Drop G anyone?

[Greg Pope]

Hey,

A friend gave me the idea of recording something in Drop G... so I did a small clip, theres no bass on this as my old four string coudn't handle it!! So I'm not sure if I'm going to attempt to record a whole tune like this I might just stay in Drop A.
What do you think?? Press play mother fusher!!



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Greg

 

[Mattayus]

can't really pass judgement when there's no bass because that would make the riff what it should be. It sounds good though bro, borrow a friend's 5 string or something

 

[Coryd]

nice track! Great riff even with no bass.
i still don't have a bass that can tune to drop A myself for my stuff.

 

[The Dark Wolf]

I use drop G.

Sounds good. Heavy as hell. The key for bass guitar that low is thick gauge bass strings.

 

[telecaster90]

I use drop G.

Sounds good. Heavy as hell. The key for bass guitar that low is thick gauge bass strings.

+1 to literally everything he said

 

[Greg Pope]

cheers guys,

Indeed I shall invest in some new strings

 

[Apophis]

Very nice, cool riffs ......as always

 

[Greg Pope]

Sweet!!

 

[cadenhead]

I use drop G.

Sounds good. Heavy as hell. The key for bass guitar that low is thick gauge bass strings.

Speaks absolute truth. I do exactly that.

 

[Greg Pope]

 

[MF_Kitten]

i tune to drop G too, but it was kind of hard to get it right on a 25.5" guitar, so i´m in drop Ab at the moment, going to get a baritone neck so i can go all the way

and 1 .130 string on a bass can barely handle that low G... i want a .165, but it´s not exactly easy to get a hold of

 

[Greg Pope]

Ah nice one, Yeah I think I'm gona have to do the same, As I'm using a 6 string at the mo.

 

[ridealot100]

To much trebs in the tone I think.

It kinda takes from the drop g goodness. haha
Im recording some stuff in drop g as soon as i can get a freakin drum program=/

 

[CGord]

I use a .135 5th string on my bass & a .064 6th string on my guitars, & I still went up to Bb from A! You guys dropping down to G are insane!

(Clip rocks, BTW!)

 

[TomAwesome]

Sounds good! Let us know how that goes with the bass (34" scale I assume?) as I tune to Ab and have been eying a bass with a 34" scale.

I use a .135 5th string on my bass & a .064 6th string on my guitars, & I still went up to Bb from A! You guys dropping down to G are insane!

You could do it on a 64 I'm using a .059 for G# on a 25.5" scale.

 

[CGord]

Nope, not me. I have a pretty heavy picking hand, & A felt too floppy with a .064 for me on a 25.5", & on my 24.75" guitar the low A would wowwww out of tune. My 7 is tuned to standard & I went to a .064 on it, too.

 

[zimbloth]

That wowwww sound can be really cool though, you don't want it going out of tune, but the vibrations of the string give it more growl and snarl. 064 in A felt great to me when I tried it, but tonally I prefer even lighter ones

 

[Nats]

i really liked it. i just recorded a song in drop G this evening. first time attempting that. probably won't use it too often though. what's your avatar from Pope?

 

[Greg Pope]

Thanks for all the advice for the bass strings guys!!

i really liked it. i just recorded a song in drop G this evening. first time attempting that. probably won't use it too often though. what's your avatar from Pope?

Cheers dude. It's from a film called Dead mans shoes Awesome film!

 

[FoxZero]

I love to play in drop Ab, but any lower I suddenly want to tune to F! However with a 25.5" I agree it doesn't sound right.

I use a .64 for fucking standard so that's another reason I don't detune so much. I pick really hard and I love tension.

My next axe is definately gonna be a 27" scale.

I have a six string bass but I'm afraid to detune it cause I don't think my small 120watt "12 bass amp could handle any lower than that.