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2006-12-16, 03:30
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Random question
I couldn't find anything about it anywhere on the net so I figured I'd ask here..
What the hell is standard tuning for a seven string bass?
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2006-12-16, 03:54
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you can tune it however you please, but i believe most 5+ string players still tune to perfect 4ths like on the 4 string. any of you 5+ string guys have an opinion on this? subsonic6string im looking in your direction.
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2006-12-16, 05:14
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Well..I play a six..I tune at BEADGC..I'm just mostly curious about that extra string
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2006-12-16, 23:04
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6 lvl 80's sucka.
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beadgcf
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2006-12-18, 13:37
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I think the other common tuning for a 7 string is to have an extra low string instead of an extra high string:
F#, B E A D G C
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2006-12-18, 22:45
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6 lvl 80's sucka.
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you usually only see that on an 8+
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2006-12-19, 10:03
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Okay.
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Try visiting www.activebass.com
If I'm looking for any bass related information, I always check that site out, it has TONS of shit.
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God, the Japanese are so weird. This HAS to be the long term effects of the atom bombs. No one is that weird on purpose.
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
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2006-12-19, 12:42
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2006-12-27, 14:27
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I think the other common tuning for a 7 string is to have an extra low string instead of an extra high string:
F#, B E A D G C
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As far as I'm aware, 7's are custom basses, so you can get either the extra low (F#) or the extra high (F). Personally, I'd go with the higher F, but that's only because I tune so low anyway (my low B is actually at G#, my E is dropped to
B, etc.) Hope this helps.
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2007-03-13, 00:52
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Okay.
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I think the other common tuning for a 7 string is to have an extra low string instead of an extra high string:
F#, B E A D G C
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Man, that would be a fucking low note...turn your amp up to 7 and it'll blow the hair off your balls 
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Chances are there have been Irish in every corner of the world, no matter how remote. Our semen is listed in the World Health Organisation's Big Book of Pestilential Materials.
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God, the Japanese are so weird. This HAS to be the long term effects of the atom bombs. No one is that weird on purpose.
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
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2007-03-13, 01:39
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6 lvl 80's sucka.
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Man, that would be a fucking low note...turn your amp up to 7 and it'll blow the hair off your balls |
actually, unless you have an accugroove, whappo grande, youll destroy your speaker, and not really hear anything other than a flatulent brrupp sound.
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2007-03-13, 02:55
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Okay.
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actually, unless you have an accugroove, whappo grande, youll destroy your speaker, and not really hear anything other than a flatulent brrupp sound.
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Yeah that's true, I think a low A is the lowest note audible to the human ear...any lower than that and I think you would just feel it.
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Chances are there have been Irish in every corner of the world, no matter how remote. Our semen is listed in the World Health Organisation's Big Book of Pestilential Materials.
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God, the Japanese are so weird. This HAS to be the long term effects of the atom bombs. No one is that weird on purpose.
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The slams in that song always kill me. First time I heard that song I was like "Too much heaviness - brain collapse" but now I could murder my family to that one
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2007-03-13, 11:12
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6 lvl 80's sucka.
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just dont try playing under a low A with any kind of force unless you can dish out the cash for a new speaker.
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2007-03-15, 04:18
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Yeah that's true, I think a low A is the lowest note audible to the human ear...any lower than that and I think you would just feel it.
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With Wetwork, we tune to C# then drop B. My low B is then at low G#. It's still audible at that point, but took one HELL of a lot of tweaking with the truss rods and bridge before I had the action and intonation correct. I wouldn't recommend going any lower than that, though.
I'm currently playing through an SWR 750X into 2 Yorkville 4x10 cabs and (amazingly) there's a ton of bottom end. It actually shook one t-bar support from the drop ceiling during a recent rehearsal!!! Thinking of switching the bottom cab to a 1x18 though, if I can find one I like.
Cheers.
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2007-03-23, 19:22
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lol, is there really a purpose to going that low? I and most other people I talk to are usually more impressed by fast, high end lines.
Nobody bitch at me for that or Ill stab you in the neck with a screwdriver
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2007-03-25, 02:20
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For me, I find that playing in C# drop B tuning is perfect for our music. I like having the low string so I can climb up to notes. Just worked out that way. Normally, though, I wouldn't recommend playing that low, as without spending weeks working on your neck, it'll sound (and feel) like well-cooked spaghetti!
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