Anyone Use Drop G Tuning?

[7StringSloan]

drop B with a low F# for now but probably going back up to drop G in a few weeks

 

[danielzabolotny]

I almost exclusively use drop G# tuning on my 7, primarily because of a double-locking Floyd. A lot of songs that I know and like are in A or higher, but my band plays in G. So I compromised and put it in G#. Playing post-hardcore songs in G# is a lot of fun, haha.

For strings, I use Ernie Ball .11's. My 7 has a 25 inch scale, which holds G# pretty well.

 

[earthversusthehive]

I play my Omen 8 in drop G (g,d,g,c,e,a,d,g) and it sounds like its made of testicles! I love it. I've transposed all my bands songs into that tuning i love it so much. probably going to kick the pickups and shop for some new ones though.

 

[L1ght]

sounds like its made of testicles

What exactly do testicles sound like?

 

[7stringDemon]

I fucked with it for a while. I wasn't a fan of the note (yes, I hate the sound of G. No clue why) so I went back to Drop A. That's my current favorite tuning

 

[Jason_Clement]

I use "Drop A" with a low 68. I like the sounds of G and G#, but the string doesn't retain the tension or clarity when I move down lower. It becomes very quiet.

 

[spaghettipomodoro]

My tuning is D standard with an A on the bottom; mainly because most of my band's material is in D standard and I wanted to have my 7 to cover all of the band's material as well as being able to expand onto it. It's perfect because I usually play it as a 6 string, but then I have these really cool alternate voicings and extensions that I can do to existing songs to make things sound even better.

The other guitarist is going to be getting an 8 string soon... so imagine a folk metal band with 7 and 8 string guitarists..... down a step.

 

[Rick]

My tuning is D standard with an A on the bottom; mainly because most of my band's material is in D standard and I wanted to have my 7 to cover all of the band's material as well as being able to expand onto it. It's perfect because I usually play it as a 6 string, but then I have these really cool alternate voicings and extensions that I can do to existing songs to make things sound even better.

The other guitarist is going to be getting an 8 string soon... so imagine a folk metal band with 7 and 8 string guitarists..... down a step.

That's just A standard.

 

[JosephAOI]

GDGCFAD has all of my love. It's the perfect tuning IMO.

 

[Jason_Clement]

Anyone know why a .68 on a 26.5 scale guitar sounds weird in anything lower than A?

 

[bluffalo]

I had my two 7's in drop G as the band's stuff I was learning to fill in for were written in that. I don't like it on a 25.5 but it's fine on a 27.

 

[cwhitey2]

My band plays in G.

Its honestly my fav tuning besides drop B lol

 

[jazz_munkyy]

i use drop G when im just pissing around on my vendetta 1.7 i like it more so for the cleans, but other than that, my guitar is usually in F standard, or A standard

 

[no_dice]

I couldn't get drop G to sound halfway decent on my RG7321, but on my Pendulum, properly set up, it sounds awesome.

 

[spaghettipomodoro]

That's just A standard.

Technically speaking, to my knowledge it's D standard because tunings are based off of the highest string. EG. If you're in standard tuning with a D on the top it would be ADGCFAD. Whereas if you were to be in A standard it would be ADGCEA with a bass E on the bottom

That's just what I've been told by several guitar techies, which I guess it's only common amongst them because it does make a lot of sense to standardize which way you look at the tunings.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Not drop G, but I tune my six to GDAEBF#.

 

[cgraci]

cool thread!!! I use drop g# love it. I love the beefiness of it!!!!!!!!

 

[Unrest]

What would be the optimal scale lengh for Drop G?

 

[Heroin]

What would be the optimal scale lengh for Drop G?

27", but you can get away with 25.5"

 

[musicman420]

i just tuned from drop g# to drop g on my JP7 BFR using the Ernie Ball Cobalt 7 string ST/HB and love it . It was too tight in g# but lowering it that little bit made all the difference with it. I wont be going any lower [thats what 8 strings are for]