Marc L
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Only 21 here
carson said:Luca, I know, but when you are sitting at 99% where can you go?
carson ;D
Luca1369 said:Just 1%?
BTW Carson, it's 93 here.
Luca1369 said:Uh guys, I hate to ruin a party here, but tuning a six string guitar an "octave lower" would make for a terribly sounding and playing guitar. An octave is the interval of eight diatonic degrees between two tones of the same name (like a low E and a high E), the higher of which has twice as many vibrations per second as the lower. Six string guitars are not made for reproducing such low tones correctly although you can play around a lot with a seven or eight string guitar and achieve some success tuning down an octave.
A four string bass guitar for all practical purposes is tuned one octave lower than a normal guitar, top string being an E, but it is set up with a longer neck and bigger strings to accomodate that tuning. Were you to do that with a six string guitar your lower strings would practically be laying on the frets.
Don't you mean tuning down a "step" or two? That's what Tommy Iommi did. He tuned down three half steps from an E to a C# when he was with Black Sabbath (starting with 1971's Master of Reality, well after he recorded Paranoid and Iron Man...sorry ). Tuning from an E to D is called "drop D tuning." The lowest I've ever heard of guitar tuned down and recorded was tuning down from an E to a A by the band Korn and several others.
Seilerbird could tune lower than an A but he would have to change strings to a larger set, adjust his Floyd Rose, and hope for the best. And we know how much Tom loves changing strings...
Mc2guy said:I did just watch a biography on Sabbath that indicate Iommi dropped the tuning right after his injury in '67 prior to his stint with Jethro Tull to alleviate the pain of pressing the strings into the frets on the upper registers. Just repeating what I "learned'?!?!?! Blame the biography channel. 8)
Mc2guy said:Octave, 5th, 3 steps, it's all greek to me IM A DRUMMER!!!!! MWAAHAHAHAHA
seilerbird said:Do you know how to get a drummer off of your front porch???? Pay him for the pizza.
What do you call a drummer who breaks up with his girlfriend???? Homeless.
How can you tell when a drummer is knocking at your door??? 1- The knocking speeds up. 2- He doesn't know when to come in.
What is the best way to confuse a drummer??? Put sheet music in front of him.
What do you call someone who hangs around with musicians???? A drummer.
Oh I got a million of them.
P.S. I am first and foremost a drummer.
Mc2guy said:P.S. I don't smell like WD40 either
Tom said:I'll show you how ;D