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Tuning a six string down two and a half steps?
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:09 pm
by Chog
Alright my guitar is set up for E standard but if you want to go down to B would you have to get it setup differently so its not all buzzy and crap? I've gone one step down and it sounds alright, its a Cort m700 with locking tuners and stock pickups on it? You would need heavy gauge strings too? I'm learning Carcass stuff and want to play along with the albums, not in happy fairy Kill em all E tuning.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:57 pm
by slay
get some thick strings and try it. You may have to adjust the bridge abit to try and make some tension.
If you play in this tuning alot get a 7 string. seven string standard tuning is beadgbe.
Also a fixed bridge is much easier to use when changing tunings and such.
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:08 am
by Chog
Thanks man. Maybe I should just get a seven so I have a guitar for E and dropped D separate. What gauge do you use for B tuning?
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 12:19 am
by slay
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:59 am
by AoD
you'll have to adjust your trussrod to take up the higher tentsion, 10-60 good shit.
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 2:09 pm
by croninburg
You will have to make adjustments. If you can't e bothered to do it properly/can afford it, take it to a tech. You're probably going to need extra springs in the back, or at least a change of tension to keep the bridge in check.
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:10 am
by Chog
Thanks chaps I'm not game to adjust it myself so I'll have to pay, ah well it'll be worth it. When you're tuned that low do you have to dial down the gain to stop it sounding muddy? A few youtube videos I saw in that tuning sounded like shit.
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:10 am
by croninburg
Always use the bare minimum of gain/distortion to get the sound you want
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:07 am
by Acid Flashbakc
Chog wrote:Thanks chaps I'm not game to adjust it myself so I'll have to pay, ah well it'll be worth it. When you're tuned that low do you have to dial down the gain to stop it sounding muddy? A few youtube videos I saw in that tuning sounded like shit.
see this is why i always endorsed 7 strings/baritone guitars. if its sounding too muddy to deal with I would get new pickups, and of course turn down the gain as much as possible
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:07 pm
by Chog
In people's experiences what are the best sounding pickups for metal? I've never bought any before just used stock ones
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:44 pm
by Hailblaze
dimebucker and jazz bucker
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:31 am
by Acid Flashbakc
bare knuckle warpigs i've liked lately
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:25 am
by Balls On Parade
If you decide to get another guitar and do not opt for a 7 string, you could always try a longer scale guitar (aka baritone guitar), they seem to have a tighter, more focused tone than putting thicker strings on a normal scaled guitar...
http://www.guitarplaza.com/espltdvbelba1.html
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 2:17 pm
by morgbite
My six string is currently in Drop A. Fucking ridiculous.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:21 pm
by JesseJames
My guitar is in drop k minor.
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:36 pm
by texasborn
mine too
Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:44 pm
by croninburg
JesseJames wrote:My guitar is in drop k minor.
You really shouldn't drop it considering it took so long to make
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:20 pm
by False_Prophet
JesseJames wrote:My guitar is in drop k minor.
I drop mine a full octave, and transpose it back up an octave with a whammy pedal!
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:23 am
by Muffin
False_Prophet wrote:JesseJames wrote:My guitar is in drop k minor.
I drop mine a full octave, and transpose it back up an octave with a whammy pedal!
I...I kind of want to hear what this sounds like.