Why do you need Drop Tuning Strings? Drop Tuning on Standard Scale Guitars
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Drop Tuning seems to be the norm in metal music these days and if you’re just starting out, you may run into some problems if you’re not familiar with string gauge.
Hopefully this video will help illustrate the need for Drop Tuning Strings and send you in the right direction. And one last thing, “Tension”.
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Very helpful video. Thank you.
You’re very welcome. We should be starting more videos very soon!
Nice Review About Drop Tuning@Alternate Tuning..
Thank you 🤘🏻
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Question: if my non baritone guitar has thicker guage that does mean i have to change to a larger nut or something?
Im planning to learn psychosocial solo but its in drop a. I dont have any baritone 🙂 (😔)
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Depending on the thickness of the gauge, yes you’ll usually have to either widen the nut using fret/nut files or replace the nut. If you take it to a tech it shouldn’t be too much. If you do modify/replace the nut, just realize you may not be able to go back to smaller gauge strings.
If you don’t, it can still work but you may have some tuning instability caused by the strings getting caught at the nut. You’ll also have to adjust the intonation a bit.
Hopefully that helps! Let us know if you have anymore questions.
@@DawnofExistence thank you
I always use the high voltage dimebag DR strings , I don't know if there any different from regular DR strings but it has dime on the front so makes me feel like they play better lol . I wish elixir would come out with a heavy metal style string because I played nothing but elixirs for 20 years on my acoustic I've had them last a year before and still sound good . I've had the DR how old is dime strings on my custom dime Dean for about a month now and I'm always tuning down to C or B then when I get bored of it I'll turn it back up to standard and I haven't had a string break on me yet it's definitely time to change them but I'm just impressed with how long they've lasted I've only had results like that out of elixirs
I haven’t tried the Dimebag strings but it definitely seems like DR strings last a very long time. I’m not sure if I’ve ever used Elixirs but we are very happy with every set of DR string a we’ve used.
So you really mean 'down tuning' of the standard tuning for 6 string guitars, whether dropped or not.
Yeah, this mainly pertains to lower “standard” tunings; with drop tunings it would really only be a single string that would need a larger gauge.
I just ordered 11-54 for my drop C and drop D songs..i hope the gages would work.
We used to play 11-52 for C standard. They work really well 🤘🏻
@@DawnofExistence thank man🤘
Yea but what do the DDT's look like in E Standard lol
Broken 😂
@@DawnofExistence what string gauges do you guys recommend for a 5 string bass in drop C#?
@@00Dusty What is your tuning? I’ve seen several different C/C#/Drop C# tunings on 5 string. Depending on your current gauge, you may not need to adjust the gauge but will need to adjust your intonation.
For what it’s worth, I had two different C tunings in my previous band that included tuning down to G-C-F-A#(Bb)-D#(Eb) with I think 140-55’s which feel huge, and one tuning UP to C-F-A#(Bb)-D#(Eb)-G#(Ab) with 125-45’s (which was a bit tight). Those would also work in C# or even drop C#.
For Drop Tunings, I’ve seen a few different things. For Drop C#, some players won’t drop at all because they have the C# on their low B already and play adjusted.
Other players will only drop their 4th string/E string to C# so they end up with a weird tuning of B-C#-A-D-G, which I personally hate playing but works easily if you’re not using the Low B much. One really cool tuning is C#-C#-A-D-G, this way with the right gauge you can actually get a huge Bass Drop when needed.
Hopefully this helps to make your tuning decision because it kind of hurt my brain thinking of the tunings hahaha. Let me know what tuning you’ll be using and I can help recommend a string gauge!
@@DawnofExistence hey and thank for the reply 🤘🏻 I’ll be tunning to G# C# G# C# F# and at the moment I just have the standard 130-45 and the low G# and C# and horribly lose 😖 I was wondering about a 160 for the G# and a 125 for the C#
125 will probably work for the C# but 160 maybe too big for the G#? Also, a gauge that large will require some modification to the nut so I normally suggest people start out smaller because you can always enlarge a nut but you can’t add material back. I think I’d try something around a 145-150 first honestly,
I’ve seen some people take a 5 string set (say your 130-45) and just move every string up, ditch the 45, and add the 140-150.
Would these work on mikro or minion scale guitars to keep the tension up and bring the shrillness down for standard tuning?
These will give you too much tension. Since shorter scale guitars need less tension to tune them, you’d need something smaller gauge than these. I’m not positive, but you should be able to find large gauge strings designed for short scale guitars.
Do you think the 13-65 gauge can sound good on my 6 string, tuned to A standard?
Those should be fine. The 12-60 may actually work as well if you want some with slightly less tension.
I use 11-54 on my drop A# guitar, but that’s really loose, wouldn’t really work for drop A
Yeah A# is the same as Bb, 11-54 would very loose.
@@DawnofExistence I know mate, A# or Bb, I like it loose as a goose
Yeah I know a lot of people that like them like that. I personally prefer a little more tension 🤘🏻
Question: Can I use that DR-DDT strings for standard tuning only?
Sorry just saw this! You actually can. DR makes 10-46, 10-52, and 11-54 gauge sets. Most of these can work just fine in E Standard or Eb.
Does this also apply to acoustic guitars?
If you’re down tuning, yes. Larger gauge acoustic strings are a little harder to find though.
13-74 7 string drop A Or F Or G?
It’ll depend on your scale length but 13-74 should work for F and G.
We haven’t done much 7 string or Baritone playing so my knowledge is slightly limited on them.
@@DawnofExistence Yes i just drop F or G
Did someone drive a nail into his lip? It looks like when you're trying to hit a nail and you just bend it.
Very clever. I guess you’ve never seen any other piercing in your life either?
That lip ring makes you on the verge of listhping. Lol Good video though! Helpful.
I grew up with a lisp for years so it’s not the lip ring… but thanks though.
Anytime man! Glad it could help.
@@DawnofExistence Sorry! I should talk… Didn’t mean to be disrespectful. I wanted to know about string gauge for drop D standard on a LP. I think I have 11’s on it but not sure. I have a pack of 11 to 70 (Zakk Wylde stuff) but that low E scares me! Any suggestions?
No worries, no disrespect taken at all.
The largest gauge I would use for D standard would probably be 11-60 but that will still be very tight. I know a lot of people, including myself, that will play 11-52 all the way down to C standard before going up a gauge.
As for the low E, yeah it can definitely be a little scary. If you go too large you’ll have to file the nut and if you file it, there’s no going back to smaller gauge strings. Hopefully that helps but let me know!
@@DawnofExistence Hey thanks! I’ll make a trip to Long & McQuade and shuffle thru their massive collection. Yeah, don’t want no filing here! Ugh. I’ll let you know. Thanks again. DMac
Sounds good, good luck and let us know!
ım using 12 56 for drop C 25.5
That should work, might be slightly tight but I normally play with fairly tight strings as well.
These strings are great have a sharper sound with metal and fast playing less hum 🖕👍🤘 METAL
7 string owner here :L i was almost offended by your little joke there....almost....
That’s what I’m here for; making jokes and offending musicians.
We have nothing against 7 string guitars. We just don’t use them. 8 and 9 string… don’t get me started hahaha
I love these strings I use the 7 strings 11-65 set!!!!
Nice. Yeah we’ve pretty much switched all of our instruments to them 👍🏻
@@DawnofExistence yes anytime I'm drop tuning these are my go to I've went through so many sets of strings but ya once I found these it's all I use!!
I tune to drop A or drop c!!
Both are great tunings. I think I prefer Drop C between the two.