Anyone Tune a 7-String As a 6?

[TSJMajesty]

Don't want to spam @TSJMajesty 's thread with dumb anecdotes,

No worries at all!

 

[woody]

Over a decade ago I moved to another city and as I was young and bored I searched for a new band. A hardcore band invited me to a practice and their guitarist (I was to replace) was there (he came 30min too late, though). He opened his case and kinda awkwardly I was like "Oh, you've got a 7 string. I don't have one.". So their drummer chimed in "Just so you know, he did not want a 7 string. He just did not notice in store, that it had 1 string more. So he just tunes the B string to D (D Standard) as well."

Sounded shit. But it's worth a try, I guess?

 

[mbenigni]

Anybody want to make a "Worst auditions you had?" thread in the rant area?

I was the worst part of all the worst auditions I've had, so I might want to sit that one out LOL.

Maybe it would sound really cool to have a string that is just an octave under your 6th. IIRC the guy in my story did not do that. He just doubled it as the same. Who has a 7string with a thick enough B string to tune it to Drop E while having a normal 7 string tuning on everything else and can do some recordings?

I've got a 7 string RG around here somewhere that I tuned to NST (CGDAEG) and then put a low F on the 7th. I had to bore the hole in the tuning machine out so I could fit a light bass string through it. But I never played it much - 7 string guitars aren't comfortable for me in general (I'm a whimp) and keeping a 7 with a low F and a Floyd set up properly is... challenging.

 

[mbenigni]

"The extra string is for opening bottles."

 

[mbenigni]

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[Progressive_disclosure]

I did back in high school before I got a 7, we were doing some Korn and Fear Factory covers in A standard so I tuned by Strat ADGCFA and skipped the high D. I wish I could find the DVD of our band practice back in the day so I could display how fucking terrible that sounded due to not using thicker strings/single coils/teenager.

I’d consider dropping one of your 6’s down to C or D standard, you’ve got a 7-string now and another 6-string, that’s technically 2 guitars in standard tuning, might as well drop one down and then you’re only doing half/whole step changes with the VC.

This is what I’ve tried to do, but it feels like I’m always second guessing it. 7 string in drop-A but is fairly easy to get to B, and can play standard stuff on it if the lowest string isn’t in the way. Then my PRS is in D standard but can be put to drop-C. Add a strat in standard that I’m thinking of putting in Eb. I should be able to cover most things with a VC up or down one/two steps but feels like I always have to work for it. No room for additional guitars here so this is what I have to work with.

 

[BahamaDada]

This is TGF. All the OT Police hang at TOP.

You misspelled Musiker-Board

 

[CBHScott]

That carried over to my first 6 string bass which also was tuned B E A D F♯ B E.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

Copy n paste mistake shoulda been B E A D F♯ B