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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: Madsakre on October 21, 2011, 03:04:07 PM

Title: New standard tuning.
Post by: Madsakre on October 21, 2011, 03:04:07 PM
Hey hey :D i just tuned one of my guitars in this tuning, and damn its exciting.

I play other instruments such as the bouzouki and some mandolin, so the tuning is almost alike that.

I know robert fripp was a famous user. But do you guys know some other songs where its in use?
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 23, 2011, 12:54:24 PM
what tuning? - need details.
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: shobet on October 23, 2011, 01:35:58 PM
As he said, 'New standard tuning', google it.
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 23, 2011, 02:32:03 PM
Quote from: shobet on October 23, 2011, 01:35:58 PM
As he said, 'New standard tuning', google it.

I did eventually, but wouldn't it have been easier to say that you tune to the following notes...  C G D A E G

Surely a thread on a discussion forum shouldn't require external research, its about chit chat.

 
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: shobet on October 23, 2011, 02:33:05 PM
Well if you need to be spoon fed...
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Madsakre on October 23, 2011, 03:34:43 PM
Sorry.
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: SrDeMaFp on October 23, 2011, 10:51:51 PM
That's quite a strange tuning. I'd love to give it a shot. Which string gauges did you end up going with?
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Madsakre on October 25, 2011, 04:40:24 PM
11-54. but i'd advice you to get a 010 for the light string
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Crunch on October 29, 2011, 04:19:01 AM
I love messing with tunings.
Anyone ever try AGCFAD? Mastodon uses it for a few tunes. Fretting out a standard power chord stance makes a perfect octave.
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Jazz Rock on October 30, 2011, 01:41:17 PM
Quote from: Crunch on October 29, 2011, 04:19:01 AM
I love messing with tunings.

+1

My favourite at the moment is CGCGGE / CGCGGEb as suggested by a friend to have the option of playing minor chords. Unfortunately the guitar I have in this tunning is currently a mess wiring-wise, so no play with this tunning right now :(

I have also started playing with shifting pitch with the standard tunning. First I did it with my acoustic guitars. My Freshman is tuned in standard C and when I get back to my parents place, where the guitar lives, for Christmas, it is always a joy. The guitar has such a good projection, with the low tuning it's creating a good vibe :)

Done a similar thing with the Tele, but going up to F, as the low "E" string sounded flabby and dull, tuned in E, in comparison to the other strings. It seemed to work but now that the strings have loosen a bit more it is giving me a flabby F... I tried in the past to tune it in drop D to overcome the problem of the flabby 6th string, and it kind of worked, but I 'd quite like to be able to play the Tele in standard tuning and enjoy playing all the string. A bit of a pain at the moment.
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Madsakre on November 01, 2011, 11:02:17 AM
maybe go for heavier strings instead =)
Title: Re: New standard tuning.
Post by: Loomer on November 03, 2011, 02:40:47 PM
New Standard Tuning is a bloody hoot to play with! But for some reason I can only do "pretty" in that tuning. I found it pretty hard to get up to my usual dissonant shenanigans with it.