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Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:07 am
by Leviathan
No idea how accurate these are, but this is very cool:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/sh ... p?t=797585
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:08 pm
by hippy
ultimateguitar

Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:42 pm
by CFH Eternal
Pentagram was in D standard tuning for it's demos and C# for everything on Relentless and beyond.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:32 am
by EvilisthenewGood
Just went through all of those .They are all correct.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:52 am
by Jefferino
Cool info...Though audibly Gojira seems much lower than drop D.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:43 am
by Bob Byrd
I thought slayer used c# on diabolus onward, with the exception of the 7 string songs.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:20 pm
by Hunter/Killer
I'm so metal i only make my power chords with devil horns.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 9:37 am
by Bar Rat
EvilisthenewGood wrote:Just went through all of those .They are all correct.
I concur.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:05 am
by Hailblaze
I play B standard on my practice guitar, with E standard on my main axe.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:13 pm
by Sky Black
I tune to A on my LTD AX-350, B on my USA-made Jackson King V, and E on my Jackson Pro Mustaine sig King V. I expect to see both our names on this list by sundown.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:55 pm
by Bob Byrd
a is a very low tuning!
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:01 pm
by Sky Black
Indeed it is. I've experimented with tuning to G and have tried heavier strings to the point of having a wound G and filing out the nut to accept .70 low E as well as extensively adjusting bridge height and neck bowing, but imo A is the lowest you can go on a 6 string and still maintain playability.
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:37 pm
by JesseJames
Sky Black wrote:Indeed it is. I've experimented with tuning to G and have tried heavier strings to the point of having a wound G and filing out the nut to accept .70 low E as well as extensively adjusting bridge height and neck bowing, but imo A is the lowest you can go on a 6 string and still maintain playability.
Try a guitar that has a scale length longer than 25.5"
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 2:41 am
by AoD
yeah, long scale length=no more flop
Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 1:50 am
by marrylessey1694
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Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 3:45 am
by The Doctor
Sky Black wrote:Indeed it is. I've experimented with tuning to G and have tried heavier strings to the point of having a wound G and filing out the nut to accept .70 low E as well as extensively adjusting bridge height and neck bowing, but imo A is the lowest you can go on a 6 string and still maintain playability.
Old ass post but...
I have a 27" Baritone 7 string. I tune it to GCGCGCE because I wish I could be Devin Townsend. A on the low string on a 27" scale is

Re: Metal Band Tunings
Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 4:20 pm
by aggressor_27
Hunter/Killer wrote:I'm so metal i only make my power chords with devil horns.
