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Silly Question (Maybe)
- Thread starter XdunstanX
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My other bass is tuned EADG, but my band play drop A. cheers for the productive reply. pfft.
So are you talking about AADG or AEAD tuning?
Either way, if you get the nut filed so that a 0.135 fits properly then it should stay in tune. Cheap tuners?
Either way, if you get the nut filed so that a 0.135 fits properly then it should stay in tune. Cheap tuners?
my head cant comprehend drop A.
Good quality tuner, thick strings, sacrafice virgin to the dark lord of metal.
MAYBE it will stay in tune then.
Good quality tuner, thick strings, sacrafice virgin to the dark lord of metal.
MAYBE it will stay in tune then.
Anything below a low D seems almost unheard of. Sorry, that was a pun. Unheard. But really, isn't that just all mud way down there?
well you may have just asked "how can I make my Escort wagon run mid 11s and never break down?"
Somethings are best left undone. .175? You might as well tear up an old piano. Some of those strings run near an inch in diameter.
Somethings are best left undone. .175? You might as well tear up an old piano. Some of those strings run near an inch in diameter.
http://www.daddario.com/upload/tension_chart_13934.pdf
Have a butch at the D'addario string tension guide, this might help you out? D'Addario sell singles so you can cut and change for a set you want. Unfortunately it only goes down to about .145 which may be still a *little* too floppy for low A, and either way there will DEFINITELY be some nut mods involved for the string gauges you may be dealing with to achieve the tuning.
Warwick also has the 'Dark Lord' string set which has a .175 and a .135, the .175 might actually be too high for A though? Could maybe tune it up to G and access your A there, or maybe just deal with it somehow. That's all I could come up with!
Have a butch at the D'addario string tension guide, this might help you out? D'Addario sell singles so you can cut and change for a set you want. Unfortunately it only goes down to about .145 which may be still a *little* too floppy for low A, and either way there will DEFINITELY be some nut mods involved for the string gauges you may be dealing with to achieve the tuning.
Warwick also has the 'Dark Lord' string set which has a .175 and a .135, the .175 might actually be too high for A though? Could maybe tune it up to G and access your A there, or maybe just deal with it somehow. That's all I could come up with!
Hey XdunstanX,
I have played in drop A in the past on a 4 string and i used 1.35 gague as well. I think looking into some better tuners will help things stay in tune better.
Now, it's still going to sound fairly muddy and wobbly, but i guess that's the nature of the beast...
I also found that playing closer to the bridge will help articulate notes a bit better and give them more deffinition.
Hope it helps.
I have played in drop A in the past on a 4 string and i used 1.35 gague as well. I think looking into some better tuners will help things stay in tune better.
Now, it's still going to sound fairly muddy and wobbly, but i guess that's the nature of the beast...
I also found that playing closer to the bridge will help articulate notes a bit better and give them more deffinition.
Hope it helps.
