MM Silhouette (tuning from E to D#)

[rockmanhatn]

hey

So i have a tuning question. i have MM Silhouette and now i have two bands, one wit standard E tuning and one half step lower so D#. I would like to use MM in both bands. So my question is, what does that mean for vintage tremolo on my guitar? .Can i easily retune in or will i have any problems with tremolo? Im using EB (10 -46) strings.

i would really appreciate some insight.

Thanks

 

[mystixboi1]

I usually use my Hardtail why 2-D for dropping down I halfstep. I have no problems with the guitar adjusting but with trims of any kind it's a very different story. Although, I could be wrong. I just don't feel like dealing with tuning a trem guitar and anything other than standard

 

[ozzyrules]

I dropped D my 25th with 9's and had no problems. I'm using hybrid slinkys on my silo sp. No problems with 1/2 step tuning.


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[Tollywood]

Dropping down is no problem. You just have to adjust the tremolo spring claw screws to reset the tremolo back to the way like it. You would have to back each of them out a hair. I like it the way Luke has the Luke set up: one and a half steps of back pull at the 12th fret on the G string.

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[cerebrix]

if its high gain rock/metal stuff you're playing. just get a morpheus droptune.

i have way too many gigging friends that do that. audience has no idea its a pedal that does the drop tuning

its pretty amazing actually

 

[paranoid70]

For a half step its no big deal at all, I do it all the time with my Silhouettes. And I use 9s.

 

[fbecir]

Tune in D# and use a capo for E tuning

 

[DrKev]

Get a Tremol-no or second silhouette.

 

[Tollywood]

if its high gain rock/metal stuff you're playing. just get a morpheus droptune.

i have way too many gigging friends that do that. audience has no idea its a pedal that does the drop tuning

its pretty amazing actually

With all due respect, those drop tuning pedals sound just awful. I have the Whammy and it sounds so processed and muddy. I also checked out the morpheus and I was equally unimpressed. Maybe you can get away with playing 2 string power chords in drop D, but real chords sound very bad.

Again, this is not a dig at you, cerebix, but this is one of those pedals that you should try before you buy.

 

[Eric O'Reilly]

With all due respect, those drop tuning pedals sound just awful. I have the Whammy and it sounds so processed and muddy. I also checked out the morpheus and I was equally unimpressed. Maybe you can get away with playing 2 string power chords in drop D, but real chords sound very bad.

Again, this is not a dig at you, cerebix, but this is one of those pedals that you should try before you buy.

I agree totally Bryan, those pedals are for garage punk teens, inarticulate bunk. I always are tuned to E flat with 9s on floyd trem guitars and have no problems.

 

[Rachmaninoff]

i have MM Silhouette and now i have two bands, one wit standard E tuning and one half step lower so D#. I would like to use MM in both bands. So my question is, what does that mean for vintage tremolo on my guitar?

I'd block the tremolo and use the guitar as a fixed bridge one. Way easier to change tunings.

With all due respect, those drop tuning pedals sound just awful.

I agree. I tried some options, none of them worked. Not even close.

 

[Firesource]

If your trem is floating you might experience some problems, but aside from that, it shouldn't be a problem. If your trem is resting on the body (only dive-bomb), it might operate a little stiffer than usual when you tune down, but it shouldn't affect tuning stability in any way.