Nashville or high-strung tuning refers to the practice of replacing the wound E, A, D and G strings on a six-string guitar with lighter gauge strings to allow tuning an octave higher than standard.
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" featured two acoustic guitars, one Nashville strung, overdriven through a cassette recorder.
[3] James Williamson used Nashville tuning on "Gimme Danger"[4] on Raw Power by the Stooges.
"[5] Pat Metheny is known for using Nashville tuning on several occasions, notably his song "Phase Dance" from his group's debut album.
[6][7] Similarly, Andy Fairweather Low used a high-strung guitar on his 1975 UK hit single "Wide Eyed and Legless", taken from his La Booga Rooga album.