Cool 8 string tuning?

[pwilldabeast14]

so some friends are trying to put a band together but no bassist, fortunately i have an agile 828! so i was wondering what would be a cool tuning to go with to get that bass range and also upper register, i was thinking mayb EADGDGBE?

 

[nostealbucket]

I've heard of open E. E B E B E F# B E. 4 octaves of E there...

 

[MistaSnowman]

These might help....

The SS.org Tunings Thread
http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/general-music-discussion/115075-ss-org-tunings-thread.html

The U-G.com Tunings Thread
UG Community @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com - Tunings Thread REVISED EDITION! (IE: V3)

 

[leftyguitarjoe]

I've heard of open E. E B E B E F# B E. 4 octaves of E there...

Holy shit. I'm doing this RIGHT NOW.

 

[nostealbucket]

Holy shit. I'm doing this RIGHT NOW.

You can do some serious fucking tapping there!!! 8 strings. It fucking blows your mind what open tunings can do!!!!

 

[pwilldabeast14]

I've heard of open E. E B E B E F# B E. 4 octaves of E there...

oooh like Danza's tuning ithink, sick thanks i might go with that!

 

[Solodini]

I'm keen on FADGCFAD. That or something with a 2nd between 8th and 7th string so that, even if you're playing high up the neck, you can play close lines in the lower registers.

 

[Shanster695]

Mine was tuned F# B F# B E G# C# F#

You can get 6 octaves of F#

 

[pwilldabeast14]

nice options, i just thought having atleast a low E would be most helpful since my buds would be playing standard on 6 strings

 

[nostealbucket]

oooh like Danza's tuning ithink, sick thanks i might go with that!

That's where I got it from.

 

[DoktorAtomic]

If you're not going to be doing a lot of soloing on the highs I'd say tune it to some kind of open chord or something you can generate ambiance or make weird sounds with

 

[pwilldabeast14]

If you're not going to be doing a lot of soloing on the highs I'd say tune it to some kind of open chord or something you can generate ambiance or make weird sounds with

yeaa i actually probably will be, which why i guess the Danza tuning is the best so far

 

[Explorer]

My main tuning at this point is EADGCFAD. That gives me normal guitar chords on the top six strings, although a whole step flat.

I play a lot of funk in this tuning, with basslines and funk chords, and it's just easier to know where the cords are. I don't have to relearn the instrument.

 

[celticelk]

^-- You're using that tuning on a 25.5 scale, yes? What gauges are you stringing with?

 

[Solodini]

In which case, what about EF#DGCFAD or EF#EADGBE?

 

[alfred]

for me EBEADGBE. Killer tone with possibility of making great chords like
A -9-12-14
E -7-10-12
B -7-10-12
E -7-10-12

or if you prefer B-F#-B-F# | D-A-D-A | E-B-E-B

It's like standard guitar and standard bass play together. And you can play with standard 4 and 5-strings bass tuning in a band, which is truely important for me.

EADGCFAD and EBEBEGBE / EBEBEF#BE seems to be great too, for the same reasons...

 

[Explorer]

My main tuning at this point is EADGCFAD. That gives me normal guitar chords on the top six strings, although a whole step flat.

I play a lot of funk in this tuning, with basslines and funk chords, and it's just easier to know where the cords are. I don't have to relearn the instrument.

^-- You're using that tuning on a 25.5 scale, yes? What gauges are you stringing with?

This set on the bottom 6, plus two plain steels at the top. It gives me the same tension as the strings I use on six-string....

 

[pwilldabeast14]

^-- You're using that tuning on a 25.5 scale, yes? What gauges are you stringing with?

nah my agile is a 28.8, so yah idk what id need for these tunings
oh wait nvrmind i didnt notice the arrow

 

[gr8Har V]

F standard, Drop F, E standard, Drop E, i'd stay somewhere in there. open tunings scare me cuz it would pretty much be like re-learning the guitar.

 

[ShadowFactoryX]

F standard, Drop F, E standard, Drop E, i'd stay somewhere in there. open tunings scare me cuz it would pretty much be like re-learning the guitar.

wrong. open tunings are like having another instrument to work with. great stuff is possible with open tunings.
i utilize them greatly