Follow It Home Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 This isnt really an epi question but still, I trust you guys. Can you have a dropped tuning with a locking trem. I would like a guitar with a locking trem, but I play almost exclusively in drop C and the rest of the time in drop D. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 If you tune the E string so the fine tuner set really low, you might be able back off it enought to hit drop D. Otherwise you can get something called a D-tuna. Dont know much about them, but i hear thats what they do. I'd give it a google and see what comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Sorry, I think I misunderstood your question. I read it as you wanting to drop to D on the fly...thinking from E. My bad. Disregard last post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn1281733995 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yes. I play in drop D often on my J@ckson. If you were to use drop C exclusively, you might have to adjust the spring tension on the trem to keep the bridge level. No biggy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follow It Home Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 how do you tune it that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 The same way you'd tune any other guitar. Open the locks on the nut, tune it down (adjusting the tremolo spring tension as required to keep the bridge level) then once it stabilizes re-tighten the nut locks. Uhhh... by the way... changing tunings from one to another on a FR-equipped guitar is not a wise idea. You pretty much want to stick with one tuning as it takes a fair amount of time to get things adjusted properly each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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