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hasmak84
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04/13/2004 9:40 am
"Tuning from low to high: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb"

How do I do this? Can I do it with my tuner? Or do I have to buy one of the "peg" things
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04/13/2004 2:00 pm
It depends on the type of tuner you have. Remember that:

Db = C#
Ab = G#
Db = C#
Gb = F#
Bb = A#
Eb = D#

Your tuner might have a setting for "automatic tuning" and "manual tuning". With automatic tuning, you hit a note and the tuner automatically picks up what note you're closest to and then tells you how close you are to it. With manual tuning, you pick the note you want the tuner to lock on to. If you can set it to manual and then pick the notes above, it may make it easier for you.

What are the buttons on your tuner?
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04/13/2004 3:34 pm
my tuner has options for "notes" but when I press adjust...it only gives me "7B,6E,5A,4D,3G,2B,1E" Thats it. I don't see C# anywhere on it.
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04/13/2004 3:41 pm
By the way, my tuner is an Ibanez GU20, its not a crappy one.
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04/13/2004 8:56 pm
No, you can do it. Downtune each string a half-tone except for the low E which you downtune 3 half-tones, or 1 and a half tones. lol.

To do this, simply figure out how to work your tuner, and tune accordingly.
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04/13/2004 9:55 pm
OK, found a pic of your tuner:



Looks like there's a little sharp symbol (#) just underneath where it says "Function" on the display. That's what you're looking for. When it's a natural note, the # shouldn't be showing.
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04/14/2004 4:12 am
What I did was: I fretted the 3rd fret of Low E and and tuned it do Low E, and I fretted the 1st frets of the other strings and tuned them accordingly. Is that right?
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04/14/2004 4:35 am
Ok I think I just did it right.

I set the mode to "Flat" is selected it so a "b" showed up. After I did this, I set it to note. So I played the 6E to the 4D"flat" and tuned, and did the same with the otehr strings. Then I played a song that had this tuning..and it sounded right. So I think I figured out how to use my tuner.
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