Alt Tunings & Fun Chord Time

bigchiefbc · Post by **bigchiefbc** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:11 pm

Dramatis Persona wrote:I really like unison strings tunings:

DGDGBB
EBEBBB\EBEEBB\EBBEBB\EBBBBB my truss rod is gonna die.

For years, I always kept one of my guitars in Placebo tuning, which has the two high strings in unison:
FA#D#G#CC

Ugly Nora · Post by **Ugly Nora** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 6:01 pm

kbithecrowing wrote:Also Nora you probably don't *need new string to go for that tuning. I'd give it a shot with your current set and just watch how the G string goes.

I've been playing with this for the last hour and I love it.

DADAAE>SwirlPool>Tremolessence>Particle >Context =

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:07 pm

ChetMagongalo · Post by **ChetMagongalo** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:31 am

I just tune EEEBBBE

gunslinger_burrito · Post by **gunslinger_burrito** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:10 am

I'm throwing this here because it's the tuning thread.

I've spent hours and HOURS tonight messing with baritone-style tunings trying to figure out the Eagle Twin tone. What the fuck is it? I've tried fifths, fourths, I've tried F C F Bb D A....... nothing gets the right chordal tones. The only thing I haven't tried is octave-down Drop D. But he does it on 25.5" scale guitars sometimes....so is he defying physics, or what?!?!

Throw some theory up in here.

Bon Hoga · Post by **Bon Hoga** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:58 pm

gunslinger_burrito wrote:I'm throwing this here because it's the tuning thread.

I've spent hours and HOURS tonight messing with baritone-style tunings trying to figure out the Eagle Twin tone. What the fuck is it? I've tried fifths, fourths, I've tried F C F Bb D A....... nothing gets the right chordal tones. The only thing I haven't tried is octave-down Drop D. But he does it on 25.5" scale guitars sometimes....so is he defying physics, or what?!?!

Throw some theory up in here.

Most of that tone is 500-600 watts of valve power.

AlexanderWOLF · Post by **AlexanderWOLF** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:15 am

I play in

EAEAC#E
DAEAC#E
DADF#AD
FACGCE
DADGAD
Standard
half down
and all kinds of downtuned standards

AlexanderWOLF · Post by **AlexanderWOLF** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:16 am

Well, I know what im doing tomorrow. Rocking all these tunings ITT.

gunslinger_burrito · Post by **gunslinger_burrito** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:49 pm

Bon Hoga wrote:
gunslinger_burrito wrote:I'm throwing this here because it's the tuning thread.

I've spent hours and HOURS tonight messing with baritone-style tunings trying to figure out the Eagle Twin tone. What the fuck is it? I've tried fifths, fourths, I've tried F C F Bb D A....... nothing gets the right chordal tones. The only thing I haven't tried is octave-down Drop D. But he does it on 25.5" scale guitars sometimes....so is he defying physics, or what?!?!

Throw some theory up in here.
Most of that tone is 500-600 watts of valve power.

Yeah, I realize that, but it's the notes I think I'm hearing when he plays certain chords, not to mention the huge variety of chord shapes I see him use live. None of it quite sounds like your typical drop tuning-style chords to me. . . When I hit low low notes in fifths tunings, and play just the bottom two notes, it doesn't ring quite right. I've even tried EQing my amps and dirt pedals differently

Ugly Nora · Post by **Ugly Nora** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 6:45 pm

Why not email him and ask him? I emailed Richard Crandell about his Mbira tuning and he replied with a very detailed breakdown of all his invidual tines.

BitchPudding · Post by **BitchPudding** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 8:50 pm

been trying DADEAD recently. Never realized how versatile that tuning really is.

osbornkt · Post by **osbornkt** » Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:27 pm

I've started playing in DADGBD. I always keep the high strings DGBD since I started playing on banjo...Just recently dropped the low E to D. So beefy.

FlyingVFanatic · Post by **FlyingVFanatic** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:06 pm

Currently got my LP junior in CGCD#AD. Probably someone else came up with that tuning before, but i found it cause of a chord i could make in D standard but not drop C...

kbit · Post by **kbit** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:31 pm

FlyingVFanatic wrote:Currently got my LP junior in CGCD#AD. Probably someone else came up with that tuning before, but i found it cause of a chord i could make in D standard but not drop C...

Aside from the A string, this is the tuning I use on guitar (I just tune it down to G).
Its fantastic

But lately I've been having lots of fun with standard tuning on bass. So I should probably just leave...

FlyingVFanatic · Post by **FlyingVFanatic** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:45 pm

kbithecrowing wrote:Aside from the A string, this is the tuning I use on guitar (I just tune it down to G).
Its fantastic

But lately I've been having lots of fun with standard tuning on bass. So I should probably just leave...

Staaay and tell me about that tuning!

Its late, and i cant work out the interval between D# and G.... what is it, and does it sound bitchin?

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