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03-01-2009, 03:26 AM
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What songs with cool and interesting bass lines are around in drop-d tuning????
I love playing another brick in the wall, but it seems a waste to retune to play one song, so i gotta learn some more. 
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03-01-2009, 03:34 AM
| | | | Rage against the machine do quite a few songs with pretty hard hitting drop D bass lines | 
03-01-2009, 03:44 AM
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03-01-2009, 03:46 AM
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03-01-2009, 03:53 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia | | | I'm not sure if deftones are drop D or drop C#...
but im pretty sure alot of theyre songs are in same tuning!
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03-01-2009, 04:04 AM
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03-01-2009, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Marson adrenaline was drop D around the fur was C# and white pony went to C it progressively decreased as time when on. | lol there ya go learn something new every day!
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03-01-2009, 05:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denmark | | Slither! Velvet Revolver, man that thing Duff plays during the solo, on the recording you can barely hear it, but it's really damn cool. Check out this video from 1:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdlXKZbpB8 | 
03-02-2009, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by theunknowndude lol there ya go learn something new every day! | Theres a youtube link of Stephen Carpenters gear and he explains it all. He has one of the nicest set ups I have EVER seen.
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03-02-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Marson adrenaline was drop D around the fur was C# and white pony went to C it progressively decreased as time when on. | Nah, Adrenaline is in standard, Around the Fur is Dropped-D, etc. They finally bottomed out with A# on the self-titled.
But as for cool drop-D basslines, I'll second the RATM suggestion made earlier.
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03-02-2009, 10:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Prince George British Columbia | | | Yeah, I was going to suggest RATM. There is some super funk in there. It actually sort of annoys me because I dislike drop tunings. BUT THAT IS OFF TOPIC!!!
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03-02-2009, 10:17 PM
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its one of the few i normally play that i am forced to drop tune for.
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