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CGCGCE!
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:47 pmby Spoffoth
I've just tried the Devin classic tuning and I love it. Within 20 minutes I was finding my feet and a whole ton of new sounds. My Flying V is staying like that forever, its the NEW METAL TUNING as far as I'm concerned. Everything is right there.
What I really love is having fat bass without having the whole guitar detuned.
You got to try it if you haven't yet. A set of 10 - 52s is all you need.
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Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:13 pmby Matt08642
Yup, I use this tuning a lot now that I play Dev stuff and SYL stuff.
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Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:58 amby frequency-lsd
At first i was like damn this tuning sucks, back to C#
but the last couple of months ive been getting more and more comfortable with the tuning and now i love it!
i guess it's a tuning you have to get used to, right now i can't think of playing my guitar in a different tuning haha
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:25 amby All Hail99
I understand what you mean, the tuning is just plain awesome!
You do have to get used to it though but the rewards are worth it
Shame I'm having a hard time getting my collaborators to use it as well haha.
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:30 amby sj_2150
more bands should tune down to B... C seems to be the norm nowadays
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:36 amby All Hail99
That is true I suppose.
I have always wondered what taking Open C down a half step would sound like, I may just try it now.
Could sound fantastic, or it could sound utter shite.
Only time will tell
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:39 amby sj_2150
i was gonna go CGCGCE with my tuning as my regular tuning but i decided to go BEADGB ... im glad i did
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:48 amby All Hail99
I'd imagine you'd get quite a "chuggy" sound with that, if you tend to play with a lot of distortion and play metal of sorts. If I remember correctly, didn't Sepultura use that tuning?
How does that tuning sound clean anyway?
I've always wondered how something that low would sound with a clean tone.
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:56 amby sj_2150
i know Dino when he was inFear Factory used it. i think Soilwork tune to B aswell. Dino nowadys is tuned to Z# or something
but yeah its really chuggy i guess. plus youve got that sort of symmerty that youd be used to if you played in standard tuning
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:40 amby All Hail99
Yeah, got an 8 string now hasn't he?
Sometimes I don't know why he just doesn't play bass
Ah standard tuning, has been a very long time since I last used that, went all experimental and never really went back to basics.
I think a re-tune is in order!
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:51 amby sj_2150
Hooray for BEADGB!
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:30 amby funny_little_guy
I use EADABE that's right fuckers I tune a string up! Suck that.
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:41 amby Archetype
I've tuned my Gretsch Baritone to the Physicist tuning; AAAEAE. That's a great tuning to play and write in.
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:52 amby All Hail99
I've never even DARED to go into that tuning.
I'm too worried about what may happen
Besides I read somewhere that some of the strings are tuned exactly same (presumably the 5th and 6th string but I can't remember exactly).
If I knew the exact details I'd probably give it a go though
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Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:53 amby Archetype
The 4th and 5th string are tuned exactly the same in the AAA tuning. This is pretty cool though. You will always hear a little difference in frequency, which might just give you the sound you were looking for in a certain song.