smith uses john pearse medium-gauge, phosphor-bronze strings. “they seem to last longer,” he explains. “i get mediums because i tune all the strings down a step. that happened by accident a couple of years ago. i didn’t have my own guitar for quite awhile, and i’d play my girlfriend’s guitar. i don’t have perfect pitch and i didn’t realize that it was way lower, so the e string was actually a d, the a string was a g, and so on. so, nowadays i just tune that way, and when i play older songs that were written in normal tuning, i put a capo on.”

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Discography

Roman Candle

1994

Elliott Smith

1995

Either/Or

1997

1998

Figure 8

2000

From A Basement On The Hill (2024 Remaster)

2004

New Moon

2007

An Introduction to Elliott Smith

2010

Either/Or: Expanded Edition (Commentary Tracks)

2017

Either/Or: Expanded Edition

2017

Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition

2020

Album Credits

Alternate Versions from Either/Or

Elliott Smith · 2012

Engineer Producer
An Introduction to Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith · 2010

Engineer Mixing Engineer Producer Recording Engineer
Figure 8

Elliott Smith · 2000

Producer
XO

Elliott Smith · 1998

Mixing Engineer Recording Engineer
Either/Or

Elliott Smith · 1997

Mixing Engineer Producer
Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith · 1995

Producer
Roman Candle

Elliott Smith · 1994

Producer