Guitar Setup for Low Tunings | Guitar Tech Tips | Ep. 29 | Thomann
Make sure to go through these setup steps, when tuning your guitar down. You’ll need thicker strings and you’ll have to adjust a few things on the guitar itself. Watch the video to learn all about it.
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Our related videos:
-String change: https://youtu.be/m5VGXTkK1aE
-Nut setup: https://youtu.be/Z-uxEydowio
-Neck setup: https://youtu.be/1kEiYJ1kvIM
-Intonation setup: https://youtu.be/77NGb0rg8cI
-Bridge setup: https://youtu.be/6_SUpMcB118
-Pickup height: https://youtu.be/ubEvC_PWgx0
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 String change
1:17 Check the nut
2:45 Check the neck relief
3:09 Bridge setup
3:19 Pickup adjustment
3:37 Time for a test ride
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U should only push the nut files forward. Pushing then pulling actually destroys the teeth and causes them to become dull.
I bought beefy slinkys before watching this video but im not sure if my strings sit properly in my nut, what would be the best way to tell they need filed?
Ive got a 339 I play tuned to C# std. I use the magnum slinky's that's pretty close to what you're using in this video.
2:24 big gulp
What about nut height for heavier strings like 12-60. I feel like a stock Gibson nut, that is short, isn't ideal for NYXL 12-60 DD strings. Any thoughts?
What a pointless video. "You might have to make an adjustment here, either raise it or lower it" oh, no sht?? Lol care to go into the nuances??
I'm fixing to put on a set of. 10/ 52 on. My. Jackson. I'm going. For. The. Drop d. Low. Tone. Sound. Zakk wylde uses. It in alot of his music.
11's and a drop pedal so I can do low turnings without giving up the ability to tune to standard generally. I don't have enough guitars to have a dedicated drop tuned setup atm.
String joy all the way on every guitar…. They are the best out there
Drop B not C on .056 Guage ????
Just put my 7 String ( 26.5' ) with 11-49 + 74 and its great for Drop G!
Had to file the nut for the Low B but all great!
How would this apply with a locking nut?
I have this squire Jazzmaster that i love to play in Drop B, D and some open tunings
I want to learn this for myself because I feel super frustrated having to go back and forth to the guitar shop
Excelent video!! But, what about the intonation? As far as I know if you drop the tuning, you need to re intone your instrument (Usually taking the saddles backward). I have an epiphone Les Paul with tune o matic bridge where the range to move forward or backward the sandles is shorter than other bridges, so, If I wanna go even lower. Is it possible? Or Do I just refrain from doing so? 😛
Hi! I'm wanting to tune my guitar into drop A#. I was considering thicker strings and am fully ready to file down the nut. If I get thicker strings, would there be any complication tuning the strings back into E standard?
If your like me, buy better strings and accomplish the same thing with an Oxy-Acetelyne torch tip cleaner, instead of those expensive ass files. These assholes want your money, so of course they will have some excuse why you shouldnt listen to my advice. Ernie Balls are ok, but D'addario's are better.
Can i do the same for Jackson JS 22-7
pro-tip: Ernie ball also makes the same exact set of strings but with a .22w instead of a .24p for your 3rd string, imo it sounds much nicer. The set is called "Magnum Slinky"
Thank mate
No one ever shows how to do it EG file the nut and you also mentioned the biggest factor once you file the nut that’s it.
Again cheers
Check the intonation after this
F standard for 8 string guitar
10-74 (Ernie Ball 2629)
Scale length: 27'
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how did iommi do it with banjo strings? have you ever seen a fukn banjo string? lay a needle on it's side and its half as thin as that.
