Seven String Bass Tuning

[metalhead398]

Easy there... Caps lock is on the far left of your keyboard in case you can't find it.

 

[Feral Feline]

That's the problem, he found it!

I tune my fretless 7 to BEADGBE, mostly so I can use thicker strings for the high B and E to get it less nasal.

Should I ever get a 7-string, this ^ is how I'd tune it.

In fact, I'd like a six-string bass tuned EADGBE; not a baritone, not a Bass VI, not a shorter scale, but a six-string bass EADGBE.

 

[7stringbass]

That's the problem, he found it!



Should I ever get a 7-string, this ^ is how I'd tune it.

In fact, I'd like a six-string bass tuned EADGBE; not a baritone, not a Bass VI, not a shorter scale, but a six-string bass EADGBE.

I live in Nashville and am currently working on my 2nd string bass album. I've been using my own tuning for 20 years. beadgdg. Standard 5 string + two treble strings an octave above the d and g. I capo the 4 treble strings to create open tuning patterns in different keys creating parallel octaves, bar chords, and harmonics. It's cheapest to use standard 5 string sets and add single strings. 125/8-45 +28+18. I'll have stuff on YouTube at 7 string bass soon!