Drop D on the Fly w/ Petrucci???

[Hendog]

Can I drop D on the fly with a Petrucci??? I cannot do it with my Ibanez because the floating trem sends all the other strings out of tune.

I'm in a cover band and some songs are drop D and some are standard tuning. And I need a tremolo for some standard tuning songs and some drop D songs. What the hell am I supposed to do!?!

 

[Oh3AreSicks]

I do. I have to tune my D and G strings slightly. No one would probably notice but I can. haha I can't do it with my Ibanez guitars either. But it's possible with the Petrucci.

 

[the24thfret]

It a floating trem guitar, so no.

 

[MikeVt]

Right - just like with your Ibanez, you'd have to block the trem to drop to D without sending the other strings out of whack. That's the nature of a floating trem...

Mike

 

[V_S]

You can block the tremolo in a few seconds with the tremolno (Tremol-No™). Another few seconds for drop D. That's how I do it on my JP.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

You can block the tremolo in a few seconds with the tremolno (Tremol-No™). Another few seconds for drop D. That's how I do it on my JP.

+1. been doing it for years, works great and takes 2 seconds to do.

 

[eudaimonia]

My experience is the same as the others'. If I drop D, I need to retune a few times before everything adjusts.

 

[leftyguitarblue]

I've noticed that if you do it on the fly, your E, A, and D will stay in tune fir the most part, but your other 3 strings will go out of tune.

 

[YtseJam92]

I do it all the time and it requires no more than two tunings after. If you think about it; two tunings is nothing for a floating trem.

 

[zyx345]

Morpheus Drop Tune Pedal

Not sure if it was mentioned around here but theres a new pedal coming out called the Morpheus Drop Tune which is supposed to accurately drop your tuning a 1/2 step at a time with no latency. Looks interesting, and will be priced around $199. I believe Sweetwater will be carrying it.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcDvSq1pFjA"]YouTube - Morpheus DropTune Guitar Pedal Summer NAMM Demo[/ame]

 

[Astrofreq]

Just buy a second guitar to leave in D. Easiest answer right there.

 

[Dead-Eye]

Not sure if it was mentioned around here but theres a new pedal coming out called the Morpheus Drop Tune which is supposed to accurately drop your tuning a 1/2 step at a time with no latency. Looks interesting, and will be priced around $199. I believe Sweetwater will be carrying it.

Not really suitable for what is asked here though, as it changes the whole guitar, not just one string.

 

[zyx345]

Not really suitable for what is asked here though, as it changes the whole guitar, not just one string.

Right, but still applicable.

 

[peat]

tremol-no here as well

i bought it exactly for this reason
it also gives a little more sustain, stability and solidness of feel when its locked
also you can do double stops with out going out of tune

 

[MusicManJP6]

Not sure if it was mentioned around here but theres a new pedal coming out called the Morpheus Drop Tune which is supposed to accurately drop your tuning a 1/2 step at a time with no latency. Looks interesting, and will be priced around $199. I believe Sweetwater will be carrying it.

YouTube - Morpheus DropTune Guitar Pedal Summer NAMM Demo

Now THAT is cool...

 

[Josh O]

That certainly is a wild pedal if it really does work as advertised. I'm thinking of going Tremel-No on my BFR JP6 unless there is some other safe way (ie no body damage) and easily reversible way to blocking the trem.

 

[RedRadRocker]

JP7 Stealth tuned to A-D-A-D-G-B-E would be more fun!

 

[beej]

That certainly is a wild pedal if it really does work as advertised. I'm thinking of going Tremel-No on my BFR JP6 unless there is some other safe way (ie no body damage) and easily reversible way to blocking the trem.

Another easy way is to put a block of wood, plastic, etc. in the trem cavity between the trem block and the cavity wall. I used to do this on my Floyded guitars. I'd use a wood block the right size and some two sided tape to hold it in place. Cheap and reversible.

 

[MikeVt]

Another easy way is to put a block of wood, plastic, etc. in the trem cavity between the trem block and the cavity wall. I used to do this on my Floyded guitars. I'd use a wood block the right size and some two sided tape to hold it in place. Cheap and reversible.

+1. This is exactly what I did. A block of wood or a stack of washers, held in place with duct tape. Worked like a charm for years and was totally stable.

Mike

 

[Josh O]

good looking out everyone, I'll have to try that