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REALLY? A 4 STRING WITH BEAG AND NOT EAGD, TELL ME MORE!
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Yes! Loose the caps please! Looks like you're yelling.
Yes, it's a common tuning in rock/metal genre. If i can suggest one: Peter Steele from Type O Negative.
Common tuning are also Drop D and Drop C.
Drop C meaning you tune a whole step down and you drop the D string to C.
You need at least a 110 or 120 gauge string for the low C or B.
Yes, it's a common tuning in rock/metal genre. If i can suggest one: Peter Steele from Type O Negative.
Common tuning are also Drop D and Drop C.
Drop C meaning you tune a whole step down and you drop the D string to C.
You need at least a 110 or 120 gauge string for the low C or B.
BEAD at least is sort of well known. You could try to see if the tunings you consider would work for you. It isnt that complicated, really.
Hi why don't you consider picking up a 5 strings?
this would solve all of these issues
I’m really confused - B in place of E would be BADG. The thread title says BEAG. I’m not sure what you’re after!
You could just get a Digitech Drop or EHX Pitch Fork and drop tune to BEAD at the press of a button.
BEAD tuning is not all that uncommon. Use the search function to find many recent threads on the subject.
TRY THIS HELPFUL LINK TO CALCULATE WHICH STRING GAUGES TO GET SO THEY AREN'T FLOPPING AROUND LIKE A CLOTHESLINE IN A WINDSTORM
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I had a bass set up in BEAD for a few months while I was patiently waiting for the 5string I wanted to pop up used. I ultimately missed the high G and sprung for the 5 as soon as I found the right one.
Yep, I’ve been using these for a while. I don’t drop tune but I bought a used bass with the nut cut specifically for these strings and I get odd noises when I string it with my usual 105~45 sets, so I just use these and tune it EADG and it works fine.
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First question is how much do you currently use your G string (save the jokes )? If it’s just an occasional fill, how inconvenient would it be to play it higher on the D string? That will give you an idea if BEAD will work for you or if you need to consider a 5.
Here is what I tried before moving to a 5. Downtune your existing strings. Yes they are floppy and it doesn’t sound great but it works if you play really lightly. This is just messing around in the house to try out the tuning, it would not work live. If your nut is custom cut to your string gauges, that’s as far as you can take this. If your nut is more generic and there’s a little slack, buy a cheap B string, at least a 120 and move your other strings over one slot. Again, not a long term solution but gives you a cheap way to try it. Last is to go to GC and play a 5’er for an hour or so, or borrow from a friend. This is all to see if the tunes you want to play would really benefit from a BEAD tuning.
I found I couldn’t live w/o a G so I bought a 5 string and wouldn’t go back. In many songs I play it’s just a thumb rest but the biggest advantage for me is having a fretted low E and being able to play across the neck in one position. Yes it’s cool to throw those <E notes in there. More call for that in church music, my gigging band is mostly music written back in the era of only 4 strings so the 5 is not needed but still I feel it’s an advantage to have.
Here is what I tried before moving to a 5. Downtune your existing strings. Yes they are floppy and it doesn’t sound great but it works if you play really lightly. This is just messing around in the house to try out the tuning, it would not work live. If your nut is custom cut to your string gauges, that’s as far as you can take this. If your nut is more generic and there’s a little slack, buy a cheap B string, at least a 120 and move your other strings over one slot. Again, not a long term solution but gives you a cheap way to try it. Last is to go to GC and play a 5’er for an hour or so, or borrow from a friend. This is all to see if the tunes you want to play would really benefit from a BEAD tuning.
I found I couldn’t live w/o a G so I bought a 5 string and wouldn’t go back. In many songs I play it’s just a thumb rest but the biggest advantage for me is having a fretted low E and being able to play across the neck in one position. Yes it’s cool to throw those <E notes in there. More call for that in church music, my gigging band is mostly music written back in the era of only 4 strings so the 5 is not needed but still I feel it’s an advantage to have.
I play with an original metal band that drop tunes to C# (3 semitones down). I play a five string, all 5 strings dropped 3 semitones. Best strings I have found for this are the DR DDT 130's. They sound fantastic and last quite a while: 6 months playing at least 4 times a week, and I have a pretty heavy right hand 3-finger attack. I love these strings so much I have them on a couple of standard tuned basses as well, and they sound great there too.
Sure, did it for a while in the 90s, when I was playing in a church choir and figured I'm not using the G string much anyway. Eventually I somehow ended up tuning in fifths, CGDA.
Pretty common, especially for metal. @Wicked G has many duplicate basses set up BEAD & EADG. I believe he prefers this to using a five string depending upon where he’s gigging.
I’m sure he can give you a lot of useful real life experience information.
