New band is in Drop C, so I should tune to....?

[Bribanez]

Hello everyone, I've been a member here for awhile but more of a lurker. I have a question and I'm sure you guys can help me out.

My new band is tuned to drop C. So I dusted off a few of my 6s and dropped them down. But now I miss my 7s and want to bring them back.

So if the other guitar player is in Drop C what would you guys tune to? I can just Drop C the 7 and tune the B string down to a G?

Anyone had to deal with a stubborn 6 stringer?

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Definitely do the Drop C with a high G. I was filling in for a band around here with sixes in drop C, and having that extra high string was a lot of fun for leads.

 

[vampiregenocide]

Drop C with a low G

 

[heineken_fretwalker]

Drop C with a low G

That would be cool too, if the music calls for it. I was playing in a Swedish influenced Melo-death band, and their tunes really didn't need something that low. I made much more use out of that high G on harmonized leads and such.

 

[6Christ6Denied6]

yea i used to play in c with a low g and it was just mud on the g even with a bright guitar and active pickups, go for c with a high g.

 

[shogunate]

I vote for the high G as well. I've seen multiple bands with a 7 and six string player, and it just sounds off... The one time I saw it work and enjoyed it was a local band and the 7 stringer just chugged and riffed while the sixer did leads and processed FX stuff, but they were doing really techno-y, out there stuff, lots of pitchshifters and killswitches and phasers

If you have really good chemistry with the sixer in your band, and your music calls for DJENTDJENTDJENT DJENTYDJENT DJENT occasionally, fucking go for the extra low, if you want to pull more leads and keep the tuning cohesive, go for the high G. Go forth and rock, whatever you choose

 

[-One-]

GCGCFAD.

(aka dropped C, low G)

 

[123321123]

I used to play in Bb while everyone else was in Eb. It worked like a 5 string bassist with 6 string guitars I guess.

 

[auxioluck]

The last band I was in, I played 7 while the vocalist played a 6. Writing was a bit frustrating sometimes, but I was handling most of the rhythm and lead playing as it was, and it was one of the most full sounding bands I've played in. The reason why a 6 player and a 7 player usually sound like shit is because neither of them know what they're doing. You have to use both instruments to accent each other, and the mix has to be equal and solid between the two.

I'm currently playing my 7 in C# standard with the B dropped to a G. With some added treble and gain control, it doesn't sound muddy at all. I still don't use the low G for chording often, but still works great.

 

[Metal Ken]

Tune up a half step? Be a man! 1 finger powerchords are for wusses!

 

[Harry]

Only issue with high G is string tension.
If you're like me who comes from the school of blues rock soloing and does a lot of bending and vibrato, but more modernized (so think, more Michael Amott rather Clapton) then I can't see a high G lasting long with normal strings.
An 8 gauge will happily cope with a high F#, but G is going to be pushing it IMO unless you want to go the route of custom made strings, which are not exactly that cheap

 

[Soopahmahn]

Tune up a half step? Be a man! 1 finger powerchords are for wusses!

Agreed but... to be fair... it kinda depends on the music. Sometimes you're expected to riff through those diads as though they were single lines and then it's impractical to not drop tune.

I actually have this exact same issue. I have a 6, a 7, and an 8, and the band I'm with is playing drop C and I don't want to. I can use any guitar to play with them but takes away the nice easy open-string fingerings

 

[Murmel]

IDJENTDJENTDJENT DJENTYDJENTDJENT

Fuck it, I might aswell ask right now..
I've ever since I saw this forum for the first time wondered what djent means.

 

[xwmucradiox]

Only issue with high G is string tension.
If you're like me who comes from the school of blues rock soloing and does a lot of bending and vibrato, but more modernized (so think, more Michael Amott rather Clapton) then I can't see a high G lasting long with normal strings.
An 8 gauge will happily cope with a high F#, but G is going to be pushing it IMO unless you want to go the route of custom made strings, which are not exactly that cheap

An .008 will make high G no problem. I played a 7 tuned DADGBEG for a very long time and only broke the high G once or twice.

 

[Cheesebuiscut]

They make daddario .007's as well.

 

[flawlesswarrior]

Fuck it, I might aswell ask right now..
I've ever since I saw this forum for the first time wondered what djent means.

Its the sound you get from palm mutes typically breakdown type stuff

 

[Murmel]

Its the sound you get from palm mutes typically breakdown type stuff

As I thought then Just don't get how djent goes together with chuggachugga

 

[DSilence]

What about a Drop C with a high 'e' string? Just taking ideas off open C.

 

[Rogueleader]

You could just double the C. Might open up some interesting voicings and sounds.

 

[powergroover]

wes borland style !!

CGCFADD

two unison strings on the last 2