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06-07-2007, 10:33 AM
| | | | norwegian wood? I broke a string tuning!!
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I was sitting down all ready to read the music to the victor wooten song, tuning to ADGC like it said. till SNAP!
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06-07-2007, 10:44 AM
| | | | i heard that tuning up like that increases the pressure on the neck by 100% or something like that. go get tenor bass strings or a really light gauge. i tried to do the same thing on my old ibanez bass, thank God the strings didn't break. |
06-07-2007, 03:17 PM
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Proprietor, Helland Musikk Teknologi | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norway | | | Of course. An E string is supposed to be tuned to E. And so on.
For tenor tuning, get tenor strings. For example .080 .060 .040 .028 or something like that for A D G C tuning.
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06-08-2007, 10:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Victor in general plays light guage string. Then tenor bass is like a 6-string bass without the the E and B strings. You pretty much have to dedicated a bass to being a tenor. Look at the gauges in a set of 6-string bass strings. The ADGC strings will be the gauges you need to use. Otherwise you're headed for future neck problems.
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06-10-2007, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ireland | | | Or you could just transpose the song to EADG wouldn't that be much easier than buying a new bass or changing strings screwing with your setup etc.
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06-10-2007, 01:33 PM
| | | | I am new here so please excuse my ignorance , but wouldn't a capo at the fifth fret give you the correct tuning and string tension |
06-10-2007, 01:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazan  I am new here so please excuse my ignorance , but wouldn't a capo at the fifth fret give you the correct tuning and string tension | yeah, but you would lose five frets. |
06-10-2007, 02:02 PM
| | | | I am new here so please excuse my ignorance , but wouldn't a capo at the fifth fret give you the correct tuning and string tension |
06-10-2007, 02:25 PM
|  | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | It's like deja vu. |
06-10-2007, 02:30 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | The answer is already posted above. You can't expect to tune a normal 4 string bass to tenor tuning without some serious damage to your instrument.
I learned this song on my five string (with a high C) and I have tried transposing it down a fourth for a a normal four. It sounds fine both ways, but if you really want it to sound right, get a five or six string bass or make one of your basses a permanent tenor bass. |
06-10-2007, 02:31 PM
| | I'm a tumbler, born under punches | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Northern California | | | It's like deja vu. |
06-10-2007, 02:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Francisco, California | | i feel like im on drugs  |
06-10-2007, 02:53 PM
| | | | Why not just buy a 6 string set and use the ADGB strings. They're built for that tension so it shouldn't F' up your neck, correct? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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