E string. Chords are the shapes we make on our strings. But no. For open G tuning you tune your low E to a D. Keith doesn't use it tho. Only the top 5 strings for him. It's almost banjo tuning.

Tune it to D

​@@brandondavidson2200he had to intentionally break his string first to ask and learn THIS. Chess

@@ASPEDBUSDRIVER1 checkers.

You mean E string?

If you watch some of the videos I'm not so sure he ever had low E string on his guitar.

Thats why I took it off my blonde Tele, I now call it Keef.

I WAS LOOKING FOR SOME ACHTEEYUNNN

Because when it comes on top, you gotta make it happen

Already there 🍻🚬

That ain't Daphne blue. And it ain't either a Telecaster, friendo...

It's just a nod to what Keith does

Love it 😄

No! Your pointer finger can mute the E string while it holds the bar underneath. He cut the E string to be funny and show the whole riff is an X on the E.

Your first finger just touches the E from underneath instead of holding it down. ☮️

Keith Richards is known for playing 5 strings guitar.

@@darkshiningstar3why did he play one

Coz of the open g tuning

Its not stupid because the note clashes with alot of chrds in the tuning, like F

@@lastofthe4horsemen279Yeah, but in 6-string G-tuning, you’d tune your low E to D, just like you would your high E, so no more clashing. That said, the reason Richards cut his low E string was for easier playing, and to eliminate that low D, making for a crisper sound.

Respectfully ,lm well aware of how open G is tuned and what you said seems like a different way to say the low D clashes or doesnt go well with some chords. Or notes ,and yes ease of playing is another good reason.Regardless ..If someone thinks it is stupid , playing it with a band wiil demonstrate why it is helpful.( so will playing it alone ) lt seems you and Keith feel it is helpful , so do l ,why seems to be up to the player.

@@lastofthe4horsemen279 Yeah, the other thing about Richards is he has a slew of guitars he takes on the road, so he can easily have a couple with 5 strings, tuned to Open G, and others tuned to whatever. And he has a guitar tech to take care of everything.

Wrong. He designed a 5 string guitar decades ago. You'll find the patent somewhere. Also Keith was fascinated by banjo tuning 5 strings. And country tunings. That's why no one plays Stones covers correctly. Either too stupid or too lazy to use the right tuning. I'm pretty sure he only uses open G on about 10 songs .But what alot of these channels don't tell you is Keith has a unique way of playing rythymn. It's a mean nasty boogie that's natural to him. Check out the KZfaq channel that breaks down Gimme Shelter. It's three guitars. He plays them all. You'll see the unique style I can't remember the blokes name. He looks like the antithesis of Keith but he can play. It's under the title. This is our favourite Keith Richards song of all time Good luck.

Coz it wouldn’t open g tuning if the e was left on