Too all guitarists!

[ParsonsMatt]

Originally Posted by Bryant

Amen brother !! I am an oldschool guy myself and though I have no problem with the low tuning whatsoever, I think you lose dynamics once you go below "D." I am not a big fan of Angus (Young) as far as a soloist, but if you listen to him and big brother Malcolm together playing rythm and the tonal structure they achieve..... it is scary.

Bryant

Most bands that downtune don't use the same league of tone that AC/DC uses. Cranked vintage tube Marshall vs Moderate volume high preamp gain distortion... The former will give MUCH more dynamic sound, simply because there's less compression on the front end of the amp.

[WeAreInFlames]

Indeed. AC/DC downtuned would sound ridiculous. Nile in E standard would probably sound ridiculous as well.

[Symbiant]

Originally Posted by razoredge

A buddy of mine recorded a song in drop B believe it or not. It sounded awesome, but that was more of a grungy metal vib than a speed metal thing. Isnt part of the key to down tuning much heavier gauge strings ?

yeah using a heavier string is def required. I was playing regulars in drop tuning but they would go out so i switched to heavy. B is way to low C is def a decent place to sit and be low enough to hear while keeping the definition..

[metallijosh]

Drop Db or just Eb, but I like to play around with lower tunings as well.

[cholo11]

Originally Posted by BlackMetalWhiteGuy

Db is a major key, so it's more likely that you'll be calling it C#, which applies to minor and phrygian keys.

Yeah, thanls for the correction. I figured it was C# later, I said Db beacuase it was written like that in some text tab.

[ParsonsMatt]

Originally Posted by BlackMetalWhiteGuy

Db is a major key, so it's more likely that you'll be calling it C#, which applies to minor and phrygian keys.

Do you even know what you're talking about, or are you just making stuff up?

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

Originally Posted by cholo11

Yeah, thanls for the correction. I figured it was C# later, I said Db beacuase it was written like that in some text tab.

No problem.

Originally Posted by ParsonsMatt

Do you even know what you're talking about, or are you just making stuff up?

Just look at a circle of fifths and you'll notice that all major and minor keys with three exceptions (C# / Db major being one of them) are written only one way. While Db and C# may produce the same enharmonic tone, it's easier to write certain keys certain ways.

For example:

Major
C# D# E# F# G# A# B# C# (acceptable)
Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db (acceptable)

Minor
C# D# E F# G# A B C# (conventional)
Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bbb Cb Db (awkward)

Phrygian
C# D E F# G# A B C# (conventional)
Db Ebb Fb Gb Ab Bbb Cb Db (awkward)

In tablature, it really doesn't matter, but with standard notation the key signatures are written in a way that it makes a very big difference to whomever is reading or writing the piece.

[ParsonsMatt]

Thanks! I wasn't laughing because I thought you were dumb, I was laughing because it seemed like such a bizarre thing to say. That a note was a certain key, and that the enharmonic was a different one. Now that you've explained it I understand better.

[BlackMetalWhiteGuy]

Oh, hahaha. Yeah, that would be pretty stupid

[tagradh]

I have my 7 string down 1 half step,
Telecaster in open D minor,
RG in C# standard,
Classical in open F I think, not touched it in quite a while now.