Tuning Down A Step

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ryopan wrote:
Wesdutchmaster wrote:
ryopan wrote:i just wanna say that tuning down half a step is absolutely aces.
why?
i just love the sound of it. playing some open chords while tuned down is just fantastic. just fantastic.
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Yeah seriously. Listen to Alice In Chains Unpugged. Alot of that is half step down, it sounds amazing.
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Post by Wesdutchmaster »

but that's just weird to me that you find this specifically great. It's just like saying: wow my guitar sounds very cool with the capo on 1! [tuning half a step down I guess is just really putting a a capo on -1]
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it actually does sound really good. i kept my guitar half a step down for the longest time. but you can never get the real sound of standard while putting a capo on 1. so i said screw it and just played the songs i know half a step down in regular standard. i may not be able to sing them. but who cares.
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Post by skilly »

i prefer digital tuners, only cause those get me close then i adjust to my prefrence.
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