Alternate tunings
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Re: Alternate tunings
Moment of madness, we play in drop C# in my band, so I tuned 5 strings of one of my guitars to that and then the lowest string to G# an octave down... so it's G# C# G# C# F# A#... sounds interesting to say the least... I don't think it will ever intonate on the 25.5" scale, but fun to experiment with for now....
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So... been struggling with the stretches on one of our songs, so have got it in drop C# but with the D string tuned from C# up to D# so I don't have to stretch the extra 2 frets on that string works well tho'...
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Re: Alternate tunings
druz15 wrote:Learnt a sick TCV riff today in drop A.
Holy fuck drop A is awesome
ooh, as in AADGBE? Yeah those kind of tunings are cool.
Mastodon have heaps of songs in AGCFAD (whole step down, with top one down to A), another cool option.
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Re: Alternate tunings
I thought most of their stuff was drop C or B?sirvill wrote:druz15 wrote:Learnt a sick TCV riff today in drop A.
Holy fuck drop A is awesome
ooh, as in AADGBE? Yeah those kind of tunings are cool.
Mastodon have heaps of songs in AGCFAD (whole step down, with top one down to A), another cool option.
(although granted the only stuff of theirs I have actually looked up is off crack the skye, but most of their other riffs sound 'right' in drop C too)
But no I mean drop A as in AEADF#C#
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I had my telemaster in drop A for a while, 13-62's I think I was using, wheeeeee....
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Re: Alternate tunings
One thing that's annoying is that there's heaps of things I've recorded on bass, using alternate tunings that I've since forgotten. Finally stumbled upon one today, it's ADGD which adds a nice "balloon" note running over the rest of the bass and harmonising with the middle D.
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Re: Alternate tunings
druz15 wrote:I thought most of their stuff was drop C or B?sirvill wrote:druz15 wrote:Learnt a sick TCV riff today in drop A.
Holy fuck drop A is awesome
ooh, as in AADGBE? Yeah those kind of tunings are cool.
Mastodon have heaps of songs in AGCFAD (whole step down, with top one down to A), another cool option.
(although granted the only stuff of theirs I have actually looked up is off crack the skye, but most of their other riffs sound 'right' in drop C too)
But no I mean drop A as in AEADF#C#
Oh right... like a drop Baritone tuning! Yeah that's kinda what I had my 7 string in, its awesome.
Mastodon use three tunings mainly - D Standard (eg Blood and Thunder), Drop C (drop D down a whole step) (eg Oblivion) and Drop A (AGCFAD, which is the BADGBE tuning you sometimes see down a whole step) (eg High Road, Curl of the Burl etc).
The last one is cool cause you can make octaves with a power chord shape on the top 2 strings. Also means you get some 7 string style low chuggage but keep the feel of a regular guitar on the other strings.
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Re: Alternate tunings
Blood and Thunder is in Drop C, you need the low C to bounce off for the main riffsirvill wrote: Mastodon use three tunings mainly - D Standard (eg Blood and Thunder)
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wait sorry I'm thinking of a different song haha you are correctdruz15 wrote:Blood and Thunder is in Drop C, you need the low C to bounce off for the main riffsirvill wrote: Mastodon use three tunings mainly - D Standard (eg Blood and Thunder)
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Re: Alternate tunings
Dredge! Now I am free of my band tuning requirements I can have some fun, going to get my Devin Townsend fanboi on and tune my regular guitars to open C
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Re: Alternate tunings
Loving the open C tuning, just sayin'....
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