Who detunes the lowest on a 4 or 5 string?

[moogboy]

who detunes lowest?
no ERBs. unless a 5er is considered an ERB

[mod edit]to extend a basses range would make it an extended range bass... no matter the number of strings.[/mod edit]

*note: Korn doesnt count. to play Korn, just hit 2 rocks together.

[mod edit]note: Korn = more successful than you. It's fine not to like the music they play (I don't like it either)... but you're reaction here is similar to what the parents thought of Elvis and the Beatles. [/mod edit]

**other note: 4-banger tuned BEAD doesnt count either.

[mod edit]Other note: the question is "Who detunes the lowest on a 4 or 5 string?" so I'm sorry but BEAD is defined by this topic and DOES count[/mod edit]

[TribalEagle]

I would have said Paul Gray from Slipknot.. but if BEAD doesn`t count.. hmm.. I can`t think of any..

[afinalfantasy]

Most likely Mastodon. Even though I don't listen to them or metal, I read in some magazine they downtune to this 'Drop A' tuning. I can't remember what string was tuned to, but it was pretty low.

[Ibanez55]

*note: Korn doesnt count. to play Korn, just hit 2 rocks together.
**other note: 4-banger tuned BEAD doesnt count either.

HAHA LMAO so true though^^^^^


Umm, Breaking Benjamin Drop A

Killswitch Engage CGCF

[EBMatt]

Meshuggah.....I think they tune down to F#

[SuperSnake2012]

Mastodon tunes to D (standard, detuned one step). Meshuggah uses 8 string guitars (with the lowest string is F#).

[WalterBush]

Motograter tunes to drop A. So does Fear Factory, and I think Strapping Young Lad has on a couple of tunes, though I won't swear to it.

[Jimbow]

SubContra

I forget whose bass that is, though.

[jucas]

Jauqo on here has used a 4 string tuned C# F# B E (thats under 20Hz at the low end). Any reason not to condiser BEAD on a 4, I'd imagine most people dropping to A are going to do it with a low B.

And, beaten to it.

[EBMatt]

Originally Posted by jucas

Jauqo on here has used a 4 string tuned C# F# B E (thats under 20Hz at the low end). Any reason not to condiser BEAD on a 4, I'd imagine most people dropping to A are going to do it with a low B.

And, beaten to it.

C#....wow.....

[Squidfinger]

Originally Posted by DeliriumTrigger

Most likely Mastodon. Even though I don't listen to them or metal, I read in some magazine they downtune to this 'Drop A' tuning. I can't remember what string was tuned to, but it was pretty low.

I think drop A is a somewhat common tuning among sludge/doom/death/black metal bands.

I immediately thought of Fieldy when I read this thread title but I guess he doesn't count. He's in G# if I'm not mistaken on a 5er. I tried detuning my 5er to Bb one time and the string literally did not have enough tension to hold a note. It was a crap bass that ended up literally falling apart but anyways, MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO GO BELOW B.

Just kidding. E standard for life

[knuckle_head]

Lowest I've heard to date is Jauqo's C# Adler 4.

I tune my 4 an octave below a standard 4. E (20 Hz) A D G

I don't know if Dick Lovgren of Meshuggah is tuning an octave beneath his guitarists yet - when I saw them live he was in unison at F.

[Kink Rimson]

I have an old Brujeria CD, I think that's in G#...

One of the earliest examples I can think of is Van Der Graaf Generator- parts of 'A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers' feature a Fender jazz down tuned to A. That was about 1972 I think.

[knarleybass]

I just did some shows tuned C G C F Bflat, does that count?

[moogboy]

Originally Posted by knarleybass

I just did some shows tuned C G C F Bflat, does that count?

we have a winner in the 4 string camp! now we need to hear about a fiver or a four banger that goes even lower than 5 string tuning.

[Matt Till]

Why? Is this honestly a contest


When I played with these guys: http://www.myspace.com/villageofdeadroads I tuned D# A# F A#

It was a pain because there would be gigs that night where I'd have to play with them and my band King Bowman and I tune F C G D with them, so I'd have to have my action set really weird, one of those situations where it would have helped to have 2 basses, oh well.

Also, what is the point of this: **other note: 4-banger tuned BEAD doesnt count either.

Strange rules for a strange contest.

[bass_drum]

I agree with Matt on questioning why 4 string tuned to BEAD doesn't count. It is TUNED DOWN to a B...

[Ron Now]

Bongripper at F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db Though Mr.Till above me Seems to match my low string.

[moogboy]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

Why? Is this honestly a contest


When I played with these guys: http://www.myspace.com/villageofdeadroads I tuned D# A# F A#

It was a pain because there would be gigs that night where I'd have to play with them and my band King Bowman and I tune F C G D with them, so I'd have to have my action set really weird, one of those situations where it would have helped to have 2 basses, oh well.

Also, what is the point of this: **other note: 4-banger tuned BEAD doesnt count either.

Strange rules for a strange contest.

no. it is not a contest

weird tunings are too confusing. (unless in that first band mentioned, the tuning you posted is in 4ths)

second band is a reprise of what i said for the first band

the point of 'no 4-bangers tuned BEAD' is that i know for a fact that many people use this tuning so that they dont have to have a 5.

im now going to go start a weird tunings thread.

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by moogboy

im now going to go start a weird tunings thread.

cool, I'll close this one.