thebassmaster

okay, the last one had about 15 or 16 different tunings in so steve merged it with the thread in the archive to keep them together and im going to start again..

the link to all the other tunings is here ......

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/foru...&threadid=18162

and, fighter-pilot , i answered your question in there too

so if you have any more questions, or need help with a tuning, could you post it here please?

thanks

matt

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fighter_pilot

hehe no question this time....just wanna say THANKS MAN!! u're a great help to us idiots lol

thanks matt
ciao

Zamboni

yes, much thanks bassmaster.

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scroungemonkeys

ok I now this one is kinda stupid, but I recently got the creed "weathered" book and some of the tunings throw me off mainly this one...

DADADD....

the thing is that the B string is tuned up to a D and I was wondering if it would be better to just switch strings so that there is less tension on the B string or what cuz I don't wanna like break a string while tuning that would be kinda embarissing...

any help is appreciated

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thebassmaster

hmmmm well, tuning to d from b if 1 and a half steps up. if you dont want to do that, the only way is to tune to b, f#, b, f#, b, b ( dropped everything oone and half steps down, apart from the b string) and whack a capo on the third fret.

i have never tuned one and a half steps up before. i think ill try it now......... okay, i managed it fine and i tuned it to a d

play the 7th fret on low e and open a, then retune the low e string
play the 7th fret on d and open g, then retune the g string
play the 3rd fret on b and open e, then retunt the high e string
play open high e (now a d) and open b, then retune the b (im not guaranteeing responsibility for the string, i hardly ever drop tune, but it seemed okay when i try it)

ok, someone double check and point out if i have made any errors

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Tijy

I would like to play sum linkin park songs but i dunno how the **** to tune it into Drop D tuning... ne ideas?

Yes, i know im an idiot

thebassmaster

you mean D A D G B E ?

if so, play the 7th fret on the E string and open A and retune the E string till it sounds the same as the a string and hey presto.

enjoy

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cambo_Korn

I love to play metallica songs but i can't get the drop C tuning figured out, so i can't get the right sound at the moment. a little help please.......

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thebassmaster

drop c (c g c f a d)

from normal tuning, play the third fret on bottom e, then open a, detune the a till it sounds the same as the third fret of e. Then, on the a string, play the fifth fret, then open d, and then detune the a string till it sounds the same as the open d. then do the fifth on the d with open g, then the FORTH with g and open b, then the Fifth with b and open top e

play the seventh fret on your low e string and open a (which now should be g). detune the e till it sounds the same as the a string. the tuning should now be C G C F A D.

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cambo_Korn

Thanx allot mate!

Works like a treat

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dead_kennedy

hey, trying to get this dashboard song.

tuning: Db Ab Db Ab Db Db

could you help me out.

thankx

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thebassmaster

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oh, you want me to do it for you?

Db Ab Db Ab Db Db

1)play the 4th fret on low e and open a, then retune the a string.
2)play the 7th fret on low e and open a, then retune the e string
3) play the 5th fret on a, and open d, then retune the d string.
4) play the 7th fret on your d and open g, then retune the g string
5)play the 5th fret on g, and open b, then retune the b string.
6)play open b and open high e then retune the high e string.

i take it the b and e are meant to be the same notes?

and could someone double check, or dead kennedy, after youve tried it, could you clarify it? thanks

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Apokryphos

After looking all over this whole forum I can't find one of the more basic tunings....Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb....Could someone please tell me how to get tuned to this?
Oh and I know tune it down half a step...but does that mean that I tune down to the 6th fret? With all the strings?
Should they sound almost the same as standard but a little heavier ?

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thebassmaster

tuning down half a step (d# g# c# f# a# d#)

from normal tuning, play the forth fret on bottom e, then open a, detune the a till it sounds the same as the e. Then, on the a string, play the fifth fret, then open d, and then detune the a string till it sounds the same as the open d. then do the fifth on the d with open g, then the FORTH with g and open b, then the Fifth with b and open top e. then play the bottom e and the top e, and detune the top till it sounds the same as the bottom.


and you are half right with your suggestion. you can do it this way to.

1) play the sixth fret on E and open A, and retune the E.
2) tune the rest to the fifth fret(with the exception of b, which is the forth) starting from fifth on E and open A, then retune the A, fifth fret on A, then open D, then retune the d, fifth on d and open g, then retune the g, forth on g and open b, then retune the b, fifth on b and high e, then retune high e.


hope that helps

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