Hip shot d tuner question

[Lowner]

My Yamaha bb 3000 MA has a hip shot d tuner. but I have never used on so I am not familar with them . I know how to work it. But what how far down does it drop your e string? Will it go down to a B so i can use my bass like it were kind of a 5 string?

[vindy500]

depends how much the room the arm can move, i doubt it could go to b tho

[mwm70]

String will be unplayable at that tuning. An E string does not have enough mass to not turn too a sloppy mess when tuned that low.

[labgnat]

^^^ precisely, you aren't gonna get anything lower than C with a standard gauge E string even C is pushing it to the point of too floppy

[tim99]

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[MikeBass]

Originally Posted by mwm70

String will be unplayable at that tuning. An E string does not have enough mass to not turn too a sloppy mess when tuned that low.

Hmm, Matt Garrison doesn't seem to run into this issue when he flips his down to B from E.

I only went as low as C when I used my D-Tuner, and that was only for one gig. And it was fine at C. Fingering was weird, but sounded OK.

Other than that, I keep it at D 99.999% of the time.
I can almost play as well in the dropped D than I can in normal E.

[Spencer!]

Originally Posted by mwm70

String will be unplayable at that tuning. An E string does not have enough mass to not turn too a sloppy mess when tuned that low.

I've seen Michael Manring pull it off. Yes, it will still be floppy, but it's useable.

[Tbirdbassist]

It can go down to B easily, you just have to fine tune it.

A .105 E string (which to my knowledge is the standard) can handle being tuned to low B, atleast in my experiences.

[Bryan R. Tyler]

If there's enough room for the arm to move (and there usually is), you can go down to a B. And yes, if your bass is capable of producing a good solid low E, it can handle a drop to B. It'll be a bit rattly, but most of that won't get amplified.

[Chunk-O-Funk]

How low you can tune it really depends on the bass, your strings and how your bass is set up. It is possible to tune it down to a low B. I have a Hipshot on two different basses and got by very well simply de-tuning it to D. B is a little to floppy for my taste.

Make sure you read the "how to" Tim99 listed. When you are tuning it you will have to tune the E string about half a note flat because when you hit the lever to de-tune and bring it back up your E string will go sharp. This only happens the first time you tune up. After that you can use the de-tuner as many times as you wish providing your E string stays in tune.

It's kind of a pain at first but you will get use to it. Basically tune your E string first. (about a half note flat) Then bring down the lever to detune, tune the low note you want with the small tuning knob, then bring the lever back up and recheck your E string. Using an electronic tuner is required. After you do it a couple of times you will know exactly how flat you will have to tune the E string.

[tplyons]

Certainly will work.