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Originally Posted by JakeDTH
I started calling Eb D# because whenever I told people the tuning I'd say "it's E flat" and they would get this weird look on their faces like a "so you're playing out of tune?" But whenever I said "it's D sharp" people would react like "so D but slightly higher, interesting", it's weird but that's why I call it D# now.
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I think most people call it Eb. Its not uncommon. SRV and Hendrix both used it a lot. I cant name them all but I know many prominent blues guitarists also used it because it gave them a little more lower end.