Anyone using alternate tunings for Bass VI?

[Zork]

I just discovered a new trick with my bass VI by tuning it in fourths and placing a capo on the second fret for the higher four strings only. With open strings I have it now tuned EAeadg, so it's a perfect blend of bass and guitar, but when fretting the strings I have the awesome symmetric fingerboard of all fourths which is surprisingly easy to wrap my head around. It's a game changer for me (and you should definitely try it) but I'm curious about you sharing your alternate vi tunings and their advantages. Go!

[qersty]

that's a cool tuning! i have been into partial capoing stuff too and from. Have you considered EAEAEA (or EAEAEB) tuning? I dont play bass vi but it's in the ballpark of what you're doing and extends the range of the bass by a 4th, would be cool with partial capo stuff too. and it droones!

[rfurtkamp]

Mine won't apply to most of you, as my VI has-a GK-3 synth pickup on it as well, which allows me to +/- 24 individual strings on a per-patch basis.

I has a GK-3 on a Jaguar as well, and the irony is that I have patches for the VI that make it go an octave up, and on the Jag go one down.

Basically it's an "anything goes" without worrying about string tension, and can also blend in 'standard" tuning that way too with the magnetic ouitput.

[Blackened Soul]

I use all 4ths tuning (like a bass vs a bassvi) for a few songs. I got these nifty things to make it fast to tune the high e and b up a half step

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[qersty]

Are they fast enough to do that banjo thing with 'em?

[Blackened Soul]

Yeah… if you grab it right.. but keep in mind they are suspended on the strings…

[dubkitty]

can you set them so that the stop on the end is in tune? that's wild...i never saw anything like that before.

[Blackened Soul]

Yeah, they are as accurate as a hipshot