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2006-05-02, 18:03
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Drop-A tuning problem
I just started tuning to Drop-A again to learn some more Nile stuff but i'm having a problem with tuning my second string (B in standard tuning) to F#. Can someone please tell me what fret I need to use with a tuner to tune it to F#? Any help would be appreciated.
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2006-05-02, 18:09
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I don't really understand the question.  With a tuner, just hit it open.
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2006-05-02, 18:30
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if youve got your lowest string tuned, fret seventh fret on it to get the next pitch.
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2006-05-02, 18:33
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My tuner doesnt have F# on it. Its a crappy little Korg tuner. With all the other strings I can hit it open cos the tuning is A E A D F# B so with the exception of the A and F# I just just hit them open but with the A I hold down the 7th fret and then tune it to 6E but I cant find the fret to use to make the G an F#.
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2006-05-02, 18:33
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Well, with the 2nd string it would be 3rd string on the fourth fret. Our the 4th string on the ninth. So, if you've got the G already tuned down for drop-A, it's the fourth fret you use to get the F#.
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2006-05-02, 18:57
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What gauge of strings are you using, Nephren-ka, just out of interest?
And my Korg GA-30 has never let me down. 
It even tunes seven strings no prob's, which was handy when I moved on to them. I get really aggro' changing strings and tuning. With one more, there's a 15.6% greater chance I'm gonna burst, isn't there? Not with that handy little tuner of mine.
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2006-05-02, 20:14
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Yeah just tune like to B like you would for Amon Amarth shit, then drop the low E an extra step. That's all there is to it.
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2006-05-02, 21:17
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fret the fourth fret on the third string and match the open second string with it
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2006-05-02, 21:28
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well tune it to B standard. that being tuning the 6 string to be and tuning the rest like a regular guitar (5-0-5-0-5-0-4-0-5-0). the second string will be the f#. then just drop the B to the drop A.
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2006-05-02, 23:00
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If it's one of those tuners that only reads EADGBe, the first fret on the 2nd string should register as a G.
As Death CS said, the intervals are standard
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