How do I tune my guitar to B to play at the gates songs?
# 1
Depends on the guitar scale length and the string gauge. If the guitar has a 25.5 scale and you're decked out with 12s go right ahead. If the guitar you're talking about has a 24.75 scale and it's fitted with 09s you're not going to be able to tune anywhere near that, it won't stay in tune half a minute if you can even do it.
You would tune to a B by either using a 7 string guitar or tuning the lowest string 5 semitones and all the other strings down three.
Start:
e
b
g
D
A
E
tuned to b:
Db
Ab
e
b
F#
B
[Edited by Hammurabi on 02-06-2004 at 11:47 AM]
You would tune to a B by either using a 7 string guitar or tuning the lowest string 5 semitones and all the other strings down three.
Start:
e
b
g
D
A
E
tuned to b:
Db
Ab
e
b
F#
B
[Edited by Hammurabi on 02-06-2004 at 11:47 AM]
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# 2
I used to buy a 5-string pack for my 4 string bass. You might be able to do the same with a guitar. But yeah, what I did was just restring it as such (BEADGB).
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# 3
Just get strings for a 7 string guitar as noticingthemistake said with the largest starting at .056. I've found that steel string acoustics can be tuned down and still sound good.
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# 4
I've had little experience with such a drastic down tuning on my guitar as it really kinda sounds like crap on mine. Might be different for others though. I came to the conclusion that if I wanted to hit those notes I'd have to wait until I got a 7 string guitar since it's a guitar that's made for that kind of note and I wouldn't have to worry about tuning back up. Course now I use my pedal effect to lower the pitch down however many steps I want. Only flaw with that is it means I can't use the wah pedal in the same song. Such is the sacrifice though, I guess.
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