things a little easier to absorb.

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