Geezers tuning?

[Greenantgods]

is his tuning standard eadg for the most part or does he drop?

[lomer]

Well if you read tableature it will say that he plays EADG, but i've read in numerous articles that due to Tony dropping his tuning due to a finger injury, geezer followed suit and dropped his aswell.

[Tash]

I'm pretty sure most of Sabbath's earlier stuff is in Eb or D. Later, when they got big enough that Tony could afford a custom made guitar and custom gauged strings they went back to E (around the Master of Reality record IIRC).

[Jonki]

sometimes 3 halftones down, Into The Void for example

[Kink Rimson]

A lot of Sabbath riffs, although they sound to be in standard E tuning, were drop tuned to C# and played up the neck.
Mr Iommi did this not only to slacken the strings, making it easier on his fingers, but also to give the riffs a darker sound.

A good example of this is Symptom of the Universe, the riff is in E but it's played up the neck. Notice how on the Never Say Die dvd, they're in standard tuning but they still play the riff up the neck, Ozzy's clearly having a hard time

[The Lurker]

IIRC he usually did D or C# for the first several albums, don't know what he did after that...

[TheEmptyCell]

From what I gather through numerous readings is that Geezer rarely tuned down, but Iommi was in C# or D because of his finger injury (prosthetic fingertips or something?) Even if Geezer drops, he never, in any recordings I have hear, has gone below the E.

[Kink Rimson]

Originally Posted by TheEmptyCell

From what I gather through numerous readings is that Geezer rarely tuned down, but Iommi was in C# or D because of his finger injury (prosthetic fingertips or something?) Even if Geezer drops, he never, in any recordings I have hear, has gone below the E.

After Forever? Into the Void? Thrill of it All?

[Matt Till]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath... that song gets looooooooowwwww. That's gotta be C#