Open Tunings On 6 string bass

[PERDZOMBIE]

how would I tune my 6 string bass to an open tuning lets say open G

 

[Watchootognbout]

G,C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab.

 

[PERDZOMBIE]

G,C,F,Bb,Eb,Ab,Db.

That Is 7 string guitar G standard tuning

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

how would I tune my 6 string bass to an open tuning lets say open G

Do you understand how a chord is made? Open tunings are just tuned to whatever chord you want. A G major, for example, is G-B-D. Traditionally, open G consists of only those notes. I probably wouldn't recommend using open tuning on bass guitar but to each their own.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Oh.......
I see what you are saying!
Open tuning outlines a G Maj chord.Why would you want to do that?
Anyway.
Try piccolo bass strings.

 

[HaphAsSard]

how would I tune my 6 string bass to an open tuning lets say open G

My most humble suggestions:

option 1 - DGDGBD, like bass VI tuning but with the highest and the two lowest strings dropped one step each.
One notable con, IMO/IME, is the tone of the GDG "power chord" in the middle: two of the three intervals it's made of, the perfect fifth and the perfect fourth above it (nothing wrong with the octave of course), are arguably too low and sound too rough to the ear when played "vertically" - i.e. the two notes at the same time - for physioacoustic reasons. Look up "critical bands" - every pitch, as it vibrates the inner ear membrane, has a buffer zone around it, which widens (apparently/relatively speaking) the lower you go. Even wideish, consonant intervals end up falling within said zones at the low end of the audible spectrum: two simultaneous tones, mutually too close as hereby outlined, are partly masked by each other and the result is perceived as rough by the brain. My personal lowest acceptable fifth and fourth intervals happen to be one step above that GDG, i.e. A1-E2-A2. (It follows that I would find the EAEAC#E tuning kosher for chordal purposes, and that I would restrict the use of the lowest string, in either tuning, to single-note lines mostly and recommend against including it in chords that also feature the second-lowest at the same time - until you're at or above the 5th fret anyway.) YMMV;

option 2 - DGDF#AD, with a partial capo at the 5th fret on the four highest strings, for a resultant DGgbdg.
Reasons for this solution can be inferred from the above ramblings.

Possible gauges for both G major options: .12 .09 .06 .045 .035 .028.
(In case the "kosher" A tuning mentioned in passing piqued anybody's interest, I'd use .11 .08 .055 .04 .03 .025 for that.)

 

[eJake]

Oh.......
I see what you are saying!
Open tuning outlines a G Maj chord.Why would you want to do that?
Anyway.
Try piccolo bass strings.

Slide guitar/pedal steel uses open tuning

 

[Watchootognbout]

Slide guitar/pedal steel uses open tuning

Still......why?
What is the advantage of applying it to bass?

 

[eJake]

Still......why?
What is the advantage of applying it to bass?

I am not arguing for or against anything just pointing out what open tuning are used for in my experience.

 

[Watchootognbout]

Well..........I would guess that one could play a major arpeggio with one barre.