low B tuner

[ali-stare]

anyine ever heard of an E to B hipshot tuner. This would be one of the most useful inventions for me as im sick and tired of tuning down to the low B and i could never get on with 5 stings.

any input would be useful

cheers

[Veils]

Cant say I have ever heard of them, but that don't mean they don't exist....

[Paul_C]

I remember Steve Lawson showing me that the Hipshot (or equivalent) on his Modulus would go pretty low, can't remember if it'll go all the way to B without the risk of clashing with the next tuner though.

[slaphappygarry]

My dropper does not go as low as B. Dropping a string a whole fifth would drop tension across the neck enough to really mess up the intonation of the rest of the strings... So i dount they exist. Think mine drops E to about C sharp.

Garry

[Alun]

Matt Garrison uses a Hipshot to drop from E to B on his Fodera. I would imagine the string tension gets pretty floppy and I would have the thought the intonation might get a little bit hazy but it seems to work for him.

Cheers,
Alun

[velvetkevorkian]

[quote name='slaphappygarry' post='526' date='May 17 2007, 04:50 PM']My dropper does not go as low as B. Dropping a string a whole fifth would drop tension across the neck enough to really mess up the intonation of the rest of the strings... So i dount they exist. Think mine drops E to about C sharp.

Garry[/quote]
E down to B is only a perfect fourth. E up to B is a fifth

[Dood]

I could just scrape a low B out of mine, but it was 'only just' and took a little fiddling with gauges to get it to work. C was easy though.

[slaphappygarry]

[quote]E down to B is only a perfect fourth. E up to B is a fifth[/quote]

hehe, yup

cheers for that.

G

[ali-stare]

best way to find out was to buy one so i did and i works!!!! wayhey

[john_the_bass]

so if you drop to the B, do you retune the other strings to E A D or do you play B A D G and do you drop the tuning to B with a standard ish 100-115 guage E?

sounds interesting

[ali-stare]

i play with BADG and use a 50 - 110 set of flats
i never found that when playing a mates five string that i ever used the E string so thought id save the cash and get 4 string that could be tuned BADG i like it its comfy sounding but i really need new pups to appreciate that low sound

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='ali-stare' post='1896' date='May 19 2007, 12:25 AM']i play with BADG and use a 50 - 110 set of flats
i never found that when playing a mates five string that i ever used the E string so thought id save the cash and get 4 string that could be tuned BADG i like it its comfy sounding but i really need new pups to appreciate that low sound[/quote]
I've just converted my passive 4 string MM Sub to B-E-A-D. It's settled down quite well and meant I didn't have to fork out for another 5er.

[ali-stare]

the thing is though that i enjoy playing standard EADG because it fits but just very very occasionally i need that low B and when i do i never need the E e.g. primus' bob.

[ali-stare]

also the fact that the intonation goes out doenst bothe me becuase as a fretless player it is easily sorted

[MacDaddy]

let us know how it works live.

[ali-stare]

well ill know after tonight. ive been tryin to gauge how much the intonation goes out by and i think ive got it nailed but knowing me ill screw up. again.

[ali-stare]

wicked it works. thats prob the first and last time ill ever be able to nail intonation afer a change like that but my band mates were dead impressed.