drop c tuning

mbemg81 · Post by **mbemg81** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:46 pm

Anyone play in this tuning?
Iâ€™ve been told i would have to put my pickups higher to the strings and change my guitar strings to fatter ones. To match the drop c tuning. is this true?
thanks

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:47 pm

You are supposed to use thinner strings the lower you tune!
IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mbemg81 · Post by **mbemg81** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 9:51 pm

BS!!!!
heaps of people have told me to get a chunky tone you use fatter strings. You dont even know what your going on about do you???

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:07 pm

WHAT DO YOU KNOW DUDE?!?!!?!?! YOU ASK ME QUESTION I ANSWER YOU BS

vulgar_swede · Post by **vulgar_swede** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:14 pm

Why ask a question and then bitch about the answer? That must mean that you already knew what answer you wanted.

Acid Flashbakc · Post by **Acid Flashbakc** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:32 pm

dude id listen to aeon, he used to be dime's guitar tech

Grimlock · Post by **Grimlock** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:28 am

mbemg81 wrote:BS!!!!
heaps of people have told me to get a chunky tone you use fatter strings. You dont even know what your going on about do you???

What the fuck? No..It's thinner strings.

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:31 am

mehshuggah uses 8 gauge strings

Cheyenne fucking Buffet · Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:01 am

hippy wrote:mehshuggah uses 8 gauge strings

2-14

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:50 pm

Are you people retarded?

dan · Post by **dan** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 7:58 pm

if you buy strings, starting from .56 for the E, tighten them up to standard tuning, it will within an hour, adjust your neck and detune itslef for C tuning perfectly, there is no better way about it, dime used to do this.

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:05 pm

PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?

take a joke, bro.

mbemg81 · Post by **mbemg81** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:26 am

i am only going on what other guitarists have told me

Pfl?yd · Post by **Pfl?yd** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:02 am

hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.

Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

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Splifferoony · Post by **Splifferoony** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 10:03 am

PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.
Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

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insurgent89 · Post by **insurgent89** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 1:15 pm

from my experience and from being a guitar and bass tech, i would use larger gauge strings for lower tunings. and deffinatly do not move your pickups higher as it will pull on the strings causing them to buzz. but it is totally up to personal taste. and i dont know about that bullshit about tuning to standard and letting your neck adjust itself to a differnet tuning. i hope they were joking, thats just retarded. but as for string guages ive seen tony iommi use 8s and tune down 2 and a half steps so...

Freak Kitchen Chef · Post by **Freak Kitchen Chef** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:08 pm

Drop everything down a tone and the drop the D down to a C... Delicious!

dan · Post by **dan** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:04 pm

insurgent89 wrote: i dont know about that bullshit about tuning to standard and letting your neck adjust itself to a differnet tuning. i hope they were joking, thats just retarded..

hippy · Post by **hippy** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:44 pm

PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.
Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

This forum has always been sacred ground on this board where people were actually serious and discussed music like musicians, not like a bunch of Free Zone fuckheads with penis on the brain.

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he knew the answers to his own question in each post, so what did he need help with?

vulgar_swede · Post by **vulgar_swede** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:09 pm

hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.
Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

This forum has always been sacred ground on this board where people were actually serious and discussed music like musicians, not like a bunch of Free Zone fuckheads with penis on the brain.

If you aren't going to contribute constructively, keep your cursor away from the submit button.
he knew the answers to his own question in each post, so what did he need help with?

mbemg81 · Post by **mbemg81** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:39 pm

he knew the answers to his own question in each post, so what did he need help with?

i was looking for other peoples opinion and what they thought about drop c tuning........is that so bad?

scrotal_tug · Post by **scrotal_tug** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:39 pm

PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.
Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

This forum has always been sacred ground on this board where people were actually serious and discussed music like musicians, not like a bunch of Free Zone fuckheads with penis on the brain.

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Couldn't agree more

Aeon · Post by **Aeon** » Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:17 pm

mbemg81 wrote:
he knew the answers to his own question in each post, so what did he need help with?
i was looking for other peoples opinion and what they thought about drop c tuning........is that so bad?

I think you should tune your damn guitar to E.

Cemetery Floods · Post by **Cemetery Floods** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:34 pm

PflÃ¶yd wrote:
hippy wrote:
PflÃ¶yd wrote:Are you people retarded?
take a joke, bro.
Joking around is fine, but it seems every time a new person shows up with a legitimate question about something, all the self-appointed virtuosos on here get all snooty and mocking with people. Newsflash: no one here was born knowing the Phrygian mode or how to sweep-pick scales ad nauseum.

This forum has always been sacred ground on this board where people were actually serious and discussed music like musicians, not like a bunch of Free Zone fuckheads with penis on the brain.

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socialparasite · Post by **socialparasite** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:41 am

First you must tell us what gutiar you are playing? Scale length 22 frets? 24? I think a 11 or above is a good choice. I tried C with 10's but they feel to loose like debbie diamond. I would go with 11's but its your choice. On my guitars i could never get a 9 or 10 to work well

Splifferoony · Post by **Splifferoony** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 8:54 am

I have used all kind of different tunings over the years and sometimes tune as low as A. I always go up a string gauge for each semitone I detune, that usually gives me the same string tension and requres no neck adjustment.
If you plan to have your guitar tuned to drop-C permanently and can buy single strings, get a slightly thicker one for your C string, as this will be tuned a step lower than the rest, it won't have the same tension making power chords sound messy

mbemg81 · Post by **mbemg81** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:04 am

Iâ€™ve got a ltd mh-50, 24 frets. I went to a music shop a few days ago and the guy there reckons i should just put regulars on my guitar because i change my tunings a lot. he talked about changing the adjustment of the neck but i dont wont to muck around with that. And at the moment i just use light strings.

Fuckall · Post by **Fuckall** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 1:56 am

i use GHS TnT's but I like the tension tight.. I play mostly in standard, but they handle detuning to C pretty well.. they are a little on the loose side, but its not crazy loose.. thats on a strat scale w/ 22 frets not that I think it would make a huge difference on something else. You'll probably have to play around with different string guages until you figure out what works for you and what you play most. But generally speaking as its been said already.. use heavier strings if downtuning.

anty · Post by **anty** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 8:38 pm

I used to go into drop c alot but now i work in c#. Ive grown tired of the one finger bar chords

Its ok but now it just doesnt seem heavy enough. Only reason people should tune to drop c is to cover Rammstein

Beyond that, use Zakk Wylde Boomers Lo (.70's)

really good for the drop tunings

Balls On Parade · Post by **Balls On Parade** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:47 am

I use GHS TNT's when playing in D and dropped C tunings, my old band wrote a bunch of tunes in dropped C...