Yes it was to fall in line with my other band members,if you heard us you understand as a trio I have fill sound out a bit more ,so on some songs ill fill out that sound that a second guitarist would hope thats cleared that up +we like give our own twist too songs ,hope that helps+ the bass can be used anyway you like you just gotta try stuff sometimes it works sometime it dont ,i remember seeing someone with a bass capoed but it worked ,that was new to me , but then thought thats sounds great ,so the days of eadg have gone I play standard tuning live but not in my owm time