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Old 12-01-2016, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Captain_jovi View Post
The first notes a dead giveaway, it's an E. You can hear the low E string. If it was tuned to standard, you wouldn't have an Eb, it'd be half a step too high. Of course not all songs are played in E, hahaha. They have gone back and forth with recording in half a step down and standard.

I'm not for sure for sure about the other songs on the album. Absolutely this is played a half step down from the album version. Here look at this video: Bon Jovi - Rollercoaster (Subtitulado) - YouTube at 0:10 you can see Phil play an A chord then back to the original E the song started in. If your guitar is tuned a full step below standard that's exactly what those chords will sound like.

I'm not arguing what the song is recorded in, though it stands to reason, I just can't shake that this song is a full step below standard live.

EDIT: Just watched the Barrymore feed. I was over zealous when I said new tunings this tour. Both Born Again Tomorrow and Roller Coaster are tuned a full step down. Switching guitars isn't an issue, really. It's just Phil and John, Hugh's 5 string doesn't change but Phil has his black guitar for those two songs. Can anyone confirm what I'm saying so I don't look like I'm going crazy?
Just watched the Barrymore show and Phil is using that same guitar for We don't Run, and the chord fingering they are using is in Am, but as someone corrected me when I asked, the key is the same as when they played it in the 2015 shows so, that guitar is for sure tuned a full step down....
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