Bruce Palmer tuning E,E,E,E??

[buttle]

it is definitely an open guitar tuning.

Tune the Guitar to EEEEBE as follows:

Start it off in standard tuning. Now lower the pitch of the fifth string to E,
so it sounds like the 6th string. Next, raise the pitch of the 4th string to E,
and detune the third string to E so the 3rd and 4th should sound the same.
This leaves the 6th,2nd,and 1st strings as they were.

Now here are the chord shapes for Suite Judy Blueyes:
E 000097 E[no5] 000054 E[no3] 000000 Asus2 055000 B(no3) 777777
B6(no3) 777797 A7sus4 000033 Esus4 000055 D6(no3) 01010000 D(no5) 000032
A/E 0000109 E7(no3) 00001210 C m(no3) 000010 D/E 000121214 C m(no3) 000101012
C#m(no3)2 000099 A(no3)555555 F#m(no3)141414141414 D(no3)2 101010101010
E(no3)2 121212121212 Bm[no3] 777777

Hello-
Was at a jam session yesterday and someone was talking about tuning a bass to E,E,E,E. Said that Bruce Palmer with the Buffalo Springfield did it. Granted, this conversation was taking place after several stout ales, so I could have misunderstood.
For the life of me, I can't think of how this would work and I sure don't hear it when I listen to Buffalo Springfield.
Anyone?

 

[Rahoule]

it is definitely an open guitar tuning.

Tune the Guitar to EEEEBE as follows:

Start it off in standard tuning. Now lower the pitch of the fifth string to E,
so it sounds like the 6th string. Next, raise the pitch of the 4th string to E,
and detune the third string to E so the 3rd and 4th should sound the same.
This leaves the 6th,2nd,and 1st strings as they were.

Now here are the chord shapes for Suite Judy Blueyes:
E 000097 E[no5] 000054 E[no3] 000000 Asus2 055000 B(no3) 777777
B6(no3) 777797 A7sus4 000033 Esus4 000055 D6(no3) 01010000 D(no5) 000032
A/E 0000109 E7(no3) 00001210 C m(no3) 000010 D/E 000121214 C m(no3) 000101012
C#m(no3)2 000099 A(no3)555555 F#m(no3)141414141414 D(no3)2 101010101010
E(no3)2 121212121212 Bm[no3] 777777

 

[Rahoule]

I seem to remember reading (somewhere) that when he joined Buffalo Springfield that he didn't have a bass guitar, and was using a guitar strung with four low E strings.

 

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