I moved to an .80 on my 7 string since I stay in drop g most the time and I’ve found that the .80 sounds really dead, it doesn’t really resonate when playing frets 1-8 past that it starts to resonate better the more I go
10 through 52 for E standard abdcD stabsard (all strings tubed down 2 semitones)
11 through 54 (i think but not sure just know 11 is highest pitch for the E4 string and had at least .003 hogher gauge as the low E2 string but def bellow 58) is wgat i use sinetines when going to mostly tune DOWN 2 semi tones to D standard and definitely if any farther down the thickness was needed especially for boast bears tibsiund good onstead if wailing on a worm at 250 bpm 16th notes (just iver 16 notes per second)
1 note per sexong being 60bpm 4th notes (quarter notes since each quarter note has a "value" of 1)
So at 120bpm quater notes is 2 notes per second.
Also since quarer notes at 60 bom os 1 note oer second…60bpm at 8th notes is 2 notes per second…16th notes 60 bpm 4 notes/second….32nd notes 60 bpm 8 notes per second…64th notes 60 bpm is 16 notes per second…124th notes at 60bpm is 32 notes per second
Or can go up on bpm from 4th notes at 60 bpm is 1 note per second..
4th notes at 120 bpm is 2 notes oer second….4th notes at 240 bpm is 4 notes per second….4th notes at 480 bpm is 8 jotes per second..4th notes at 960 bpm is 16 notes per second…4th notes at 1920bpm is 32 notes per second
Obviously WHY they use a mox of both like 8th notes at 240 which is 8 notes oer second…oe about fastest guitarist hotting jotes is around 20 jotes per second on siecigic sibgs in siecific recirdung of most 19 beats/second, 20 beats per second abd i believe 1 or 2 examples of 22 notes per second during a few bars but bever enrire section…
20 beats per second would be 16th notes (4x per quarter notes) at 300 bpm (5x 60 bpm with 1 note per second)
love video but one string at a time sir
How you know which file to get?
now I need a tutorial where u leave the guitar with a 10 gauge set and set it up from there XD
Yo this is great! I have in drop tuning all my guitars. May I ask, which string gauge should I use if I want to drop a mustang? I want to have it in standard tuning but I'd like to drop it to drop D and "lazy" drop B (B A D G B E). I'm locking the bridge ofc.
12-54 standard e tuning on all my les pauls! Never adjusted the nut, works perfectly, just need to tweak the truss rod a tad bit.
Both of my 6 string guitars use Ernie Ball "Not Even Slinky" Cobalt (12-56)
One is in Drop B, and the other is in Drop C. I've been toying with the idea of changing to the "Mammoth Slinky" (12-62) for my Drop B guitar.
I use Ernie Ball "Slinky" Cobalt (10-62) for my 7 string, tuned to A-standard.
Push in to the limit
ASMR folks will thoroughly enjoy the sound of you working that string wrapper.
what is that riff? sounds familiar! killswitch engage? god forbid?
11-50 for C# standard and C standard. 11-52 or 13-56 for B standard. 10.5-48 for E, Eb, and D.
As we suggest a string gauge, we need to also state what scale length we suggest it for. What works well on a 25.5 scale length (Strat) might be too loose on a 24.75 (Les Paul). Just saying…
12s for DropC? I use 11s for B Standard ???????? but maybe it depends on the Style of music you are plaing. Maybe this chuggy chuggy modern metal music needs more stringtension like lets say Doom, Stoner, Sludge stuff where it is a benifit for me if i can bend/vibrato Powerchords and stuff like that ????????
If you are low on budged save your money for the files…you can file the nut down with the strings itself, too. Not that professional maybe..but works for me ????
Question: can you just use the string itself to file the nut so it fits the gauge? it is probably not as precise
But…what about scale lengths of different tunings, and intonating?
Need an episode on widening and not lowering the nut.
My customers always comeback. I have the feel brotherrr
i use the ernie ball super slinky strings for drop d tuning, E standard and eb tunings
So switching back and forth between various tunings with the same strings may be OK to try new tunings out but it's probably best to choose a single guitar setup in the long-run depending on the tuning?
Burly slinky 11-52 🙂
i used not even slinkys for drop c