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Bass tuned to G
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Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:13 pmby Planet Rain
yeah i have been reading about how alien was tuned to G aswell as some parts of synchestra.
Just wondering, did they tune the bass guitar to go that low relative to the guitar as well?!
What gauge string would let the bass go to G!?
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Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:19 amby sj_2150
yup. Bass: GCGCG and Guitar: GCGCGCE
and yeah gauge strings for the bass were very thick. i cant remember exactly how thick but they were THICK
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Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:48 amby djskrimp
sj_2150 wrote:yup. Bass: GCGCG and Guitar: GCGCGCE
and yeah gauge strings for the bass were very thick. i cant remember exactly how thick but they were THICK
Ummm...Thick As a Really Thick Thing.
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:04 amby Planet Rain
im suprised a bass tuned to G would even produce much of a defined musical note
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:03 pmby Goat
On Alien bass was tuned down to E (octave lower), at least for one song. I think Byron speaks about it on the miniDVD that came with Alien, but I can't check it out right now, so ... anyone?
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Fri Dec 22, 2006 3:57 pmby gozu
yeah he syas he tuned it to E
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Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:21 pmby the_scoon
However, I think when he said that he was recording the booms in Info Dump. Yeah, I've tried tuning the bass down to A, even then its really undefinable...
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Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:32 pmby Planet Rain
i wanna know what gauge string that E is and who makes a string that heavy, and where i can get one
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:04 amby the_scoon
No doubt he was using a 5-string though. I don't think you can get an E string that is that thick. Find a B string. It'd have to be thicker than like, 140.
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:27 amby Tim
'Possessions' is the song that's tuned down to E.
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Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:05 amby Goat
And there's no live bass on Info Dump.
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Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:08 amby superhydroyeast
maybe with all this bassy lowness there'll be a BASS bass guitar.
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Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:01 pmby rcfreak7772000
Planet Rain wrote:i wanna know what gauge string that E is and who makes a string that heavy, and where i can get one
http://www.conklinguitars.com/accessories.html
go there, and scroll down to Special Strings Power Steel singles, on the right hand side, below 4 string sets
they offer a 195 and a 165
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Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:47 amby Planet Rain
whoa
nice find dude!
i've just started tuning to A and regular low B strings are okish.
Wouldn't mind trying a .195 just for the fun of it tho
at 34US$ youd be pissed off to break it.
I need a subwoofer first tho to make best use of it.
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Fri May 11, 2007 10:18 amby Variant
rcfreak7772000 wrote:Planet Rain wrote:i wanna know what gauge string that E is and who makes a string that heavy, and where i can get one
http://www.conklinguitars.com/accessories.html
go there, and scroll down to Special Strings Power Steel singles, on the right hand side, below 4 string sets
they offer a 195 and a 165
Yup, I play a Conklin GTBD-7 tuned F#BEADGC with a .165 on the F#. You HAVE to have the right sub (not necessarily just big enough to replicate the frequency but also with a quick enough response not to mud up on faster more 'metal' passages') to produce the fundamental properly.