What's Your Tuning?

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I usually go between dropped C, to dropped A#/C standard lately. sometimes I drop the A# to a G# for some more proggy stuff I've written
 

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I'm in B standard, but I would actually like to tune up half a step because my strings are a little too loose and I would prefer the extra tension. I also don't really like the sound of a low b (weird quirk). The acoustic is in D standard and the other electric is in drop D.
 

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6 Strings:

E Standard
D Standard
Drop D
Drop C
Eb Standard (occasionally)

7 Strings

B Standard
Drop A

Bass

B Standard

It's quite hard to have different tunings with different bands and having locking trems on your guitars.
 

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C-1: F# A C# D A C#
RG3550: F# F# C# F# A D
Tele: F# C# A D A C#

I never learned standard tuning. I just made something where I could get the chords I needed with minimal thinking. It's worked out pretty well!
 

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one schecter 7 string in ADADGAD, the one I build in AEADGBE, and the baritone in FsharpBEADGB. six string in EADGBE, Bass in BEAD and acustic in EADGBE.
 

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Low to high:

8-strings

Standard half-step down: F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Drop Eb half-step down: Eb Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

7-string bass

All fourths one half step down: Bb Eb Ab Db Gb B E
 

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Well, the band I've just started recently, Denying Democracy plays in five different tunings, depending on the song.

Most songs are in BEADGBE.
There's a good number in CGCFAD, as well.
Then there's two in AEADGBE, one in DADGBE, and a few in DGCFAD.
When I get my next seven-string, I want to experiment with FCGCFAD, as well.
 

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Either B standard or drop A on 7 strings (or 5/6 string bass...), E standard on 6.
 

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Tunings, low to high

8-strings:

Bass bottom, whole step drop guitar on top E1 A1 D2 G2 C3 F3 A3 D4 at 25.5"
Full Fifths Bb0 F1 C2 G2 D3 A3 E4 B4 at 25.5"
Full Fifths Ab0 Eb1 Bb1 F2 C3 G3 D4 A4 at 28.625"

Acoustic six- and 12-strings:

Divided between E standard tuning and C2 - B4 full fifths.
 

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Ibanez: C-G-C-G-C-E or C-F-A♯-D♯-G-C
Epiphone: D-A-D-G-B-E or drop C#
Fernandes: E-A-D-G-B-E or half step down
 

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Dean Soltero Standard (Modded) in Drop B
Epiphone LP-7 (Modded) in Standard
LTD Viper 400 in Drop A#
LTD EC 1000 in Drop A
LTD Viper 407 in Drop G
LTD SC607b in Standard
LTD SC607b in EAEADGB
LTD SC608b in DADADGBE
 

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Being studio-only ATM, I use a variety of tunings on my Steinberger Synapse ST2-FPA (28 5/8" scale):

G1 D2 G2 C3 E3 A3, or that with the G1 dropped down to D1

Or, as it stands now:

A0 D1 D2 G2 C3 E3
 

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Tele: Eb Standard/Drop C#
Ibanez SZ: C# Standard/Drop B (and an open Drop B tuning of sorts...)

Nothing too special.
 


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