Actually, I could put piccolo strings on a bass or play up high on the neck. The strings wouldn't flop around and sound like a buzzing fart, either. So I could make bass sound like a guitar, if I chose to.

I never said there was anything wrong with it, either. I just thought it was odd. Variety can be interesting. I've noticed it's prevalent in Cookie Monster vocal metal, which I don't play, nor listen to. I guess it ads depth to all the chug-chugging. Like I said, to each their own.

I play multi instruments (there's your variety), bass just being my main one. I'll go to any forum I chose to. Have a nice day!

lol.

...are all bass players this sensitive?

I was makin' a funny BassPaulL. ...git it, ha ha?

No need to launch the bomb and head underground.

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"The individual is handicapped by coming face to face with a Conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists. The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst." J. Edgar Hoover

Tuning down depends on the song, having a back-up bass or 2 helps in a live setting just so you don't have wait time between songs with different tuning.
CK, if you are into the metal music in general and growler style singing, try this tuning

C-cow
G-girls
C-can
F-f...
A-all
D-day

I've only played a few songs with this tuning. The most recognizable is Superdead by the band Bunkerhill from Chicago. They used that tuning on several of their songs and told it to me when I asked about their sound. Write something with that tuning and you will probably use it from time to time because it sounds massive, lol.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.

There's one band, a duo, drum and bass, that if you heard and were told it was a BASS, you'd call that person a f***ing dirty liar. Look up Lightning Bolt.

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

Im going though a Keith Richards stage so open G at the moment..... It's so easy to write Keith off as a hack but tune to G and rock some of his stuff and you totally get what he was doing huh.... Such a great blues tuning...

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I stay in standard but I've tried Drop D.

Am still considering the new Tele baritone, though.

i not much of a fan of droped tunings like C G C F A D id rather tune down and stay in standard like D G C F A D

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B.C Rich Body Art Warlock "The Fly"--Blacktop Telecaster--ESP LTD EC-100--IbanezRG420EX--into A Fender Mustang III

I use FAGFAG tuning.

Just kidding, I have no idea what I'm tuned to, but I've gotten the same tone since I started playing, and am happy with it!

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1984 Squier Contemporary Stratocaster
1986 Peavey Envoy 110
1967 Kingston Acoustic

I am boring. Standard E for me all the way.

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RK

2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Electric is usually always in Stadard E. Sometimes Open G.

But on my acoustic I love DADGAD and Drop-D. The only problem there is the strings snapping when I try to tune back up.