What Do You Compormise When Going To E Flat? |
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Mar 29 2009, 10:52 AM
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the 22th fret?
the 22th fret? -------------------- Don't just play it. Feel it!
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Mar 29 2009, 10:56 AM
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but you gain the -1 fret so im not sure its that important. you can bend to it anyways
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Mar 29 2009, 11:08 AM
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And basicly in Eb tuned guitar (theoreticly) you would need the Eb note, to be the highest, rather than E - Minor 2nd is hardly a desired interval to hear for natural harmonics etc. so the downtuning kinda solves the range-issue by itself.
Even, if you needed it, just hold the 1st fret on high e string and do tap harmonic 24 frets up. It will be slightly off the neck, but its still doable EDIT: Regarding post #5 There is a slight change in tension. The strings are looser. Also the intonation might get screwed up by the downtuning (12+ frets are not in tune) - especially, if you have Floyd Rose (or similiar floating bridge) equipped guitar This post has been edited by Jakub Luptovec: Mar 29 2009, 11:10 AM -------------------- my youtube account with riffs and ideas: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phoenygzus
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. I don't think there really is a "best" tuning per say it all depends on the feel of the song and personal preference. I know Lian, Marcus Lavendell and Marus Siepen all use Half-Step down tuning in some of their lessons.
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Mar 29 2009, 12:33 PM
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You can probably compromise your guitar setup, so it needs to be adjusted, specially if you have floating bridge.
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Mar 29 2009, 01:37 PM
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If you do the setup on your guitar for that tuning , you shouldn't be loosing anything really...Tone difference is not that big and many bands play in this tuning.
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Mar 29 2009, 08:10 PM
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1: All scales moved one step up.
2: re-set springs, intonation. If you're doing it to maintain your vibrato with a higher gauge, I'd say it's not worth it. |
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Mar 29 2009, 10:24 PM
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Thats why a lot of bluesmens did this:) Not only Eb minor sounds more bluesy then E minor, the smaller string tension also allowed to those as SRV to make those huge bends (2 whole tones IIRC).
Another thing is, that this allows you to use thicker strings (but thats more the case of D standart and lower...). SRV is one of the examples again:P I heard somewhere, he used 14's? Not sure now tho... What I know is that the tension destroyed his hands in the end.  PS: Dont know why, but Eb5 is much heavier than E5 IMO:)) This post has been edited by Jakub Luptovec: Mar 29 2009, 10:32 PM -------------------- my youtube account with riffs and ideas: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phoenygzus
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Mar 30 2009, 05:44 PM
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what is overrated, might I ask?
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Mar 30 2009, 05:58 PM
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All of my guitars are in this tuning since more than 20 years, trust me, you don't lose anything!
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