Standard or Drop (Poll)

[sell2792]

Seven string in standard + drop A

[Konfyouzd]

6 string - Standard or open Emaj/Dmaj

7 striing - Standard

8 string - Drop E

[silverabyss]

Both have their uses

I like drop C# though.

[Geognosy]

One six string in D standard, two in E standard, one seven string in B standard. I guess I just don't drop...

[Vinchester]

I play Eb standard because Iced Earth do so.

[Codeman]

On my four 6string guitars:
E standard
Drop C#
Drop C
Drop A#

Boths my 5 string Bass's are in BEADG

[MikeyLHolm]

6 String: E
6 String: Eb
6 String: D

Using any other amount of strings would .... up the Satanic wibe going on..

[Defsan]

RG1527 - B Standard
MTM2 - Drop D

I prefer standard tunings, though.

[goherpsNderp]

i've always been a dropped tuning guy until i recently got an 8 string. i tuned it to the meshuggah tuning, which is basically standard except with each string downtuned a tick. i feel more creative when tuned like this as opposed to being on a 6 in drop D, C, or B. or on a 7 in drop A.

on the flip side, i absolutely cannot stand playing my 6 string in standard E. it completely demolishes any creative vibe i was feeling when i hit that low E and hear it pitched so high, and makes it even worse when i have to use a power chord to get any edgy feel out of it. i immediately switch it to drop C at very minimum. then i can at least jam around but still not feeling as creative as when in standard F on my 8.

[RGA8]

goherpsNderp:


An 8 string promotes single note riffs and standard, in my opinion, is the best for single note riffs.

[ry_z]

My 6 in Drop Db gets played the most, for sure.

[goherpsNderp]

Originally Posted by RGA8

goherpsNderp:


An 8 string promotes single note riffs and standard, in my opinion, is the best for single note riffs.

precisely!

as a side note: i used to be in a band that had a ton of riffs written in drop C that would have otherwise sounded decent had the lead guitarist not insisted that we hit all of them with the 3 string power chord (the single finger bar shape). too many pulls offs and hammerons to make sense of what is going on if the guitars are distorted and using those full-on chords.

when i moved on to prog metal i suddenly 'got it'.

[MartinMTL]

Usually Im a fan of standard, but I do go with the open D and C occasionally. Maybe you should add an open tuning option?

[blaaargh]

Depends. My 6er is usually tuned to D standard, although I'll often go down to drop B or drop Bb, or C standard if I want to play Sleep. Sometimes I'll go down to drop A and play Thergothon songs, but that's pretty rare. My 7 spends about equal time in A standard, drop G, and G C G C G Ab Eb. I want another guitar to keep in standard, but that's pretty far down the line.

[Floppystrings]

Originally Posted by blaaargh

Depends. My 6er is usually tuned to D standard, although I'll often go down to drop B or drop Bb, or C standard if I want to play Sleep. Sometimes I'll go down to drop A and play Thergothon songs, but that's pretty rare. My 7 spends about equal time in A standard, drop G, and G C G C G Ab Eb. I want another guitar to keep in standard, but that's pretty far down the line.

I have been jumping around from A Standard to G# standard, and then G standard.

G standard is really really low, and I need a baritone 7 now to keep string sizes from being huge. It is the bastard tuning of all tunings.

[blaaargh]

Whoa. Yeah, I really doubt I'd go any lower than drop G. G standard sounds crazy. I'm currently using an 11-48 set with a 64 on the bottom, although the 48 broke and I had to replace it with a 58 because that was all that I had... it's weird. I'm thinking about switching to a hybrid 10-52 set and seeing how I like that though.

[Gabe_LTD]

I say 7 string Drop tunings are the best, Because you the range of the 6 string standard tunings, with a low A or G# that you can groove on...

[Tang]

I do both!

My Tele is Open B (ala Devin Townsend. B-F#-B-F#-B-D#
My Agile Sentintel (Strat body) is in standard.

[iamdunker]

all tunings with 20 different guitars.

[Gabe_LTD]

Originally Posted by iamdunker

all tunings with 20 different guitars.

Lucky bitch I have like 4 guitars...and two of them I don't play cause they're cheap and crappy XD

[Varcolac]

Standard for the most part.

One bass in G# standard for a band playing six-strings in C# standard.
One bass in E standard, occasionally D standard.
One six-string electric in E standard
Two sevens in A standard
One six-string acoustic that alternates between open C, DADGAD, D standard and a few others.

[VBCheeseGrater]

Chose standard, but i definitely use drop D quite a bit - especially when using a six string its a good way to get a bit meaner sounding. You can almost hear the anger set in as you hit the open E and A turn the tuning peg down the extra step

[Murmel]

I played my drop C# sixer a lot a few months ago. Now I almost exclusively play my strat, which is in E standard. Occasionally the 7 string too, which is in B standard.

I usually prefer standard, except if you're gonna play certain genres of metal. But other than metal/hard rock I find few uses for it.

[TheGhunther]

8 string - drop E
6 string - drop A
6 string - drop C

[lemeker]

I have three 6's in E standard, another in D standard, all of which are set up to drop D as well......(2 with trems fyi)......I would like to keep my Jackson in Eb, but it gets used in standard too much.

and my 7's are B standard, I'm going to drop my m-207 down one more step the next time I change strings I think......