What tuning do you most enjoy using?

[Dick Rott]

What is your personal favorite tuning? (for those who actually play guitar/bass). Not asking what your favorite band uses, I mean what you actually use.

Mine is D standard. Is nice and heavy, but retains the clarity and tightness of E standard.

 

[Episteme]

D standard for me. My band plays Bodom, Death, Symphony X and Opeth(I know Opeth use standard and the occasional drop D) covers. Plus I think it's nice and heavy but without extreme floppiness of the strings.

 

[Spod2508]

Eb would have to be mine. Dunno why, just most of the stuff I play seems to sound better when it's played with that tuning.

But much heavier stuff always sounds better in C

 

[Hewy80]

I like Db it doesnt get muddy like the low B and shit but its got some serious balls!

 

[Silverhaze]

Eb for me too, although I do have one tuned to C# for those doomy moments.

 

[the alumnus]

right now i prefer e standard, but i would like to get a 7 string guitar tuned to b standard, and play at the gates songs.

 

[DecTV]

Mainly C# for heavier material and D for the slightly lighter songs.

 

[MightyDrynwhyl]

i like E, F, C# and Bb on occasion

 

[Dick Rott]

 

[Metal is Religion]

standard for me. all of the songs ive written are like that, but when i want something heavy as isht, i go do C

 

[Lethe78]

I generally use standard tuning. I just don't like de-tuning my guitars.

 

[[KOTNO]Narrot]

e standart...feel no need to change!

 

[Immortal Death]

D Standard... ALWAYS.

 

[xenophobe]

Depends... I have diff guitars tuned differently... I normally practice with E, Eb, Db, Drop Db... That's really about it.

 

[Kate Bush Rules!]

Drop-D. You can play lots of interesting riffs. Contrary to popular opinion, you can do more than just play powerchords.

Otherwise i use standard tuning or my own tunings like
DGDGAD

I don't really see the point in tuning to D standard or C standard. I only use them when learning other people's stuff like QOTSA or CoB. I don't think that tuing your guitar down is an instant shortcut to heaviness.

 

[Rottuated]

E standard so far. I kind of like D standard, but E is my favorite.

 

[Thrash Metal Tormentor]

Mine is D standard. Is nice and heavy, but retains the clarity and tightness of E standard.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[AjDeath]

D standard, one day I decided to learn all the songs off of The SOund of Perseverence and tuned to what they did, playing my songs in the band that way just sounded right, so that is all I tune to now, I also put 9's on my Les Paul DC, I like my strings spongy, very spongy!

 

[Dick Rott]

9's? I use nothing less than 11-52's

 

[Ravenous Enemy]

Normally I like E standard but I also like Drop -D and use that for most RATM songs. If I can be arsed to play something heavy or groovy (Spiritual Beggars) I like tuning to C standard. I also have some weird tunings that I made up. Hmmm.... should I share them with you? Well, one is keeping the guitar in E standard and then tuning the bottom E string to the VERY low G, that's good, and there's tuning the bottom E and A strings both to G an octave appart. Also I like the tuning (from top to bottom) D A F# C F# C. That's excellent.