MacDaddy Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 One of my bands, Bordel, use baritone tuning for the guitars The other, Highest Order Of Angels, is standard tuning. I use a 5 er and have a 4 tuned BEAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Standard and drop D in my main band. Eb for the guitar w***ery band I'm in. Doesn't matter to me though, just stick with my 5er Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZPQ Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Standard - anything else would be too confusing :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazy_olie Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Standard but I quite the tone from playing a semitone down. I would like to try a D,G,C,F,Bb tuning on a 5 string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneythedog Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 standard EADG. WHY would I want anything else ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mike Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 My old metal band both the guitartists had 7 strings (gotta luv the good old nu metal days) and we tuned to A[i]b[/i]. I hated playing that low the Ab (B on my six string) sounded like a wet fart and i had to use stuidly high gaued strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Meshuggah-tastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) DGCF or ADGCF depending if I'm using a 4 or 5 string. In the studio though it's EADG and BEADG 3 of my 4 strings have drop tuners so I can drop to D or C depending on if they are down a tone or in standard Cheers Edited June 5, 2007 by tayste_2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDDF Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 C# G# C# F# or D# G# C# F# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='12424' date='Jun 5 2007, 12:42 PM']DGCF or ADGCF depending if I'm using a 4 or 5 string. In the studio though it's EADG and BEADG 3 of my 4 strings have drop tuners so I can drop to D or C depending on if they are down a tone or in standard Cheers[/quote] Why do you tune differently live and in the studio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 [quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='12542' date='Jun 5 2007, 03:09 PM']Why do you tune differently live and in the studio?[/quote] Because the producer makes the singer sing everything as high as humanly possibly which live just isn't realistic night after night. Also makes it sound heavier live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamWoodBass Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I play 5 strings in a function band and I also teach bass so nowadays I pretty much stick to BEADG. I was in a technical instrumental metal band a while ago and for that I tuned one 5 string to Bb standard and the other AEADG. For my original rock band I keep my 5's to BEADG and my 4's to DADG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohan Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 CGCF Am thinking of buying a five string and tuning either ACGCF or CE#A#D#G# Also would like to afford to be able to have one bass setup in E so I can practice different styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 (edited) Functions Band - E,A,D,G (although we did once experiment with down a half-step, but only to see if the singer noticed ) Tis my Jazz Bass. First Signs Of Frost - Older Tunes D,A,D,G (before i joined, we still play a couple of them though, so i have my Corvette $$ in D) - Newer Tunes C,F,Bb,Eb (since i've joined, Basically drop C standard). My 'ThingRay' is setup for this, with Newtone Strings she sounds awesome!. Si Edited June 5, 2007 by Sibob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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