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GCGC
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 8:34 amby Terradreamer
I bought an acoustic bass today, a swish little thing.
Shine, Red quilted burst.
It was in standered GDAE tuning so I thought "fack it, why not" and tuned it to GCGC, same as Dev, and I can tell you now I can see why he uses it.
It's a fecking awesome tuning and I can actually write my own stuff on it!! =D
I'd seriosly suggest trying it out to all you bassists and guitarists out there, particularly ones that site Devin and his ilk as one of their main influences.
Re: GCGC
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:13 amby Migstopheles
Two of my guitars are in CbGbCbGbCbEb, wonderful tuning for blues.
Re: GCGC
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Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:37 amby BrunoN
I suspect that's common tuning here.
Re: GCGC
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Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:18 pmby AlucardXIX
Migstopheles wrote:Two of my guitars are in CbGbCbGbCbEb, wonderful tuning for blues.
Cb eh
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:32 amby Migstopheles
Yeah, I always tune half a step down for some reason, I think I have OCD or something
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 5:12 amby BrunoN
AlucardXIX wrote:Migstopheles wrote:Two of my guitars are in CbGbCbGbCbEb, wonderful tuning for blues.
Cb eh
It's like, seven steps lower than E#.
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:03 amby Migstopheles
Try 3 steps lower maybe
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:18 amby AlucardXIX
BrunoN wrote:AlucardXIX wrote:Migstopheles wrote:Two of my guitars are in CbGbCbGbCbEb, wonderful tuning for blues.
Cb eh
It's like, seven steps lower than E#.
Iknorite?!
Lol mig, we're just messin with ya
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:53 pmby Migstopheles
OIC
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:23 pmby AlucardXIX
Yea no biggie man, I just caught that you said Cb which is actually B lol.
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:19 pmby Migstopheles
Oh yeah. How did that get past me about 10 times?
Re: GCGC
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Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:51 pmby AlucardXIX
Bah its an easy mistake. Matter of fact its a good way to mess with people who dont know any theory, tell them you tune to Cb or E# and see how long it takes them to try and find those notes
Re: GCGC
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:26 amby Josiah Tobin
Migstopheles wrote:Two of my guitars are in CbGbCbGbCbEb, wonderful tuning for blues.
Yeah, I use that tuning (Open B, right?) from time to time as well. I mostly go between it and open E (my main tuning).
~Josiah
Re: GCGC
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:02 amby Migstopheles
Yup, I've got two in open Cb (
), a seven-string in standard and one in DADGAD at the moment. Open tuning are just so full of win
Re: GCGC
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Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:30 pmby Abydost
I wonder if (when I got the monies) I should buy an acoustic bass guitar and try it out. Can't be that expensive!
edit: Oh and yeah, open tunings are awesome! I love CGCGCE but I keep it in CGCFAD so I can play songs that are in Drop D/E Standard