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I was thinking about the same solution, and I did that when I tested the tune! I'm glad you didn't experience any issues, do you often play with tunes like open A?

I usually do the same solution with the capo on the second fret in Open G but since I've discovered the open A it's another world, especially when playing an RJ tune ( 😉 good to see someone with great taste in music!) The string tension it's just perfect to me

Hi everybody! It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm writing you to know if I can tune in Open A using medium light gauge strings on my Gibson L00 studio, in my particular case I'm using Ernie Ball Earthwood 8/20 12-54, I tried but i've felt a little too much tension tuining the guitar, I've played a bit and I didn't notice anything wrong with the stability of the guitar and I loved the sound that came out of it! Especially playing with the slide, But i'm worried that in the long run this can harm the guitar and I really wanted to have some advice from you, becasue if I use a lighter gauge of strings the slide gets messy and won't sound the same. Do you recomend perhaps using a ceramic and or thicker slide with light strings? Let me know what are your thoughts! Cheers!

Hi! my name is Giacomo (or James if you like) from Italy! cheers