Scar Symmetry
Ex Whiny Bitch
^^^ good post.
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I've looked into this further and it appears that in the USA E2 is standard tuning, whereas on Guitar Pro 4 (which is French) E3 is standard tuning and everything is built around that, which makes me wonder whether it's a) if USA and Europe have difference in measure, such as the 'billion' difference or b) if my Guitar Pro is just all messed up![]()
I haven't read through the whole thread, which means someone probably clarified the issue already - but you're right, European and American systems are different![]()
Tone may be in the 'ear of the beholder' or what-have-you, but like i said earlier, i havent heard anything that sounds good below G or A, aside from one or two bands (SYL and Divine Heresy, f.ex). So i dont really see the thread as a valid indicator of low tuning bands that sound good(opinion alert).
Point i'm making is that it doesnt matter how metal or not it is, or whatever, its just beyond the limits of what the guitar as it is designed sounds good for. Once again, this is my opinion and all so take that how you will.
We do exist.![]()
While I do like Meshuggah I don´t hail them as the second coming of Jesus like almost everyone does on the interwebs. Nor Nevermore...Æxitosus;1475184 said:I will kill you...somehow over the internet
While I do like Meshuggah I don´t hail them as the second coming of Jesus like almost everyone does on the interwebs. Nor Nevermore...
Scar Symmetry owns both!! There, I said it!![]()
Yves Carbonne tunes to B00, a whole step below that, which in his case is a .250 gauge custom LaBella string. The bass I was/am planning with Skip would have a 39.55" scale and a ~.270 to achieve A00 / G00.
Yves Carbonne Jerzy Drozd Legend XII extended range bass
While I do like Meshuggah I don´t hail them as the second coming of Jesus like almost everyone does on the interwebs. Nor Nevermore...
Scar Symmetry owns both!! There, I said it!![]()
Æxitosus;1475383 said:I dont like Nevermore, no.
I've never heard Scar Symmetry before, but if they are supposedly better than (the almighty) Meshuggah, I gotta check them out![]()
I agree.
Some might flame me but I think tuning too low, like, lower than a 5-string bass to be "dah brootalz" is kinda like a short-dick syndrome. This is totally my opinion. But I see no benefit on "oh mah gawds I tuned this shat to G#-1, it sawnds brootalz yo". I mean, I like Meshuggah and some of the 8 string experiments. But some stuff is just overkill. I would never go lower than Ab but I have nothing against people tuning to F, it´s an experiment. But when they want to tune to Zb minor -0 or whatever note that only whales can hear I fear that it´s some kind of compensation for something lacking, or anything like that.
Sure, this IS extended range forum and I´m an extended range player. But I prefer the really lower stuff on my 5 string bass. It´s just on opinion, don´t flame me.
Æxitosus;1471931 said:I know Meshuggah tunes 8 strings down 1/2 step, which is an F. But has any other band out there jumped that hurdle and went straight to an octave below normal guitar tuning?
Just wondering...
I got to hold one of those 270 gauge bass string at the LaBella factory last month and it's like a whip. Not only was it heavy it felt like you could beat somebody to death with it.![]()
Man i can believe that.. even the 80" on my guitar felt like a bridge cable when i was playing chordsA 270" string would feel like a god damn weapon...
Æxitosus;1475417 said:NIFTY!!
any specific place to start with them?