I am officially FED UP with downtuning

[CJ]

isn't a guitar dropped down an octave just, well,... a bass?

[Johnny Mac]

Katatonia, Pain of Salvation, Anathema?

Maybe Paradise Lost?

I saw Paradise Lost by accident before they 'made it' back in the 80s down The Royal Standard in Walthamstow.

Anyone remember Lawnmower Deth?   :?  :lol:

ha ha, yeah - I had a split LP when I was at school with Lawnmower Deth and Metal Duck.  honourable mentions go to 'Watch Out Grandma (here comes a lawnmower)' and 'March Of The Metal Ducks To The Ponds Of Hell' - great stuff with a sense of it's own stupidity.

I've got the same album. Great art work! They used to sell out the astoria!

[Johnny Mac]

isn't a guitar dropped down an octave just, well,... a bass?

Yeah, Lemmys been doing it for 30 odd years!

[Lew]

I demand clips of an octave and half step de-tuned guitar. What gauge strings do you use?

But isn't that just Eb? That's only a half step down :lol: *rolls eyes*

Seriously though, I want to see + know too.

:lol:

[Lew]

Still waiting for a clip  8)

[Philosoful]

isn't a guitar dropped down an octave just, well,... a bass?

In technical pitch but a guitars EQ + amp + pickups etc = completley different sound obviously.

[Ratrod]

isn't a guitar dropped down an octave just, well,... a bass?

In technical pitch but a guitars EQ + amp + pickups etc = completley different sound obviously.

That's why I posted the pic of the 6-string bass.

A guitar tuned that low probable sounds flabby unless you use actual bass strings. I'm also wondering about intonation problems.

normal guitar speakers aren't designed for those frequencies.

At some point someone will have a (bass)guitar tuned so low you won't be able to hear it.

[blue]

At some point someone will have a (bass)guitar tuned so low you won't be able to hear it.

i read an interview years ago with Jah Wobble where he reckoned that he recorded bass parts that were too low frequency to be audible, but their presence in the track was integral to it's sound and feel.  i just though "pretentious tw@t!" :)

[MDV]

At some point someone will have a (bass)guitar tuned so low you won't be able to hear it.

i read an interview years ago with Jah Wobble where he reckoned that he recorded bass parts that were too low frequency to be audible, but their presence in the track was integral to it's sound and feel.  i just though "pretentious tw@t!" :)

bandwidth matters. Yes, bandwidth beyond audiable. It affects the envelope of the sound in the audiable range.

Also, you can feel sub-audiable frequencies in your bones, which is a big deal if its loud enough with speakers that can produce it.

[Lew]

So...no clips?

[Oli]

isn't a guitar dropped down an octave just, well,... a bass?

In technical pitch but a guitars EQ + amp + pickups etc = completley different sound obviously.

When you start to get into 'bass' territory with a guitar, then you start to hear less of the fundamental note, and more of the harmonics, so you get a different tonality to the same note played on an actual bass.

[Philosoful]

Interesting. I guess it's for given reasons Meshuggah use huge strings even though they use a 32" scale I believe + amp modelers/no cabs live.

[Lew]

No clips then?  :lol: