lobematt Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 I was just wondering if anybody knows what tuning he plays in to go with the monster 8 string guitars he plays with? I was also wondering if anyones heard the jazz album he released? Ta! Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) [quote name='lobematt' post='1336344' date='Aug 11 2011, 12:50 PM']I was just wondering if anybody knows what tuning he plays in to go with the monster 8 string guitars he plays with? I was also wondering if anyones heard the jazz album he released? Ta![/quote] I'm not 100% but I think he tuned up a bit - his E string went up to F# for example. This may even have been his bottom string. I have no idea where I got this information from so take with a pinch of salt. This is the guy from Meshuggah isn't it? Edited August 11, 2011 by Cosmo Valdemar Quote
rjb Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 [quote name='lobematt' post='1336344' date='Aug 11 2011, 12:50 PM']I was just wondering if anybody knows what tuning he plays in to go with the monster 8 string guitars he plays with? I was also wondering if anyones heard the jazz album he released? Ta![/quote] Lovgren uses 5 string Warwick basses. it's the Meshuggah guitarists who use 8 strings..... Quote
lobematt Posted August 11, 2011 Author Posted August 11, 2011 [quote name='rjb' post='1336409' date='Aug 11 2011, 01:48 PM']Lovgren uses 5 string Warwick basses. it's the Meshuggah guitarists who use 8 strings.....[/quote] I know, I was asking what he tunes his bass to because of the 8 string guitars Quote
thumbo Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 (edited) From the wiki about 8 string guitars: [quote]Fredrik Thordendal and Marten Hagstrom of Meshuggah tune their 8-string guitars F+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and occasionally drop it to Eb+Bb+Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb, and even five semitones below this tuning, for the song Spasm[/quote] I'd imagine he'd copy the low 5 strings of the guitars tuning, but I'm not certain of that. 2:22 Rational Gaze Edited August 11, 2011 by thumbo Quote
lobematt Posted August 11, 2011 Author Posted August 11, 2011 Would that be at the same pitch as the guitars or super duper octave lower? Quote
thumbo Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 His Warwick sounds like it's tuned very low in that video I posted. Quote
lobematt Posted August 11, 2011 Author Posted August 11, 2011 Ah ok, I'm in work at the mo' will check it out later! Quote
rjb Posted August 11, 2011 Posted August 11, 2011 [quote name='lobematt' post='1336431' date='Aug 11 2011, 02:07 PM']I know, I was asking what he tunes his bass to because of the 8 string guitars[/quote] Ah, ok! Sorry - the way it read was a little ambiguous to me... Quote
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