“I like a standard-tuning guitar. If you can’t put your ideas across with that, you’re in trouble”: Justin Hawkins on why he’s not convinced by alternate tunings

Justin Hawkins, surrounded by Laney amplifiers.

The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins has offered some choice words for alternate tunings, revealing he isn’t convinced by anything other than the orthodox E standard approach.

Talking tone, techniques, and tunings with Guitar World, he says you’ll never find him stepping away from standard tuning, as he believes it provides everything a musician should ever need when it comes to expressing their ideas.