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how low do you go?
E 48%  48%  [ 22 ]
E flat 24%  24%  [ 11 ]
drop D 9%  9%  [ 4 ]
D 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
drop C 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
C 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
lower 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
other 11%  11%  [ 5 ]
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Tochai
Post subject: Re: What do you tune too
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Floyd_The_Barber wrote:
Tochai wrote:
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drop A recently

Drop mAy as well be playing bass.

by drop A i mean E to A and the rest in standard..... nothing else drops...

this is what made me start playing around with it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U8fRHemfZw

Interesting, I'll have to see how my 11s fare at that. I should think not much better than 10s

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Half-step down from standard...just like Jimi, Edward and Robin.
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...which I guess makes my "drop-D" actually "drop C#"
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My guitars standard E, my Bass is tuned to D
ABS :D
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Two tuned to Eb. One to Open E for slide.................... 8)

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half a step down on electrics, standard on acoustic

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usually standard E, but at the moment I have been trying some Hendrix stuff in E flat, I quite like it :)

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Standard E except for my 12 string which is tuned down to D. As far as I know that is fairly common with 12 strings. I always presumed it was due to the pressure on the neck from all those strings. I would always have to capo up to be with the other guitars and capoing a twelve string was always a hassle. Kinda have to push it this way and that to find that sweet spot where there was no fret buzz. :lol:

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I have many different tuning. as follows

HWY1 Strat - Half step down. 11's fender super bullets - Blues and cleans
Explorer - Whole step down - 10's ernie ball - rock to metal
LP Goldtop - Standard 440 - 10's ernie ball - blues to classic rock/hard rock
Truckster - Standard 440 - 9's ernie ball - Hard rock/Metal
Strat copy - half step down - 11's ernie ball - Jamming at other people's house/camping guitar
Taylor 114CE Acoustic electric - Dropped A - 10's Ernie Ball
Taylor 314CE Acoustic electric - Standard 440 - Elixer
'79 Stratocaster - Standard 440 - 10's Ernie ball - bluegrass/blues/rock

and so on but yeah get the point haha
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Standard A440
Open G (and various uptunings based on this with the use of a capo)
Open D (ditto)
Open Gm (ditto)
Open Dm (ditto again)

1/2 step down from Standard
full step down from Standard (on my acoustics, especially)


It all depends on the mood I'm in and what song I'm playing...

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Standard for 2 strat and a tele (Standard rock & blues), 1/2 step down for another Fender strat (SRV & Hendrix). Standard for my Martin (blues & folk), and Open G for the Taylor (blues slide, and World music).
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My 12 string is tuned to open D, a six string acoustic tuned to open E. My schecter Hellraiser I tune down a half-step to Eb; I use it on a few songs I wrote a while back and can't quite hit the higher notes anymore. The rest of my guitars are in standard A440.

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Standard

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A 440 for the most part with the occasional half step flat.
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I go back and forth from standard to E flat. Every once in a while I drop d tune for some of those songs which are played that way.

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