what is your tuning & strings gauge ?

[lelahel]

here is the clip:
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/ess1.mp3?w=86f8d183
only one take, the drums aren't mixed yet, and there is no bass
it is ltd-mh400 emg81/85 with 60 strings in C
what you think?

 

[Erratic]

Link doesn't work mate.

 

[Jordon]

PRS Custom 22: .012, .017, .024p, .036, .050, .060 in A# F A# D# F A#
PRS SE One: .012, .017, .024p, .036, .050, .060 in A# F A# D# G# C#
PRS Mushok Baritone .013, .018, .024p, .042, .054, .072 in A E A D G A

I'm weird though, I like an odd combination of tight and loose, even for different tunings. In drop A, I get along better with tighter strings on the baritone for some reason. It's all a feel thing, I suppose.

 

[Wolfeman]

like C-G-C-G-C-E ?

do you play hi-gain/metal stuff tuned this way?
The 2nd string must be fucking tighter than the other strings, no?

CGCGCE
And a step down. Stole it from Devin Townsend.

 

[zirkonflex]

25.5 scale 7's in G# -> 13 to 72
24.7 scale 6's in C#/drop B -> 13 to 62 (my favourite string gauge/tuning)
25.5 scale 6's in E to C# -> 12 to 52

I can span a lot of tunings doing it like this.

 

[lelahel]

Link doesn't work mate.

http://soundcloud.com/user6848636/ess2

 

[lelahel]

24.7 scale 6's in C#/drop B -> 13 to 62 (my favourite string gauge/tuning)


I can span a lot of tunings doing it like this.

what is your brand?

 

[Trevoire520]

Drop D
Ibanez SZ2066 with EMG 81/85
Sometimes I buy a 7 string set and use the bottom and top 3, so I'm going 9-54 or something like that. But they're a it expensive, so I think I'm gonna move to Dunlop 10-52's to save some cash.

 

[JeffTD]

Stinnett C6 custom and Schecter C-1 Stealth (TOM bridges) - 10-52 (10, 13, 17, 28, 38, 52)
Fender Telecaster - 10-46 (standard guages)

All gtrs in E standard. I use the heavier bottom strings on the TOM loaded guitars because I pick things out of tune more often on those due to the bridge being higher off the body, and the relatively thinner strings on the Tele help to retain some of that classic Tele smack/twang that I've nearly negated with humbuckers.

 

[zirkonflex]

what is your brand?

D'Addario appears to rape most other strings, so I'd have to go with them.
They're also (somewhat) affordable and versatile for different pickups.

/The guitar on my avatar actually is D'Addario 13-62's equipped (24 scale).

 

[Fandus]

ESP horizon nt-II

Drop A#

.70 .52 .36 .22p .17 .13 D'addario.

make sure you re-adjust all the relevant hardware on a string guage increase. fairly obvious to most of you but i know of people who run massively dropped tunings with fatter than normal strings and the guitar is still set up for standard!

 

[XxSicRokerxX]

Standard D (1 whole-step down) 11-54 Ernie ball

 

[pattonfreak1]

Guitar : Schecter 8 string
Tuning : F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E
Gauge : .74-.58-.48-.38-.28-.18p-.14-.11

 

[nialldoran]

Epiphone les paul with the emg 81, 85 set up, always play standard C with 11-54s, currently testing beefy slinkys, they are ok but im sure there is better for me

 

[lelahel]

Guitar : Schecter 8 string
Tuning : F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E
Gauge : .74-.58-.48-.38-.28-.18p-.14-.11

what genre do u play? do u have some clips?

 

[PhilR]

Guitar: DIY kit-built Les Paul copy
Tuning: DGCFAD / CGCFAD
Strings: .11/.15/.22/.30/.42./.54

 

[Flat Fifth Fury]

I'm in D standard with my 25 1/4" scale Jacksons using 10-56 DR Tite-fit.

 

[pattonfreak1]

what genre do u play? do u have some clips?

The genre is metal. not sure how to classify other than that.

http://www.box.net/shared/7atengpj8m

this is a real quick diddy i whipped up the day I got my 8 string just to test it out. Mix sucks but you get the idea.

 

[Erratic]

Fuck that so makes me wanna have an 8-strings even though I wouldn't even know how to approach it, heck just having a 7 strings in my hand I'm fucked...

 

[Harry Hughes]

9-46+59 on my Ibanez RG7421 (7 string guitar)
9-42+56 on my Schecter Hellraiser C-7

When I played 6 strings, it was E standard. I still use the same tuning now, just with the added low B string.