What tunings do you guys play mostly?

[Fenriswolf]

AGCFAD (mastodon/neurosis tuning)

I've used that tuning a half step up to play 7 string stuff on my 6 string.

I usually stay around standard or a half step down, and I have an old Ibanez I keep in like drop A or B for when I want to play stuff like Slipknot.

I haven't had a playable 7 in years, but when I did I kept it a half step down since that's what I'm used to on my sixes.

 

[Miek]

drop c#, Eb, drop c, double g#

 

[KJGaruda]

I'm pretty much locked into D Standard when writing my own stuff, but I'll occasionally tune down to Drop C if I can figure a use for it. Drop tunings don't 'feel' as right to play anymore, to me.

 

[Inferno90]

What tunings do u guys play in mostly

Drop G#. I love the way it sounds.

 

[sleewell]

E standard, drop c, drop a

 

[Metropolis]

6-string; drop C, standard D and E. With seven standard B and drop A.

 

[Humanoid]

6-strings:
Standard, Drop-D, Drop-B

7-strings:
BEADGBE, AEADGBE, ADADGBE

 

[c7spheres]

Bb Standard on 7 string.

 

[Drew]

Almost entirely standard - one less thing to have to worry about. Drop D is fun and DADGAD (dropping both Ds) sounds pretty cool too, but most of my guitars have floating bridges so it's just one less thing to bother with.

 

[Winspear]

a1 .066
e2 .044
b2 .029
f3# .017
c3# .025
g3# .015

f1# .076
c2# .054
g2# .035
d3# .022
a3# .013
f3 .020
c4 .012

Don't do drugs kids

 

[HungryGuitarStudent]

I mostly play 7-string in the following tunings:

- standard and drop A for my trem guitars;
- BDADGBE and ADADGBE for my fixed bridge ones.

I have no rationale behind that split, I just like those tunings.

 

[inflicted]

C Standard. I play grindcore and death metal and this tuning is perfect for me.
I used to have an obsession with extremely low-tuning, but got rid of it when I found out that the tuning doesn't impact the tone as much as I believed. It's all about the way you tweak your amp and the strenght you provide while playing. Some bands are tuned in G# Standard and sound precise, tight and sharp. Some are in Eb and sound muddy and fat.

 

[akinari]

6s in E/D#/D/C#/C/B/Bb/A standard and their drop tuning equivalents (drop D, C#, and so on) baritones in drop G, drop F and drop D#, 7s in ADADGBE/ADADGAD, A standard / drop G, and a 34" scale 7 in A0 standard. On the 6s, I sometimes drop the high E a whole tone too.

 

[ixlramp]

All-fifths, a mixture of fifths and thirds, or all-thirds (but Just Intonation thirds).
Never fourths.

 

[Winspear]

All-fifths, a mixture of fifths and thirds, or all-thirds (but Just Intonation thirds).
Never fourths.

I've interest/experience in all of those tunings and think 5ths might become my go-to. I have not developed a disliking for fourths at all though. Have you?

 

[Konfyouzd]

Standard

 

[bostjan]

I'm a bit all over at the moment:

19edo: 6 string standard, 6 string drop d, 7 string drop a
12edo: 6 string standard, 6 string D standard, 7 string standard, 7 string D standard, 7 string drop G, 8 string with a high A.

 

[Sanrek]

7 strings: A standard
6 strings: C standard

 

[USMarine75]

All of them. I have a lot of guitars. But, most used right now...

• 6-string regular - D to E, Standard or Drop
• 6-string low - A# to C, Standard or Drop
• 7-string - B Standard or Drop A
• Slide - Open D

 

[efiltsohg]

E standard
D standard
DGCFAD
GGCFAD