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louderthangod wrote:That's over 2 octaves below a standard bass I believe. Is it just a Torche style "bomb string"?

Actually the Low E on a bass is about 41hz so 36hz would be slightly (imperceptibly) lower than Drop D on a bass.

GardenoftheDead wrote:

louderthangod wrote:That's over 2 octaves below a standard bass I believe. Is it just a Torche style "bomb string"?

Actually the Low E on a bass is about 41hz so 36hz would be slightly (imperceptibly) lower than Drop D on a bass.

Yup. In an old thread I had about super low tunings, Ancient Asatronaught posted something about hearing that Gentry tunes to "some kind of D-tuning." It can't just be drop-D in the bass register, because of all the highs he still manages to get, but there are a handful of odd-ish tunings that, when lowered, might work....

Anyways, how about them Hex Geetarz?! I'm gonna have to sell some shit this year so I can get one....

It could be something like an all-fifths tuning. The guy from Lightning Bolt does something similar and he has banjo strings on top.

Oh, okay. I thought an open A was 440 but I guess it's lower than that. So he's not much lower than a Fender VI.

I tune in fifths with a 27.5" baritone and a 25.5" Tele.
It sounds unbelievably heavy with fuzz.

With 13-70 strings I tune, low to high:
A-E-B-F#-C#-G#

Fifths is also how I tune my baritone, though I do it Fripp-style, with the highest string being a third instead of a fifth. I start from a low F; FCGDAC. I would consider trying to start from a low D, but I don't think my amp setup would work for it right now

I play this guitar far more often than the more "regular" tuned ones.

hnnngg

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYCiqT_ZINY[/youtube]

(also, after playing a LOT in 5ths style tuning....it doesn't look like he's tuned that way.....)

I had this thing called the Cello Blaster (Schecter CB2000). It had 5-strings and was tuned in 5ths down to A. It's my own fault but I felt compelled to play power chord like Tool riffs constantly and I've been anti dropped-D ever since.

louderthangod wrote:I had this thing called the Cello Blaster (Schecter CB2000). It had 5-strings and was tuned in 5ths down to A. It's my own fault but I felt compelled to play power chord like Tool riffs constantly and I've been anti dropped-D ever since.

haha I remember those. I was really interested in getting one. I probably would have done exactly what you did with it.

knowing Gentry he probably tunes to some mathematical equation based on the angles in the pyramids. Which is why it sounds so awesome.



(I actually know a band that did this).

dase wrote:knowing Gentry he probably tunes to some mathematical equation based on the angles in the pyramids. Which is why it sounds so awesome.



(I actually know a band that did this).

louderthangod wrote:I had this thing called the Cello Blaster (Schecter CB2000). It had 5-strings and was tuned in 5ths down to A. It's my own fault but I felt compelled to play power chord like Tool riffs constantly and I've been anti dropped-D ever since.

That sounds fuckin' tight.
I need to tune one of my basses to fifths.

Hm. Drop D (on a bass) on guitar. Tight.