Weird tunings

[josh pelican]

Oops I meant F was too low, my mistake...

Just making sure we're on the same page!

Does anyone have any bizarre tunings for some doom? I'm working on some riffs for a band that's influenced by Electric Wizard, MORS, bongripper, Orange Goblin, and so on. It will obviously be down-tuned, but I'm trying to find something real weird to tune to for some earth-crushing chord progressions.

 

[HammerAndSickle]

Just making sure we're on the same page!

Does anyone have any bizarre tunings for some doom? I'm working on some riffs for a band that's influenced by Electric Wizard, MORS, bongripper, Orange Goblin, and so on. It will obviously be down-tuned, but I'm trying to find something real weird to tune to for some earth-crushing chord progressions.

Honestly I like the Devin Townsend tuning for crushing riffs. That's CGCGCE on 6 and a lower G for 7. Messing around with it with incorrect gauges is a little underwhelming but trust me, once you have a proper tension setup for that there's nothing more crushing.

 

[josh pelican]

Honestly I like the Devin Townsend tuning for crushing riffs. That's CGCGCE on 6 and a lower G for 7. Messing around with it with incorrect gauges is a little underwhelming but trust me, once you have a proper tension setup for that there's nothing more crushing.

Good call. I will play around with this and see what I can come up with!

 

[Antipode]

I like open tunings - play blues mostly. D becomes DF#ADF#AD, E is EG#BEG#BE, G is DGBDGBD. Really tight boxes and minors and sevenths are a cinch behind the slide.
Cheers - Rick

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

Just making sure we're on the same page!

Does anyone have any bizarre tunings for some doom? I'm working on some riffs for a band that's influenced by Electric Wizard, MORS, bongripper, Orange Goblin, and so on. It will obviously be down-tuned, but I'm trying to find something real weird to tune to for some earth-crushing chord progressions.

Open powerchord tnnings are great for this.
Like EAEAEAE (fifth fourth fifth fourth, etc.)

 

[djentasbawlz]

Drop G# is always fun, i recorded some melodic metalcore stuff in G# and it sounded really heavy.

 

[ElRay]

I've often wondered where "normal" tuning come from too. I'm a theory novice.

In a nutshell, it's a good compromise between chording and scale runs in 1st position.

Ray

 

[Antimatter]

Hey guys I thought of this crazy new tuning: Open Em11

Should make for some interesting melodies, right guys?

 

[HammerAndSickle]

Hey guys I thought of this crazy new tuning: Open Em11

Should make for some interesting melodies, right guys?

*wah wah waaaaaah*
*rimshot*

 

[omgmjgg]

my eight is tuned to
from low to high EBEBEF#BE

 

[Antimatter]

So do you play big open chords with it or what

 

[omgmjgg]

i play danza with it =P

 

[Antimatter]

Oh, danza plays eight strings?

 

[omgmjgg]

mhm

 

[Antimatter]

Wow, now they're even more awesome

 

[psychomatthias]

I've been toying with (low to high): A E B F# C# E F. It's really a downtuned combination of New Standard Tuning and Hardcore Tuning.

 

[Antimatter]

I had an Idea of something like that. A six string baritone tuned in A E B F# B E

Unfortunately funds aren't available, and I have not been able to implement it.

 

[Bungle]

Been planning on tuning to GCGCFAD (drop A, drop D, down one whole step) but first I need the strings for it.

I got the strings for it! Now I just need the time to put 'em on and set up the Floyd Rose......

Edit: Holy shit, this tuning kicks arse! I'm finding it pretty much impossible to not sound evil, especially with the awesome drones you can get going on with the octave factor on the four thickest strings.

 

[Guamskyy]

Weird tuning is A#FA#D#GCE. I like how it sounds, because when tuning the first three strings its 5th fret on the G to get C then 4th on the C to get E. Great for barre chords and more shredability.

 

[Dionysian]

I like C, A, B, B, A, G, E!