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Emo Pictures - xDeadintheDirtx
xDeadintheDirtx
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Guitarists - Favorite tuning to play in? Aug 08 2015, 08:07 AM
Personally I usually play in A#,really good for playing more bouncy/heavy stuff and just has a really good tone to it and still stays diverse,but for more melodic music I prefer C# or drop D tuning. Its always fun to say fuck it though and tune all the way down to G# or even F.

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Emo Pictures - fallentoashes
fallentoashes
Posts: 120
Aug 23 2015, 02:54 AM
I play bass guitar and I love playing in drop d. I have a 4 string bass so the lowest I can tune to without my bass sounding terrible is drop c. Anything lower than that, I get spaghetti strings as my friends call them, lol. How are you guitarists able to drop tune to drop a# and such without the strings getting hard to play? Is there a certain brand of strings that are made for drop tuning that low?
NotWithoutAFight
Posts: 355
Aug 23 2015, 01:30 PM
Drop tunings are cool, like C and B. You'd need like a 56 minimum for that, EB's Not Even Slinky is good for drop c. For drop a# I'd put like an 80 gauge on the bottom string or something lol. These days you can get single strings individually in gauges so you can make up your own custom set. Now that there's loads of drop tuned bands now I'm sure brands can sell a few. I like open tunings too, like CGCFGC so you get that suspended type sound. Really nice with certain chords!
SophMae
Posts: 71
Aug 24 2015, 01:05 AM
Drop D cud I'm lazy and I like it hah
Xnxrchy
Posts: 32
Aug 28 2015, 02:09 PM
Hmm... For electric, I tend to aim for Drop G/A/B, especially when playing metal, especially doom metal. I tried Drop F before, it didn't really work out; and Drop E ended up as a disaster (ooooh look, noodles.). However, for lighter genres, drop C. For acoustic, I tune it a half step down. Gives it a slightly fuller sound, especially on the higher frets.
Emo Pictures - xDeadintheDirtx
xDeadintheDirtx
Posts: 362
Aug 30 2015, 06:16 AM
I do the same thing on my acoustic,I just like the sound more and it fits my singing voice better,for really low tunings (Pretty much anything below A) its better to have a 7-string or more electric,but you can get by with a six string by getting heavy gauge strings and having the right pedals to help compress the sound so it doesn't come out too sludgy,which is what I do, but even then I have to retune the top string about 15 times before it stays if I go below A,and anything below F# is just noodle-strings.
Emo Pictures - hiding_in_the_dark
hiding_in_the_dark
Posts: 312
Sep 02 2015, 10:32 PM
I've only ever played in basic tuning because I don't have a capo nor expirence to know how to tune it differently since i don't have a tuner
Emo Pictures - xDeadintheDirtx
xDeadintheDirtx
Posts: 362
Sep 03 2015, 12:25 AM
Just keep at it and learn more man,you'll figure it out more as you go :)

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