How hard do you hit'em? Guitarstrings..

[AndrewB]

When I need to play harder, I pick closer to the bridge. There's more tension, so the tuning isn't affected, and it still sounds aggressive.

 

[greyskull]

Like A Boss

 

[Lucas D'Angelo]

I hit the strings very hard . I can't see how it could sound good for metal any other way ! It does suck for tuning though, especially in drop tunings, which is why I'm switching to heavier gauge soon

 

[LeSedna]

The guitar by essence cannot be in tune for all notes, you will eventually have tuning problems a way or another during a recording.

I still prefer hearing someone playing hard (but controlled) even if it's slightly out of tune for a 1/10 of seconds. If it's too much, do punch ins.

 

[greyskull]

I actua.ly bought some of theose new dunlop Strings which are Like all "ughhhhh Im brootalz strings UGHHHHH"
They are excellent for down tuning (drop c Sharp) They don't go BAAUUUUUUOOOOOO like others strings in around that gauge!

 

[Soundlurker]

I got 0.74 strings for my baritone (I play drop-A and standard-B and used to have 0.60 for that). SO MUCH BETTER gmfsdkgfds. It feels and sounds awesome compared to the 0.60s.

 

[kaomao]

Well my advice for down tuning (C or B tuning) is buy a long scale guitar (26.5"), this way you don't have to buy huge ass strings (they loose attack) and the sound is always good and tight!

cheers