Post your tunings and what you do with them

[cvinos]

The other day I was experimenting with E A D E G A on a six string, to get some close voicings. Although there are only four different tones, this is not a very intuitive tuning, because the intervals between the strings from low to high are fourth, fourth, whole tone, minor third, whole tone.

 

[ElRay]

I always use strict 4ths tuning.

I just "discovered" another reason to use this: Playing a lot of Zappa -- He's really big on 4ths.

Ray

 

[distressed_romeo]

May give fourths another spin later...

Open E is currently rocking my world for slide and fretless playing.

 

[ElRay]

Has anybody thought about expanding Fripp's "New Standard Tuning" (C,G,D,A,E,G -- parallel 5ths and minor 3rd) to seven strings? Add an extra lower 5th, another higher minor 3rd? I'm not sure what would actually be useful. If you liked dissonance, you could throw in an A on the high end (a 2nd above the G).

FWIW, A 5th lower than the low C would be a G, so you may need to go A,E,B,F#,C#,Ab,B.

 

[distressed_romeo]

Has anybody thought about expanding Fripp's "New Standard Tuning" (C,G,D,A,E,G -- parallel 5ths and minor 3rd) to seven strings? Add an extra lower 5th, another higher minor 3rd? I'm not sure what would actually be useful. If you liked dissonance, you could throw in an A on the high end (a 2nd above the G).

FWIW, A 5th lower than the low C would be a G, so you may need to go A,E,B,F#,C#,Ab,B.

I've contemplated it before, although I've never had the chance due to the string gauge issues.
I'm seriously contemplating ordering some of Garry Goodman's strings to try CGDAEB tuning on my Les Paul...

 

[Korbain]

A stand is all i need on a 7 at the moment

 

[ElRay]

I've contemplated it before...

Here's somebody that's taken the all 5ths plunge head-on:http://www.tkinstruments.com/5ths_tuned_guitar_and_bass.htm

 

[Aghorasilat]

Fretless Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
DADGAD

7 Strings
Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Ab Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

 

[distressed_romeo]

Fretless Guitar & Acoustic Guitar
DADGAD

7 Strings
Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

Ab Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

DADGAD rocks on fretless guitar...DRONE CITY!!!!

Here's somebody that's taken the all 5ths plunge head-on:http://www.tkinstruments.com/5ths_tuned_guitar_and_bass.htm

Wowee!!

 

[Durero]

Here's somebody that's taken the all 5ths plunge head-on:http://www.tkinstruments.com/5ths_tuned_guitar_and_bass.htm

I really like that guy's designs. Love his steel rod frets too

 

[distressed_romeo]

Just out of interest, has anyone else tried Nick Drake's CGCFCE tuning? Suprisingly versatile...

 

[Dvaienat]

I'm in B or Bb standard on 6 strings w/ 15-74 gauge strings.
I don't currently own a 7 string.

I like the thick, heavy sound of lower tunings, but I don't play any leads at all, hence why I don't own a 7. I generally feel more at home with standard tunings, though I use drop A/drop Ab occasionally. I play extreme metal, death metal, black metal, and some thrash.

 

[josh pelican]

Epic necrobump. There's a huge tuning thread in General Music.

The mods were trying to merge them all, but they must have missed one.

 

[rob_707]

i use alot of tunings but i found the ones i like best for diff styles of music,
6 string cort KX-Q1 is C,G,C,F,A,D - prog/tech/hard rock, i uno what it falls under.
7 string is Ibanze 7321 G,D,G,C,F,A,D - tech/experimental/melodic metal.

im also a bass player which is my strong subject

4 string warick corvette- C,G,C,F jazz/mudvayne style
5 string avalance??? iv never heard of it i will post pics one day but the tuning is- G,D,G,C,F and i use this for the experamental

 

[Blazerok]

Those are tuning i love most of the time.
-Standard, because its versatile and...well... standard!
-standard w/low A (and E on my 8), because chords voicing are so much easier this way.
-Down full step/ 3 half step, because i love how it sounds on an accoustic!
-Sometime, i like to stay in standard tuning, but tuning one or 2 strings differently, to do some open chords at different place on the fretboard.