drop tunings

drop tuning is a good way to turn melodies to power chord sequences. But there are different types of drop tunings such as drop d, c, c#, and eb. While they are all drop tuning, some people are saying that they are different. Same thing with e standard, d standard, and eb standard. Please clarify the difference aside from being half or one step down.

yes I am aware when I drop d, I used 10-46, but for drop c# I use 10-52

I drop-tune a lot, I have this one junk Ibanez Bass I got from a Pawn Shop, I took all the frets off it and put these super heavy Rotosounds on it 45-175, able to reach drop G or G#. I also got a Les Paul Koa that I run Ernie Ball Mammoth Slinkys on I do standard E tuning or drop C if I feel like it.

but my question is what are the differences between different drop tunings (besides from being a step down different). Same thing goes for e and eb

Are you thinking Drop tunings or Alternative tunings?

drop tunings, alternative tunings are diverse and have many differences I can understand, but I might want to ask the difference between open e and d, just like drop d and c

are we talking full alternate or just dropped? I mean, basic drop D has its routes in spanish classical and flamenco, man

DADGAD is an ALTERNATE tuning, Robert Fripp's tuning is really alternate... dropping a string a step and/or dropping the whole guitar incrementally? hardly revolutionary

just drop tunings, alternate tunings are way different

then this is very straight forward... you can either drop all strings incrementally (down a half step is very popular to this day and Iommi went a whole step down to lower the tension making i easier on his factory-accident injured fingers) or you can drop one string (drop D making a 1 finger D power chord with octave on the bottom 3 strings) or I'm sure what you're referring to is tuning to drop D and then taking everything down a step orso., what they call drop C, which unlike the name implies is actually a mixture of tuning down and drop D... At this pint, yes your strings will feel flappy, especially your bottom string. This is the point where a normal person would ask "why am I doing this?" in fact you may start to question why you play the guitar at all or even make music in the first place. As your limp strings flop impotently you may be tempted to apply to law school and make some real money..... but fear not, there is an answer. Heavier gauge strings will tune up to a normal feeling tension in drop C. The gauge needed is a matter ofpersonal taste and will require experimentation but a google search will provide some good starting points. The meatheaded djent lords got here long ago and unlocked the secrets. You will of course need to re-intonate this guitar for drop C and heavier strings or higher frets will sound 'out of tune' causing unintentionally unmelodious soloing that will likely awake cthulu from his slumber.

also what string gauge would you recommend for drop b

perhaps you were immune to the tenor of my response :-) Tuning below C2 on guitar can be done, but it will be stepping on the bassist. Below drop C you should consider a baritone guitar or fender bassVI just because an intermediate neck scale will intonate better at those lower frequencies. Some metal bands will have a guitar, a baritone and a 5 string bass it always seemed silly to me.... I always liked Peter Hook's use of the Bass VI the best and when Robert Smith breaks out the baritone its usually pretty cool.

I would probably suggest the lowest 6 strings of a 7-String kit, that ought to get you around 62-72 gauge. I personally use Ernie Ball Mammoth Slinkys 12-62 Gauge, I like them because they can handle E tuning but I can drop them down to C or C# without getting floppy.

You will of course need to re-intonate this guitar for drop C and heavier strings or higher frets will sound 'out of tune' causing unintentionally unmelodious soloing that will likely awake cthulu from his slumber.

Fellow Lovecraft fan?

I'm a 40 year old nerd, need I say more?

for drop b I am using a baritone

why didn't you say that? then you're good... this is tedious

Say, while we're on the subject, does anybody know what gauge of Bass strings could handle E tuning, but not get too muddy around C or C#? I'm thinking I might try a GHS 50-115 set but I was just wondering if anyone had experince in this area.

I dont know but for guitar i reccomend for drop c# 10-52 and drop c 11-54, I think the 10-52s work well in e