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aaronjacksonguitar
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aaronjacksonguitar
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12/26/2017 10:21 pm
Originally Posted by: RazboI don't have that tuner, but so long as it will display sharps and flats, you would tune your bass E down to D#, A to G# and so on. [br][br]They sometimes call that Eb tuning, but you probably won't find Eb on your tuner he's hanging out with B# :)[br][br]p.s. It's not really a deficiency; my pedal tuners display the same.

I know this is old but I must talk about this, the MAJORITY of bands who tune a half step down call it Eb tuning, yes D# is the same but usually we reserve that for tuning up not down. Every artist I have seen right a half step down labels it as E Flat Standard not D#