Can the bass be dropped to C
 

I have always wondered if bassists drop down to C. If they do wouldn't it sound too floppy the string. It would be like elastic bands.

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You can but it wouldn't sound very good.

They would just have to buy thicker gauge strings, to keep tension and sound right.

Let me change my original response. Typically bands that tune in C don't sound very good.

I Wrestled a Bear Once is one example.

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get a five string and tune up. if you have little strings it doesn't jack with the neck. That's what my old bassist did when we used to tune to C standard. Then we had a guy with a four string that tuned all the strings down...and honestly I don't remember it being too bad.

But now we tune to B and have no bassist....or second guitarist..... :(

its sounds muddy if you drop it down to a C and bands that use them are the ones that cant play together lol use a stuido and a bass drum for that if you even need it

...What the fuck man? GTFO, or get informed.

+1

I still don't get what the bass drum is for. :confused:

I'm sure it can be dropped to C... but it would probably sound like an elephant with diarrhea.

Edit : Post 3,333 :p

...Dudes are you fucking bullshitting?

The Arch-Enemy Fucker tunes down to C am I right?

well, even if he does, screw it, they don't sound that great anyway.

Arch Enemy's bassist is useless.

yep I tune up to a flat on my six string.

Sabbath tuned in C cuz tonni's missin fingers