WHat's farthest you tuned a set of .0105-.045 set

I don't know if this counts, but I had just finished stringing up my bass and I was tuning the E string and was baffled that it sounded higher than the A. I eventually realized I had tuned it almost a whole octave above what it's supposed to be, so that the 3rd fret G sounded like the open G string. Oops!

 

No, I mean the G note on the third fret of the E sounded like the open G string. I was like, *** is wrong with this string?! Obviously there was nothing wrong with the string - there was something wrong with me. I think I was just thrown off because long-scale basses seem to have more tension, and my new bass is SS.

 

you could probably crank the B, E and maybe the A a whole octave up, but the higher strings would likely break first.

the obvious question is why? what guaranteed bad idea are you contemplating here?

 

I know a guy who uses a .105 as a B string... So I am sure he can rock a BEAD set using 45-105

As far as how high... I wouldn't go higher than a whole step. That will make the 065 at near 65 pounds! Another half step it is about 75 pounds.

 

D'Addario has some of the higher pitches per string and their tensions in their tension guide, and so does CircleK.

 

Before I was more careful, I've 'tuned' B, E, A strings 1 1/2 steps too high (then pulled 'em right back down)- never broke 'em.
Have a set of 40-100 round core NPS on fretless tuned BEAD,
sounds great.

 

you'll really screw up your neck! just say NO! -imho

 

Once tuned BEAD set up to EADG. Didn't know the strings had been changed. Neck was really bent, and tuners were real hard to turn. If you tune an octave above standard, YOU"LL KNOW IT!!!
I have tuned a standard EADG set down to BEAD. Sounded real sweet, just a little too loose for me to play comfortably. May have worked a little better with a 50-110 set.

 

No.

Unless they took bass strings, manhandled them onto a guitar, and tuned them. Even then, a .105 E would have too much tension to reach that high, I'd bet.

Or I guess technically you could take a .060 and tune it to E1, then wind it all the way up to E2... only a little higher than the D that string would normally be tuned to. But it'd sound like wet noodles tuned down to E1.

Why are you so interested in this? I've seen this post on several forums. If you really want to know, then do it!

 

How far up have I tuned? Personally? Well, I've taken my E up to A to experiment with tension, and I've tuned my G up to A for the same reasons.

No idea what strings they were at the time I did this, but they would've all been 45-105 sets either GHS Boomers, Ernie Ball Slinkies, or DR Sunbeams.

Enjoy!

 

I had my Warwick tuned to C (C F Bb Eb)for a while back in 2007/8, mainly to prepare for a gig, with D'Addario Nickel 45-105. Looking back it seems ridiculous. Such low tension. This was before I looked into such things as retaining tension for down tuning.

Nowadays I use 60-120 for this tuning.

 

I once tried to tune a Fender flatwound 0.045 G string up to an A#. It made it a bit past A....

Ken

 

I had Boomers strung up in 5ths once: GDAE. I was playing around reading cello music and trying my sister's bow on my bass. That's the 7th-fret E on the normal G string. Surprisingly, the strings took it and so did the neck. I didn't leave them that way for very long though.

 

I had a set of 8 month old elixers and decided to see how high I could tune the G string before it snapped (was on a really cheap bass that I hooped the trussrod being a noob). It made it up to C.