The Red Tuning.
Hello Mike, I have a question regarding "The Red"'s tuning. I know how to tune down to C# standard, the problem I have is in making it sound good. How do you do that? The lowest I've gone that still produced a well-sounding guitar was Drop C#. Anything below that sounds muddy and awful, and that includes D standard. How did you make your guitar sound good, despite the low tuning? Was it a specific range of gauged strings or what did you do to make it sound well?
# 1
Hey man! Great question:
Have you tried restringing your guitar with thicker strings? For the low tuned tutorials i will use around 52-13s. They sound much tighter than trying to detune with regular strings.
Also, as far as amp settings go, try reducing the pre-amp gain, as well as the low eq. I find that even just a little less of each really helps to tighten things up.
Lemme know if any of this helps, and keep rocking!
Mike
Have you tried restringing your guitar with thicker strings? For the low tuned tutorials i will use around 52-13s. They sound much tighter than trying to detune with regular strings.
Also, as far as amp settings go, try reducing the pre-amp gain, as well as the low eq. I find that even just a little less of each really helps to tighten things up.
Lemme know if any of this helps, and keep rocking!
Mike
Keep rockin!
Mike Olekshy
GT Guitar Coach
# 2
Thanks, I will try that. I didn't think you were using a baritone guitar, so I just wanted to know. I use regular slinky's, which might abet the muddy tones.
Thanks a bunch!
Thanks a bunch!
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