How do you tune your bass?

[r_bnks]

EADG half down

 

[PrimitiveMan]

Being used to playing 5s mostly the past few years, I have really enjoyed tuning 4 strings to DGCF. Truth is I rarely play below low D on my 5 string anyway (tuned standard BEADG).

 

[in tune]

I tune standard BEADG.

 

[MattZilla]

black! black! black! black! numberrr waoaoun!

Nah, my main squeeze for jamming or occasional gigs is the Fallout and it’s tuned to E.

For recording quick ideas I have one of my guitars and my Precision tuned up to G and it’s almost always going through an octave just to expedite things.

 

[Jogobass]

BEADG, but I will drop the B to an A if the song calls for it. There's something nice about being able to play the lowest key on a default piano

 

[Kevin Hailey]

You forgot DGAF,
Don’t give a….

 

[Wfrance3]

with my poly-tune floor pedal....

 

[Pings Bass]

Was going to say "with a tuning fork"

 

[JRA]

I use my tuner to spell out words. I try to make a different word each time.

i spell out "eggs" --- i tried "bacon" but it didn't work...the "s" in eggs was hard enough!

 

[lowfreqgeek]

Was going to say "with a tuning fork"

I prefer a pitch fork.

 

[Geri O]

I tune to the so called tuning of mediocrity according to many enlightened ones round here, good old EADG. I find it funny how much ego bloat an extra string can give you, I have to wonder how much that arrogance would grow if they stepped up to the big leagues and got their hands on one of these....

This could positively not be more untrue.

Untrue in every way.

I would maybe say you are suffering from self-imposed inadequacy issues.

But I don’t believe that, although I remain curious about the motivations for such untrue assertions.

Anyway…play what you prefer, yada, yada,

And Merry Christmas, if that’s the way you celebrate this time of year….

 

[Prodigus Filius]

I'm half deaf now, and when I kick the bucket I'll be dead. So I wouldn't mind trying DEAF and DEAD tunings

 

[JRA]

I'm half deaf now, and when I kick the bucket I'll be dead. So I wouldn't mind trying DEAF and DEAD tunings

 

[Geri O]

BEADG, but I will drop the B to an A if the song calls for it. There's something nice about being able to play the lowest key on a default piano

Oh, man! Get yerself a Hipshot Xtender! I have them on all my basses, co-incidentally 5-strings! Love it!

I don’t use it often, more like an effect for the appropriate time. But on a good PA with proper subs, it’s an awesome sound! I do mention to the sound guys (when we can’t take ours) that a low A might come their way.

Of all places, the church guys love it! Again, it has to used appropriately. And not for entertainment’s sake.

 

[mcrawfordmusic]

I mostly tune EADG live and drop D on a couple of tunes. I'll occasionally use a 5 string for certain styles. In the studio I sometimes have a bass tuned 1/2 step down and sometimes a whole step down.

 

[ComicBass]

Most of my playing time has been in EADG with some DADG. My new band plays in DGCF and sometimes CGCF depending on song.
But I also have 5's in BEADG, a 6 is BEADGC, and a 12 in EeeAaaDddGgg. Sometimes tune that to drop D too ...

 

[JRA]

edit: i voted EADG. the truth is easy.

 

[Sam Evans]

One string at a time..

Not me. I tune all four at once. I have two hands and two feet, after all.

 

[HardNHeavy]

"with a cheap clip-on snark"

 

[Smith357]

All my stringed instruments are in standard tunings.