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shrent? shrent.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, ON
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Main Seven: Agile 727 + Lundgren/X2N
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My idea for tuning a bass to cope with a low F on a guitar
So my band is going to switch to 8 strings soon (whenever they arrive
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I <3 Ping
Join Date: May 2006
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I think that would be really cool.
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I LIKE JUICE!!!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Texas
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Why do that instead of just playing the same notes on the Eb string?
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shrent? shrent.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, ON
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Real Name: Dave
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ease mainly, it would be a lot easier to play everything the way we're used to be playing it as opposed to trying to figure out how to pick something two frets and two strings higher than we're used to every time the guitars play something on the low F.
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I LIKE JUICE!!!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Texas
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I guess. Well, if it works right for you, do it!
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Impromptu Observer
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Actually, that's not zany at all... that way you're using the same fingering going from one instrument to another. Another neat idea to reinforce the unison idea might be to try a double-course bass (eight string, maybe) with a F1/F1 - Bb0/Bb1 - Eb2/Eb3 - Ab3/Ab4 kinda setup, you know?
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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or get yourself a longer scale bass and and use a big thick assed string. the 175 on my warwick wasn't ideal but it didn't sound bad.
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7-String Drummer!
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I was going to say, why not tune Bb Eb F Ab Db, but I realized that would totally mess up any runs you did.
Besides, have the 'lowest' string be higher pitched than the rest is kind of banjo-like, and could make for some seriously cool runs right there! ![]() ![]() Mer7in / Anonimosity Music @ Myspace SoundClick Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. ~ Maya Angelou I like a little rebellion now and then. It's like a storm in the atmosphere. ~ Thomas Jefferson |
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shrent? shrent.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Toronto, ON
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Banjo-like death metal in low F tuning
![]() We don't really have budget for a new bass (our band doesn't even really have a 'bassist', our old bassist left and lately the rhythm guitarist has been using my bass rig), so we're trying to get by with what we have. Which isn't bad, but definitely isn't specialized for low low tunings. We'll try an F an octave down, but I don't have high hopes, so I'm just hypothesizing. next up; bass mod picstory - replacement banjo body |
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Vescere bracis meis.
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Thats what I'd do if my bass had enough strings
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