FRIDAY NIGHT RIFFS

LiveeviL2000 said:
Why drop tune at all and what is the function other than being able to hit power chords with 1 finger.
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One thing that comes to my mind immediately is the ability to “double up” ”power chords” by adding an octave above the fifth with the ring finger on the G string, and another octave of the root with the pinky on the B string...among other chordal variations that can sound quite enormous using 5 or 6 strings, that can’t be done comfortably (if at all) in standard tuning.
 
Headache said:
Tonight I decided to grab the dark Dean Tyrant and brighten it up quite a bit with the OD and Amp. Using the ENGL.
I rather liked the tone. The riff turned out pretty well I think. This Engl hits so hard! I started with the Peavey because I can make it pretty bright... Switched to the ENGL and decided that's the amp for this guitar from now on! Each guitar likes it's own amp for sure, only a couple sound equally as awesome through all my amps. Anyhow, enough rambling....

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Wow, that is one rumbling riff. It needs to be incarcerated.
 
Thatbastarddon said:
One thing that comes to my mind immediately is the ability to “double up” ”power chords” by adding an octave above the fifth with the ring finger on the G string, and another octave of the root with the pinky on the B string...among other chordal variations that can sound quite enormous using 5 or 6 strings, that can’t be done comfortably (if at all) in standard tuning.
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I had always liked how it brings in a big rumbling bottom end to the riff, and how you would play around with in it

Mitch
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
I’m starting to get curious about drop tuning.
Why drop tune at all and what is the function other than being able to hit power chords with 1 finger.

Here is my starting point. I just did a simple little chord progression here.

@Headache you do a ton of drop tunings.
Give me a quick run down of its uses. Or if it’s really involved start a new thread on the subject.

Anyway. Here is my first real try with a Drop D progression.

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Personally. I don’t do a lot of alternate tuning. Pretty much std E. But I will on occasion do Drop D. Adds nice bottom end to the acoustic. About the only other I do is a double drop D. Comes in handy when playing some Neil Young stuff….. especially Cinnamon Girl. And for the same reason as you guys doing Power Chords….. but on the higher strings as well as the bottom end strings.

And by the way. Your riff sounded great!!
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
I’m starting to get curious about drop tuning.
Why drop tune at all and what is the function other than being able to hit power chords with 1 finger.

Here is my starting point. I just did a simple little chord progression here.

@Headache you do a ton of drop tunings.
Give me a quick run down of its uses. Or if it’s really involved start a new thread on the subject.

Anyway. Here is my first real try with a Drop D progression.

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I like drop tuning low for a few reasons.

1. My guitar and amp rumbles the ground!
2. It sounds different than most everything your ears have already heard since 1904
3. Makes the singer sound different
4. I think it sounds a lot meaner and more aggressive.
5. actually 1 finger chords is what kept me away from it for a long time, I thought it was cheating.... Now I like it just fine.

#4 is why I use drop tuning if I could boil it down to one reason....more balls!

Generally we play Drop B
Sometimes standard C# which is the same tuning for everything but the 6th string.

Have fun with it, but you have to balance the super fat strings keep it tight and no sloppy pitchy strings, but the fatter they are, the worse they'll sound tonally. (And the internet will always tell you to get fatter and fatter strings....and they're wrong!)

I like to keep them sort of tight but don't usually go fatter than 56 on the bottom. Usually play 54 bottom.
 
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