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dezb1 The Oppressor

Joined: 01 Mar 2009 Posts: 7704 Location: glasgow
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:08 pm Post subject: Alternate tunings... |
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Do you use them and if so what are your favourites. I am big fan of Alan Sparhawk who is a big fan of open G, I've never got into alternate tunings (apart from the odd blast of dropped D) as the thought of learning a whole new set of chords has put me off but I'm thinking now is the time. _________________
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George .


Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20945 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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D
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E
Open g with the bottom e as-is. I play with that a lot |
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Bacchus Whatever's handiest

Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 20461 Location: wandering
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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Open G for slide. Love it. _________________
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DanHeron .


Joined: 24 May 2008 Posts: 3489 Location: Manchester, UK
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aen Turdscreamer

Joined: 22 Apr 2006 Posts: 7632 Location: ELECTRIC WARRIOR
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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I tend to stick to variations on Aenstandard.
Aenstandard: DADAAE
Aenstandard Baritone: AEAEEB
Aenstandard Sludge: CGCGGD
5 String Fuck You: GGDGG _________________ High quality, low popularity Ecstatic Fury
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Concretebadger .


Joined: 14 Apr 2012 Posts: 2111 Location: Leeds Leeds LEEDS
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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Half step down is what I use almost all the time. Occasionally I do drop C#, but can't be bothered because it messes with non-hardtail guitars. I played around with E B D G B E and E A D G A E for a while, but couldn't find a use for them, apart from a few open chords.
My Epi sheraton is tuned down to C though...I was trying to get a six string cello sort of sound, but didn't really succeed. The string gauge I used to achieve it (13 iirc) means that I can't tune it normally again, so until it's time for a string change it's going to stay with the C tuning. |
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Freddy V-C NOD FLANGERS

Joined: 17 May 2009 Posts: 4743 Location: Halifax
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 7:27 am Post subject: |
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All the Beige Palace stuff is either in CADGBC or EEBABE. This is the first band where I've properly experimented with tunings and it's definitely made me approach the guitar in a totally different way. _________________ BEIGE PALACE | THANK |
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daftsupernova .


Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Posts: 2499 Location: bottom of in a hell
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I've recently been using DADGAE and EADGAE recently, real fun IMO _________________
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Brandon W .


Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 8728 Location: happiest town in america
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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George wrote: |
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Open g with the bottom e as-is. I play with that a lot |
i think this is how the studio tuned me for the blood on the bayou feedback track except the e was a d.. the song was in d but this looks close.. i wish i could remember exactly what it was.. it worked.. it was ear bleeding loud.. we put every overdrive/distortion we had on and dimed it and dimed the mesa boogie and holy shit it was ridiculous. they also ran me into the board with no feedback as a layer. _________________
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Brandon W .


Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 8728 Location: happiest town in america
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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2016 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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wait.. it was 2 or 3 d's in a row i think it was
d
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d _________________
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