Drop tuning

nitelightboy · 02-01-2006, 02:47 PM

If you're playing in dropped C, then it's only 1 step down from standard dropped D. In that case, you don't need to go too crazy with string gauges. If you're playing in dropped A, then that gets to be challenging on a 24.75", but a good sized string gauge would work.

006 · 02-01-2006, 02:48 PM

Wait...you play in drop C? Then the other guitarist, the one with the 7 string, be tuning UP to C? If so, then why on earth would you need to have the low E be an A?

7 string (CGCFADG), 6 string (ACGCFA)? I'm not understanding really why you have the lowest string on yours tuned to A when you are playing in drop C...shouldn't the lowest string be tuned to C then?

~006+1 <---confused.

Reficul · 02-01-2006, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 006

Wait...you play in drop C? Then the other guitarist, the one with the 7 string, be tuning UP to C? If so, then why on earth would you need to have the low E be an A?

7 string (CGCFADG), 6 string (ACGCFA)? I'm not understanding really why you have the lowest string on yours tuned to A when you are playing in drop C...shouldn't the lowest string be tuned to C then?

~006+1 <---confused.

yea, like i said, my english is not good. but the lowest string on my guitar(6 string) is C but the lowest on the the other guitarist guitar(7 string) is A (i think)

and i need to tune my guitar so that the next lowest string is C and the lowest is A.

nitelightboy · 02-01-2006, 03:12 PM

Dropped A!!

It's a bit more difficult to do on that scale, but go with AT LEAST 12-52 and then set the guitar up in that tuning, with that gauge and it should work fine for you!!

Shannon · 02-01-2006, 03:18 PM

I had a Les Paul 7-string and I used a 60 for the Low A. I'd recommend a 13-60 gauge.

Reficul · 02-01-2006, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shannon

I had a Les Paul 7-string and I used a 60 for the Low A. I'd recommend a 13-60 gauge.

ok thanx alot.

and thank all you guys. im gona try that

dpm · 02-01-2006, 10:07 PM

Yep, use at least a 60 for that A.

D-EJ915 · 02-01-2006, 10:39 PM

A 60 is the gauge for an 'A' on my guitars, I'd probably say a 62 for the shorter scale.

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006 got se7en? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SA-town, Texas Posts: 303 Real Name: Mike Main Seven: Searching :( Rig: DualRecto->Mesa 4x12 Thanked: 0	Wait...you play in drop C? Then the other guitarist, the one with the 7 string, be tuning UP to C? If so, then why on earth would you need to have the low E be an A? 7 string (CGCFADG), 6 string (ACGCFA)? I'm not understanding really why you have the lowest string on yours tuned to A when you are playing in drop C...shouldn't the lowest string be tuned to C then? ~006+1 <---confused. .:Guitars:. ESP/LTD EC-1000 Black (81/85) Fender Strat w/ Tex-Mex (relic'ed) .:Rig:. Mesa Dual Rectifier 2ch. Mesa Standard 4x12 w/ v30's Marshall 1936 JCM900 2x12 (G12-T75+V30)

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nitelightboy I poop in shoes. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ft Liquordale, FL Posts: 4,189 Real Name: Joe Main Seven: LTD SC-607 Rig: Madison Divinity Thanked: 18	If you're playing in dropped C, then it's only 1 step down from standard dropped D. In that case, you don't need to go too crazy with string gauges. If you're playing in dropped A, then that gets to be challenging on a 24.75", but a good sized string gauge would work.

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nitelightboy I poop in shoes. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Ft Liquordale, FL Posts: 4,189 Real Name: Joe Main Seven: LTD SC-607 Rig: Madison Divinity Thanked: 18	Dropped A!! It's a bit more difficult to do on that scale, but go with AT LEAST 12-52 and then set the guitar up in that tuning, with that gauge and it should work fine for you!!

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