 Townsend mainly uses Open C tuning for both six and seven string guitar . He now also uses Open B tuning and Open B flat tuning ( Open C tuning tuned a half and a whole step down respectively ) on his six string guitars . Townsend 's technique varies from fingerpicking , power chords and polychords to sweep @-@ picked arpeggios and tapping techniques . He is also known for his heavy use of reverb and delay effects . He has expressed that he has no taste for shred guitar , saying that " Musically it doesn 't do anything for me " and that he only solos when he thinks that he can within the context of the song . 
 Townsend mainly <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>uses</mark></a> Open C tuning for both six and seven string guitar . He now also <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>uses</mark></a> Open B tuning and Open B flat tuning ( Open C tuning tuned a half and a whole step down respectively ) on his six string guitars . Townsend <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>technique <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>varies</mark></a> from fingerpicking , power chords and polychords to sweep @-@ picked arpeggios and tapping techniques . He is also known for his heavy use of reverb and delay effects . He <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> expressed that he <a href='got' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> no taste for shred guitar , saying that " Musically it doesn 't do anything for me " and that he only <a href='uninflect' title='7'><mark>solos</mark></a> when he <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>thinks</mark></a> that he can within the context of the song . 
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