I've considered getting one of those raised nuts Mario mentioned. I have a guitar that was essentially given to me that has seriously bad, bad, bad intonation. However, I could raise the strings and use it as a lap steel without much trouble. It does sound pretty good, but the thing is nearly impossible to play otherwise.


Regarding the tuning.... I would think you would tune to something that works well for you. Just remember that each tuning would have a certain learning curve to play anything other than chords on it. Kinda like switching from guitar to mandolin. Fortunately, there's a big enough "feel difference" to not be a huge problem.

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