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08-31-2005, 05:38 PM
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hi there, i have a 6-string with a 34 in. scale and i wondered if my 6th string would stand the tension of tuning it to C.
the strings are stock ones and the gauge is standard (dunno about the 6th, but the 5th is 105).
Thanks for the replies.
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08-31-2005, 05:49 PM
|  | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I'm not sure which string you mean by 'sixth', but on my 6 the lowest-tuned(or top)string is a low B; tuning it up a half-step should be no problem. The highest-tuned(bottom)string is C- either way, tuning to C should not put any major stress on the bass. BTW, more or less 'standard' tuning for a 6-string bass guitar is BEADGC. |
08-31-2005, 06:05 PM
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sorry... my bad... should've been more specific... yes, indeed, it's the B string... Thanks for the reply |
08-31-2005, 09:56 PM
| | that video LIES | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | Glad to help
Tuning your B up to C shouldn't hurt anything. If you do, what's the rest(of the tuning)going to be?
BTW, you could pretty much tell which string you were talking about by the reference to the fifth/.105 string(aren't I clever  ). |
08-31-2005, 11:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY | | | if you do uptune i would recomend a lighter gauge string, like a .120-.125
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09-01-2005, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jamaica, Queens, NY. By JFK. | | | Although I am a fan of lighter strings, B to C is only a half step, Keeping the .130(if thats whats on there) wont hurt.
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09-01-2005, 11:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden. | | | I've tuned my low B up to D once, without any problem at all.
C shouldn't be a problem either!
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09-02-2005, 04:31 PM
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i can't believe my luck, for christ's sake... i tuned my bass a whole step up (CFBEAD...) and my C string snapped.... i didn't have time to relieve the tension or lower the action (i didn't do it before counting it wouldn't snap ) and it popped... CRAP!!!! i hate my luck  ... my strings weren't old or anything... i guess it was way too much tension...  |
09-02-2005, 05:24 PM
|  | So much flame, it burns............ | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Las Vegas, NV. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by soontobedead i can't believe my luck, for christ's sake... i tuned my bass a whole step up (CFBEAD...) and my C string snapped.... i didn't have time to relieve the tension or lower the action (i didn't do it before counting it wouldn't snap ) and it popped... CRAP!!!! i hate my luck ... my strings weren't old or anything... i guess it was way too much tension... | Not sure why your B/C would snap from only going up a half step  ,
but that tuning should have been: C, F, B b, E b, A b, D b . 
Also, if you are tuning the whole bass up a half step, you're probably going to have to tighten your truss rod a little to make up for the added tension on the neck. One string is usually not that big of a change, but all of them would be.
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