anyone try low B

BassGreaser · #1 10-29-2006, 10:14 PM

I want to try out a Low B tuning on my upright (B E A D) just to see how it sounds. I was wondering if anyone else has played an upright with a low B, and how it sounds?

Mudfuzz · #2 10-29-2006, 10:37 PM

I've had my EUB tuned that way for about a year and I like it a lot, I sometimes drop the B to A too for fun. I'd tune my DB this way too if it was bigger and deeper sounding, but I don't think it would work all that well on my bass to where I'd be happy with the volume and tone of the B.

Johnny L · #3 10-30-2006, 12:26 PM

Yeah I've got a B string on my bass these days. It's a Helicore Hybrid. I first tried a Spirocore and I had a harder time hearing the fundamental than with the Helicore.

Anyway, yeah it's cool to be able to vibrate that low...but B/C strings are larger than an E string, so I had to file the nut and bridge slot to accomodate it.

I'm tuned CGDG right now.