Author Topic: Bands / Guitar Tunings (Read 2728 times)

Necrocenturion · « **on:** February 15, 2008, 03:15:03 AM »

I'm here to share some of my findings with other brutal guitarists out there. I hope this helps!

Over the years I've researched a few tabs to see who tunes to what to get an idea of what it would sound like before actually stringing up a guitar. There are some "not so brutal" bands listed...update it if you'd like...this is what I came up with so far:

Lower Tunings = Top
Higher Tunings = Bottom

F - Chainsaw Dissection
F# - Mortician (Darkest Day of Horror), Corpsefucking Art
G - Mortician (Re-Animated Dead Flesh), Beheaded, Patologicum, Neuro-Visceral Exhumation
G# - Abysmal Torment, Mockery
A - Mortician (Chainsaw Dismemberment), Nile, Malignancy, Bolt Thrower, Artery Eruption, Korn
A# - Mythic, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel
B - Disgorge(US), L.D.O.H., Embalming Theater, Regurgitate, Exhumed, Carcass
C - Deeds of Flesh, Immolation, Incantation, Suffocation, Pungent Stench
C# - Dying Fetus, Hate Eternal, Krisiun (Conquerors of Armageddon), Evoken, Krohm, Judas Iscariot
D - Decrepit Birth, Deicide, Angel Corpse, Obituary
D# - Slayer, Cannibal Corpse(older), Morbid Angel(older)
E - Emperor, Marduk, Enslaved, Burzum, Dark Throne

I've tried them all and there are so many good tunings. It just depends on what style you're looking for. Right now I'm in a band using G# - Best of both worlds, tight, heavy, and speed friendly, but I love F# the most - Gives me that Ultra Brutal/Goregrind sound I love for my "one man band" pet project.

I also have a gauge chart for each tuning and guitar type(neck-thru's vs. bolt-on's, Floyds vs. standard bridges, loose vs. tight, etc.)...but that will have to come later.

Again, feel free to update with other bands tunings...Personally I'd like to find out what Torsofuck, Insidious Decrepacy, Mutilated, Feaces Eruption, and Infernal Torment tunes to.

Enjoy!

Kreator666 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2008, 03:43:47 AM »

Quote from: Necrocenturion on February 15, 2008, 03:15:03 AM

A - Mortician (Chainsaw Dismemberment), Nile, Malignancy, Bolt Thrower, Artery Eruption, Korn

Bahaha

Nice work mate, might come in handy for some.

son of cosmos · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2008, 05:56:52 AM »

Thats interesting, I would have thought Evoken would tune down further than that

HaHaRoadKillKing · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2008, 09:53:51 PM »

lol Korn :S

retardgrind · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:07:30 AM »

I didn't even know that they tune to different keys. To me it is all guitar music! Does it change where the note is located on the fret?

son of cosmos · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:23:35 AM »

Quote from: retardgrind on February 17, 2008, 03:07:30 AM

I didn't even know that they tune to different keys. To me it is all guitar music! Does it change where the note is located on the fret?

Yeah, if you played a G in stardand tunning your finger will be different if you tune all the way down to A

retardgrind · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:32:52 AM »

Quote from: son of cosmos on February 17, 2008, 03:23:35 AM

Quote from: retardgrind on February 17, 2008, 03:07:30 AM
I didn't even know that they tune to different keys. To me it is all guitar music! Does it change where the note is located on the fret?
Yeah, if you played a G in stardand tunning your finger will be different if you tune all the way down to A

Thanks for clearing this up for me. Now I am glad I do not play guitar.

Necrocenturion · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2008, 03:55:41 AM »

Yeah, the "Korn" thing is funny.

I listed it to see where I tuned in relation to the cheeseball band "Korn".

That's why I like to tune lower than Korn - G#, G, F#. That way I can at least say I tune lower than korn.

"F" seemed to be slightly inaudible and I had to play slower to hear it best, but still very cool. Anything lower like E, D#, D, were all totally inaudible on guitar and could only be made audible on a bass. From my experimentation anyway... $:-\$

son of cosmos · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2008, 05:03:20 AM »

Haha I think Meshuggah tune down to F or something, not too sure though.

Necrocenturion · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2008, 02:10:20 AM »

Yeah, I think I heard that somewhere too.

Korn started the 7-string guitar craze around '99(I think)...now Meshugga could start an 8-string guitar craze. $:-\$ Ibanez and Esp both now have 8-string guitars available because of Meshugga's influence. Expensive though.

I used to play 7-string guitars all the time a few years ago, but I decided I spent more time on the lower end, so I switched to the more comfortable and speed friendly 6-string's and kept the lower tunings(6's are easier for scales/solos as well). If it wasn't for my experience with 7-string guitars, I think I probably wouldn't have discovered those brutal low tunings. I guess I'm very thankful for that.

