I play a 5 string and I tune c g c f a#. But some of the pros I like, namely Nolly of periphery and Ryan martinie of mudvayne use g c g c f. I was curious of the pros and cons of this tuning vs what I use and is there as specific reason the prefer this tuning. Thank you
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Drop c question?
- Thread starter DarkAscentBass
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The pro is that you get that super low G. The con is that you get that super low G. You'd need a big string to tune to that low G, something from Circle K Strings will work.
You don't need to do everything or even anything that your favorite bass players do.
Nolly tunes to G because the band tunes to G. Ryan tunes to G because... I don't know, Mudvayne used to play in drop B, but they sucked after LD50.
You don't need to do everything or even anything that your favorite bass players do.
Nolly tunes to G because the band tunes to G. Ryan tunes to G because... I don't know, Mudvayne used to play in drop B, but they sucked after LD50.
Nolly tunes drop c on his five and like drop f# on his six I think. Ld50 was in drop c. I know I can do it how I want but if you do not ask or experiment you never know what your missing.
It's just what works for them, i suggest you try this tuning and see for yourself if it fits your playing style.
Out of the few songs I tried to play, IMN is the only one that comes to my mind where Ryan really needed that low G (but i've read that most songs on Lost&Found need it). He uses it a few time to get the A# and to do some bend that would have been harder to do on the 1st few frets on the C string.
Other than that... well, like a low B in standard tuning, it is nice to be able to play some notes higher on the neck.
The cons? it isn't easy to get a good sounding low G string. You probably will need some custom set ($).
In fact you just made me want to try again that tuning
I have been using some DR DDT 135 to tune down to A and I wonder if they would handle such a low tuning
Other than that... well, like a low B in standard tuning, it is nice to be able to play some notes higher on the neck.
The cons? it isn't easy to get a good sounding low G string. You probably will need some custom set ($).
In fact you just made me want to try again that tuning
I have been using some DR DDT 135 to tune down to A and I wonder if they would handle such a low tuning
