Comments on: STS / Enablers – Joe and Kevin, Episode 2

By: Dom Salisbury (@SalisburyHill)

Dom Salisbury (@SalisburyHill) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 12:41:30 +0000

My two favourite guitarists. Perfect interplay, brilliant ideas, amazing tones. I’ve been looking for help with Enablers guitar parts for a while. Starting with the tuning. I had a feeling it wasn’t just drop D or D standard. This helps quite a bit. On YouTube someone has just uploaded play alongs for End Note and Pauly’s Days In Cinema. Dom x

By: kevin thomson

kevin thomson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:35:41 +0000

In reply to lennygonzalez.

Thank you, Paul! o shit….yes, there are way too many of them!!! I know that Joe plays in more than I do but I believe that I am up to 8 if you include the ones that stray by one string from either regular or DADGAD, which is the tuning I learned to play in and predominantly use in enablers. So, standard and DADGAD form the basis from which more happens…then there are “special” ones like DGDA#D#D# or DAAAAD that are kind of one-offs for a certain tune. G and a modified G are coming on strong as well. I also favor a D7 tuning for other projects as well as two very weird E’s…..not giving anything else away! Madness…….

By: lennygonzalez

lennygonzalez — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:04:24 +0000

In reply to Paul. Hello Paul, Thanks for watching. They use a lot of alternate tunings and you are right, more complicated that drop D. I have some bonus material about their tunings coming up in a few months. Stay tuned!

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 10:30:45 +0000

Excellent interview, thanks!
I love Kevin and Joe’s guitar interplay.
Did they mention what tuning they use? It sounds more complicated than a dropped D.