danielgrind Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hello everyone, i use my gibson lespaul standar and an sg standar to play death metal, and now i want to tune them to dropped G (G C G C E A). To achive the correct tension i´m using 7th strings sets. My question is if there is a problem using this big gauges in my lespaul? the gauges are as follows: .011 - .015 - .022 - .030 - .040 - .050 - .065, and i don´t use the .011, only from .015 - .022 - .030 - .040 - .050 - .065. Thanx, Gibson Rules!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Hmm...there shouldnt be a problem at all...it would just sound lighter at lighter gauges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba_leon Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Intonation can present a problem, because most guitars are set up for standard tuning out of the plant. You would have to intonate your guitars according to the open tunings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Do Death Metal players actually tune their guitars?......HYYYYooOoooOo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Do Death Metal players actually tune their guitars?......HYYYYooOoooOo! muahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielgrind Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanx for the answers guys!!, exept deepblue lol, please listen to meshuggah, maybe that will open your mind for a better life and smarter post replies. lol. Well yeah intonation can be a problem but i take care of that calibrating my guitar carefully. You can´t imagine how the sustain feels in dropped g when you play open. I have only felt that with a lespaul. Thanx again Look at this deepblue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YEqmIIdj8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solacematt Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Do Death Metal players actually tune their guitars?......HYYYYooOoooOo! uhm, yea seriously, it takes as much skill to play death metal as it does blues or jazz. laugh all you want, it does. I have a good friend who played death metal for years in the bands Malevolent Creation, Divine Empire, Raped Ape, Wynjara, etc. and that same guy also plays jazz and blues. Not only that, he's actually is the world's best unsigned blues guitarist. As for the thing about tuning. Learning right hand control is essential as well as far as holding the tuning. Use 12 gauge strings. I never had to reintonate or set my guitar up for tuning to standard A or G and no, it didn't throw my guitar out of whack either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Thanx for the answers guys!!' date=' exept deepblue lol, please listen to meshuggah, maybe that will open your mind for a better life and smarter post replies. lol. Well yeah intonation can be a problem but i take care of that calibrating my guitar carefully. You can´t imagine how the sustain feels in dropped g when you play open. I have only felt that with a lespaul. Thanx again Look at this deepblue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YEqmIIdj8 [/quote'] Give them something more... [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrqaqXdaDPs&feature=related[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowb5str Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Hello everyone' date=' i use my gibson lespaul standar and an sg standar to play death metal, and now i want to tune them to dropped G (G C G C E A). To achive the correct tension i´m using 7th strings sets. My question is if there is a problem using this big gauges in my lespaul? the gauges are as follows: .011 - .015 - .022 - .030 - .040 - .050 - .065, and i don´t use the .011, only from .015 - .022 - .030 - .040 - .050 - .065. Thanx, Gibson Rules!!!![/quote'] Have you used D'addario's string gauge calculator to check the tension is maintained from your original gauge set? I'm dropping a non-Gib Explorer to C-Nat (i.e. two whole steps), and I had to run two full check calculations to make sure I was buying the right next set of strings. My target was not only correct tone, but also maintaining neck tension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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