[Metal Ken]

If i were doing that, i'd tune CGCFADG
Actually, if i were doing it, i'd do C Standard with a high F, cause i cant stand playing in drop tunings.

[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

Actually, if i were doing it, i'd do C Standard with a high F, cause i cant stand playing in drop tunings.

I've been curious to try that one for a while...

[guitarplayerone]

Originally Posted by Naren

Yeah. It sounds pretty brutal tuning down to FCGCFAD. Sounds like your intestines are about to be ripped out.

I think that kind of a tuning is good if you don't plan of riffing off the low F all the time. If you plan on playing the majority of songs in C (or simply off the low C string), it can be pretty cool. It you just play off the F... it'll suck big time.



That doesn't sound like a very logical tuning. You have the 7th and 6th string tuned to the exact same note, not in octaves or anything, but the exact same note.

My personal recommendation would be either GCGCFAD or FCGCFAD for tuning a 7 in drop C.

Or you could go the high route and go CGCFADG.

if i hadnt quit my old band before we wrote new riffs then this would have been the tuning i used...

[D-EJ915]

Originally Posted by Shannon

My ex-guitarist uses an interesting tuning for his new band. It's a Drop B tuning on the low 6 strings & a high F#.

You could use that premise by going with a Drop C tuning & a high G.

Yeah that F# can give you some blood-unducing sounds , it's pretty ridiculous

[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

I've been curious to try that one for a while...

I've done C# standard with a high F#, its AWESOME. doing chords sounds so cool with the extra high string.

[xwmucradiox]

I would go CGCFADG. Cool tuning and similar to the DADGBEG I already use.

[maskofduality]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

If i were doing that, i'd tune CGCFADG
Actually, if i were doing it, i'd do C Standard with a high F, cause i cant stand playing in drop tunings.

C-standard style w/ a high F does have a nice and tight sound to it.

[soldierkahn]

what i used was GCGCFAD, and the low G just rumbled. It reminded me of Mike Mushok's baritone tuning with Staind (G# C# G# C# F# A#)

[drshock]

I would NEVER tune up a seven string. It pretty much defeats the purpose.

[OzzyC]

Originally Posted by drshock

I would NEVER tune up a seven string. It pretty much defeats the purpose.

How is that?

The purpose of a 7 is to increase range. There are only two ways you would do this; lowering the pitch, and raising the pitch. In this case, we raise the pitch of the lowest string, and adjust the others to match. It still has a range 4octaves and a major 3rd, just like a standard tuned 7.