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Original message:484 days 5 hours 6 minutes ago

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Member: Grensley

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i would say 40% of the time i'm in drop d

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Reply:483 days 22 hours 33 minutes ago
Member: inablackout

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i'd rather tune the guitar to D-standard or just down a half step.

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Reply:483 days 14 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: ibzRG

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My RG recently got into drop D and it's staying there (floyd adjustments etc).
Itis 1 out of 4 axes... so I guess that is 25%. But only 3 of them are guitars so maybe it is 33%...

Accounting for my use of the axes and the tunings in them the percentage rises somewhat more. All guitars have D in the bottom (straight D on one, open G on the other and of course drop-D on the third), and the bass is a 5er so it has B in the bottom, although I rarely fret below D again.

D feels just right.

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Reply:483 days 13 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: highwaychile2121

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If I'm dropping, I'm gonna drop it to Drop C. Just gives it that heavier edge. As far as how often...I'd say 30-40%. I play standard in my band, but when I'm home, bored, and feel like playing some death metal, I drop it.

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Reply:483 days 9 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: Captain Fantastic

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I like to keep my guitars in drop D for all the tunes I write or perform that aren't in the key of Emaj or Emi. The only reason for this I suppose is wider spacing for the various chord inversions in the low end. And as far the "E" keys go, I'd rather hear the twang of the open 6th string tuned standard rather than fretting it somewhere else in an altered tuning.

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Reply:483 days 2 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: Hetjr

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25% of the time.

another 25% i'm in Dadgad

the rest of the time i'm in E standard or Eb standard.

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Reply:483 days 1 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: Grensley

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its gotten to the point that i switch so much that i know how far to turn my tuning mech.

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Reply:483 days 1 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: humstrat1

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I always play in standard, even for slide.

Reply:482 days 23 hours 5 minutes ago
Member: Fernando Gargantini

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In a "hard tail" guitar is easy to drop "on the run". But i like strats and it is a pain in the @#$ss to do this. So, when a need to use anything out of the usual intonation i play my Variax.

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Reply:482 days 4 hours 50 minutes ago
Member: Zombre

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Any of my Non-Floyd Guitars Drop-D happens a lot. On My Floyd'ed axes it's standard tuning, and on my 7 Strings, um... Standard tuning again. I haven't decided on a tuning for my fretless, so until then it's standard tuning there, too!

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Reply:482 days 3 hours 19 minutes ago
Member: Micah Amstutz

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99.99999% I'm in C#

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Reply:481 days 8 hours 17 minutes ago
Member: Chris

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10% and rising slightly. Been learning some tunes that use it. I bought a strat specifically to play half-step down stuff like SRV and Jimi, but I didnt like the guitar at all and fleabayed it. Like with gear, I have come full-circle and simplified. A buddy told me a long time ago that detuning really helps with singing/playing because it can make the chords a little easier. I started to do that and it really became a distraction - to all involved. But, the stop Wolfy can really handle re/de/drop tuning when I need it.

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Reply:481 days 8 hours 4 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila

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I never drop D. This is probably because almost all my playing is on 12 strings. (Electric and acoustic.) This doesn't mean I don't use alternate tunings, but I now play with my brother and let him drop the D on his 6 strings. This gives us more options. So much fits the drop D that I would say about 60-70% of what we play is dropped or double dropped. (Tuning the whole guitar down doesn't make a drop ANYTHING tuning. It's still standard, just another key.) I guess that statement was meant to explain that we tune down to D in the first place. (Once again, driven by the 12 string and neck tension when tuned all the way up.) This would mean we're playing in drop C, but nothing changes in the fingerings, so it's still a drop D.

Meanwhile, we keep several guitars tuned differently. I keep one 12 at DADGAD all the time. I have a VOX Mini 12 tuned to G. A 12 string banjo tuned to C. My brother does the same. It's a lot easier to buy a new guitar than it is to keep changing the tuning.

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