How do you tune?

[phatduckk]

I hear it's a bitch to play scales like that. How do you do it?

you need a 43 string bass to really be able to pull that off well. fanned frets, the works

 

[Leftybassist]

Anybody tune BEAD on their 4 string? What are some good ways to do this?

 

[Surly]

Anybody tune BEAD on their 4 string? What are some good ways to do this?

I've done it, but not on my 'Ray. Got heavier guage strings on a Yamaha and was able to pull it off.

 

[GreyDad]

You don't have to be Michael Manring to experiment! One of my favorite tunings I used was DADA. I was playing for a blues / rock player at the time in a trio and he wrote this line for a particular song he wanted me to play exactly. No room for improvising. And as a good bass player I immediately thought of how I could play something different and still play it. The song was only on the D and A strings so I tuned down the E and G strings and played on two strings at a time the whole song. In effect it was kind of like the sound of an 8 string bass with an octave pair. It also didn't sound so thin, as simple bass lines tend to in a trio (especially during a solo). Everyone was happy and it sounded great.

Well, that's cool. I did f*rt around with drop D for a while once but must admit being a busy corporate executive ha ha (and not in a guitar company ) never had the time to wander into exotic tunings. Maybe I'll give it a go. There is one of MM's songs I would dearly love to play but I can't find the tuning or any info/tab on it. I've got gist of the main melody but not all the tricky harmonics This may be my entry point to odd tunings... although it would be embarassing to find out it's all in standard tuning

 

[Psycho Ward]

I tune GDAE.

 

[1Echo]

I tune GDAE.

You lefties just do everything backwards, don't you?

 

[Jodizzle]

If your response is typed in all caps, there is a filter on here that switches it to lower case TO AVOID HAVING TO READ PARAGRAPHS AND POSTS WITH ALL CAPITALS BECAUSE THAT IS JUST IRRIRATING AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO READ REPLIES LIKE THIS

Everytime I read something in caps my internal reading voice elevates decibals .. though I'm just reading to myself....
WEIRDO!! hehe
Standard tuning for me 90% of the time

 

[Micolao]

DADG 99% of the time.

 

[Alz®]

That's rad dude........Hipshot would be outta business if everyone did that! No hang on.....they will launch a de- flat-tuna!!!

 

[Alz®]

or how about IFKAD (Item Formally known as Detuna!)? a la AFKAP / Symbol / Prince whatever the hell he is called nowadays. YAWN