Category Archives: Uncrossed Stringing

Megatar and ZenTapper Tunings

For both ZenTappers and Megatars we generally recommend the BassBottom tuning, where bass is tuned in fourths, just like a standard 6-string bass. Learning is much faster with this tuning, and most of what you already know from guitar or bass transfers quickly, plus your right hand picks up what your left hand knows very [...]

Q: Can Mobius provide the European ‘uncrossed hands’ tuning?

A: Yes, on most instruments, we can. On standard tuning, the bass strings group is nearest your face, and in ‘uncrossed hands’ the instrument is restrung so that the harmony strings group is closest to your face and bass strings group furthest. The benefit is that your left hand on the left side of the [...]