What do you tune to?

[mudkicker]

Re: What do you tune to?

E, Eb, and drop d. Like chuck if I wanted to play something lower I would buy a bass.

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: What do you tune to?

The guitar tone on Nevermore's The Politics of Ecstasy is a great example of brutal sounding metal without any ridiculous downtuning. They're only tuned to Eb on that disc., and they sound absolutely massive.

[Fragle]

Re: What do you tune to?

Originally posted by Ninja Guitar:
The guitar tone on Nevermore's The Politics of Ecstasy is a great example of brutal sounding metal without any ridiculous downtuning. They're only tuned to Eb on that disc., and they sound absolutely massive.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">shit dude, i LOVE that album.....although i dont quite dig the tone...its a little bright for my taste. the highend on dreaming neon black is much smoother, but that album is bass heavy as hell...(although its fun listening to if you have a subwoofer.....try it, its like having a bass player in your room [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] )....i'm glad they found the perfect balance on dhiadw.....that tone KILLS
i wonder what jeff did with his rectos to make them sound like this.....afaik he used rectos for that (and EoR), didnt he? politics and neon black were triaxis afaik....not sure about neon black but politics was most definetely triaxis....

ah, enough guitar tech stuff...you wont notice if youre headbanging and moshing as shit (and listen to it LOUD)

greets
fragle

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: What do you tune to?

I agree, Politics is a bit harsh in the high frequency department. Also, I think Jeff uses EMGs. I don't like the sound of EMGs.

[diablomozart]

Re: What do you tune to?

Eb
Eb with a Drop Db
7 string is Bb
...d.m.

[horns666]

Re: What do you tune to?

Cleveland already answered for me ....that's a big ditto... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]


"D" or somewhere around that ....whatever sounds right and feels right to my ears...gives it a now growling chug....nice dark tone.


Glen Drover of Eidolon does the same thing... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: What do you tune to?

D seems to be the sounding tuning for metal. It has the heaviness and growl standard tuning lacks, and it lacks the muddiness of really low tunings. That's why I still do drop-D every now and then.

If I wasn't so determined to keep playing in standard E, I'd probably tune my guitars to D permanently.

[toejam]

Re: What do you tune to?

Originally posted by pro-fusion:
my 'daddy tuning': DADDEE.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who's your daddy? Who's your DADDEE? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[sithgt6]

Re: What do you tune to?

Originally posted by mudkicker:
E, Eb, and drop d. Like chuck if I wanted to play something lower I would buy a bass.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Agreed.

D>

[shreddermon]

Re: What do you tune to?

Originally posted by Chuckracer:
A440. I play guitar, not bass! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Chuck nailed it. If it were entirely up to me, I would play nothing but standard tuning. But I have downtuned a half or whole step to do alternate-tuned songs. (...Usually only when lame bandmates resist simply moving the song up in key. [img]graemlins/eyes.gif[/img] )

Frankly, I've just never related much to the whole downtuning thing. I mean, do you really believe the "non-musician" listeners can actually discern (let alone prefer) the difference in the "chugga, chugga" at E, D, or even C? [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: What do you tune to?

I also keep my guitars in standard tuning, most of the time, to stay out of the bass frequencies. I'm usually a firm believer that the bass should be left to the bass.

However, if you really wanna sound brutal and intense, low tunings are an easy, proven method. To me, when Nile plays those low A power chords, there's just nothing else in the world that sounds that heavy.

[Fragle]

Re: What do you tune to?

Originally posted by Ninja Guitar:
E
E(octave below)
Eb
D
Db
C
B
Bb
A
Drop-D
Drop-A
CGDFAD
AEAESomethingSomthing [img]graemlins/scratchhead.gif[/img]
EFF#GG#A
MisterynoteADGBE

Most of the time I just play in Standard A440.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">tuning whore *lol*
i especially like that E (octave below) thingy....distorted bass with the strings hanging on the floor lol

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: What do you tune to?

[img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I don't really use all those tunings on a regular basis (I just listed all that to be a smartass [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ), but I have used all of them at one time or another. And, they've all been done on the same guitar.

E are B are the ones I use the most.