HaHaRoadKillKing · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2008, 05:34:12 PM »

yeah 8 string is rediculous, like playing a 2x4.

Necrocenturion · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2008, 09:37:36 PM »

2x4

That's hilarious!

I'll have to remember that one.

son of cosmos · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2008, 10:11:43 PM »

Haha I recon playing an 8 string would be fucking nuts.

At the moment I play a 7 string and its fucking sweet, you get the down tuned sound for brutal stuff and its easy to play solos without loosing the E cause theres no tunning down.

Playing 6 strings now feels a little weird, the neck is too thin for me

Cardiac Tom · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2008, 01:01:55 AM »

Cardiac Arrest tunes to A# Standard

All my other bands tune to C# Standard

C# has always been my favorite tuning...

Let-them-burn · « **Reply #14 on:** January 28, 2009, 05:21:25 PM »

My main guitar is in (low A - E - A - D - F# - B) the Nile tuning

, the other is in standard 4 the guitarlessons.

but I prefer the lower tuning with the thick strings 4 the low sound

Brot · « **Reply #15 on:** February 02, 2009, 02:24:54 PM »

D is the best
use it

Juhvo · « **Reply #16 on:** February 02, 2009, 04:11:11 PM »

Guitar tunings are like titties: C and D are just great, F is waay too huge and A just dont work

son of cosmos · « **Reply #17 on:** February 03, 2009, 05:37:31 AM »

Quote from: Juhvo on February 02, 2009, 04:11:11 PM

Guitar tunings are like titties: C and D are just great, F is waay too huge and A just dont work

Torturor · « **Reply #18 on:** April 26, 2009, 10:38:21 AM »

Quote from: Cardiac Tom on April 25, 2008, 01:01:55 AM

Cardiac Arrest tunes to A# Standard

Holy shit that's low! What gauge strings are ya using for that buddy?

ConsumeAndBreed · « **Reply #19 on:** May 20, 2009, 02:08:14 AM »

Quote from: Necrocenturion on February 15, 2008, 03:15:03 AM

I'm here to share some of my findings with other brutal guitarists out there. I hope this helps!

Over the years I've researched a few tabs to see who tunes to what to get an idea of what it would sound like before actually stringing up a guitar. There are some "not so brutal" bands listed...update it if you'd like...this is what I came up with so far:

Lower Tunings = Top
Higher Tunings = Bottom

F - Chainsaw Dissection
F# - Mortician (Darkest Day of Horror), Corpsefucking Art
G - Mortician (Re-Animated Dead Flesh), Beheaded, Patologicum, Neuro-Visceral Exhumation
G# - Abysmal Torment, Mockery
A - Mortician (Chainsaw Dismemberment), Nile, Malignancy, Bolt Thrower, Artery Eruption, Korn
A# - Mythic, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel
B - Disgorge(US), L.D.O.H., Embalming Theater, Regurgitate, Exhumed, Carcass
C - Deeds of Flesh, Immolation, Incantation, Suffocation, Pungent Stench
C# - Dying Fetus, Hate Eternal, Krisiun (Conquerors of Armageddon), Evoken, Krohm, Judas Iscariot
D - Decrepit Birth, Deicide, Angel Corpse, Obituary
D# - Slayer, Cannibal Corpse(older), Morbid Angel(older)
E - Emperor, Marduk, Enslaved, Burzum, Dark Throne

I've tried them all and there are so many good tunings. It just depends on what style you're looking for. Right now I'm in a band using G# - Best of both worlds, tight, heavy, and speed friendly, but I love F# the most - Gives me that Ultra Brutal/Goregrind sound I love for my "one man band" pet project.

I also have a gauge chart for each tuning and guitar type(neck-thru's vs. bolt-on's, Floyds vs. standard bridges, loose vs. tight, etc.)...but that will have to come later.

Again, feel free to update with other bands tunings...Personally I'd like to find out what Torsofuck, Insidious Decrepacy, Mutilated, Feaces Eruption, and Infernal Torment tunes to.

Enjoy!

There's a lot of mistakes here... Evoken tune to B on the Shades of Night Descending demo and A on all other recordings. Deeds of Flesh tune to D on all recordings. Disgorge tuned to C# on demos and Cranial Impalement, from She Lay Gutted and onward, they've tuned to C. Suffocation tuned to D on Reincremation or whatever the 1990 one was called. C was used on Effigy of the Forgotten, C# has been used on all recordings following it. Bolt Thrower have tuned to C# most of the time, but I haven't listened to everything they've done so maybe they've used A sometimes. I'm not familiar with some of these bands, those are all the corrections I could find. I'm fairly sure INsidious Decrepancy tunes to D.