busted stuff tuning

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 10:24 pm

ok, i'm pretty pissed, i just broke my strings trying to tune them for this song. i don't know much about guitar stuff (i just play) , are you suppost to tune the A down to a G or up to a G, i tried up, but obviously you can't do that without breaking your strings. But now that i think about how the song sounds, i think its supposed to be down. any advice on tuning this song is NEEDED. please help! thank you

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 11:11 pm

Tuning from A-->G is only one step down, while G-->A is six steps up. (I believe - grave, help me out here)

madtadder · Post by **madtadder** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 11:52 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:Tuning from A-->G is only one step down, while G-->A is six steps up. (I believe - grave, help me out here)

correct, you should tune the G DOWN to an A, definitely not up, the string can't take the tension and as shown, will snap.

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:17 am

ha ha, ok, i don't know what i was thinking. ha ha, thank you muchly

ericwormann · Post by **ericwormann** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 10:48 am

IronMike778 · Post by **IronMike778** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 11:07 am

You almost never want to tune up more than one whole step (besides, I don't think the guitar will let you). The only time I tune up is for open E tuning. The 3rd string goes up 1/2 step, 4th and 5th strings go up a whole step. Some songs in this tuning include "She talks to angels", "Little Martha", and intro to "Ice Cream Man".

DMBFreak84 · Post by **DMBFreak84** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 12:27 pm

there are other versions of busted stuff, in standard tuning none the less:
http://sweb.uky.edu/~clvand0/DMBTabs/DM ... tuffBS.txt
this saves you many strings by not having to retune, i like to keep my guitar in standard and i only tune it differently when i cant find any other tabs for it

madtadder · Post by **madtadder** » Sun Feb 16, 2003 2:32 pm

winglet82 wrote:
madtadder wrote:
TrippnBill686 wrote:Tuning from A-->G is only one step down, while G-->A is six steps up. (I believe - grave, help me out here)
correct, you should tune the G DOWN to an A, definitely not up, the string can't take the tension and as shown, will snap.
i'm nitpicking, but i believe you mean A down to G. Here's how it should go:

E stays the same
B stays the same
G down to E
D down to B
A down to G
E stays the same

yep, im an idiot, hope no one was confused.