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He was the master of distorted chords with great major thirds that didn't sound all dissonant against the root and 5th.
Basically though even a tuned piano isn't in tune. You could tune a piano so it was in perfect tune in one key but it would sound terrible in any other key. The only instruments that are in tune are fretless ones where the player can keep to "Just" pitches by moving their fingers . Any fretted or keyed instrument uses equal temperament which is a little off but sounds reasonably ok in any key.
In the studio we tuned the guitar to the main shape that was being used in the song. The open strings were just a starting point then the strings were sweetened in fretted position they were being held in. Sometimes splitting the recording of the guitar into different sections so the tuning could be resweetened to the different parts.
One thing you don't hear much these days is the slight chorus effect you get when the band are in close to being in but ever so slightly out. It's one of the things that give more width to the sound I think. Nowadays everything is tuned to perfect
In in my experience fitting an Earvana nut (available from Feline Guitars and others) helps a guitar to play more in tune than using a standard nut. It took me a few days to get used to the guitar sound after fitting the Earvana nut, my ear needed tuning!
Not all guitars need an Earvana nut, my CS Strat plays perfectly in tune with the standard nut.
Note: plays in tune. The open strings need to be tuned properly and the intonation set accurately before everything else falls into place.
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Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
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Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/