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Old 07-06-2020, 10:11 PM   #31
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Billy actually told me after a show back in 2005 that his guitar down-tuning from that era was due to him writing most of the album on piano, as it was so much easier to go up and down the keys trying to find the key that felt "just right." This led to him down-tuning the guitars once they started rehearsing, as it was easier than trying to play them in a key other than standard.

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 12:18 AM   #32
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Ah yes, the "standard key."

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:24 AM   #33
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we've had plenty of stinkers here, and i've made my fair share of them, but this thread/topic is one of the dumbest. nothing personal, but if we can't be honest with each other on things like this, i'm not sure what we really have here

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 05:33 AM   #34
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yes; it'd be in standard tuning.

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 08:34 AM   #35
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Gotta dowtune my guitar one step to suit my vocal range. I can't sing the pitch of the high E string at the 22nd fret. But I'm bomb-ass at hitting that E♭2 on the open heavy string.

You gotta be able to sing every damn pitch on your guitar, all 5 or 6 octaves or whatever, and the two notes not in common between a standard guitar and a guitar tuned a semitone down will make or break your ability to harmonize as a vocalist. MAKE. OR. BREAK.

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 09:59 AM   #36
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it's clearly a half guitar half bass. you wouldn't call it a double neck bass would you, but that's the same as calling it a double neck guitar.
a bass is still a guitar

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 10:02 AM   #37
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that's like saying a koala is a bear.

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 10:13 AM   #38
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Gotta dowtune my guitar one step to suit my vocal range. I can't sing the pitch of the high E string at the 22nd fret. But I'm bomb-ass at hitting that E♭2 on the open heavy string.

You gotta be able to sing every damn pitch on your guitar, all 5 or 6 octaves or whatever, and the two notes not in common between a standard guitar and a guitar tuned a semitone down will make or break your ability to harmonize as a vocalist. MAKE. OR. BREAK.
25 on 32 do it now

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 10:20 AM   #39
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that's like saying a koala is a bear.
i still don't feel like this seriously impacts my little picture joke on page 1

not tryin' to sell a guitar here

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 10:36 AM   #40
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You calling Boris a joke, bruh? The same Boris that just released NO, an album that a very "carried away" House Bread declared to be their "best since Rainbow"?


 
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Old 07-07-2020, 10:37 AM   #41
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Old 07-07-2020, 12:51 PM   #42
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that's like saying a koala is a bear.
it's called a bass guitar, for christ's sake.

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:03 PM   #43
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:05 PM   #44
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ooh, what a nice-looking koala bear!

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:13 PM   #45
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THAT'S LITERALLY NOT A BEAR

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:18 PM   #46
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wow you suck

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:23 PM   #47
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you know how like a bass guitar isn't a guitar??

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 01:26 PM   #48
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relax guy, i was just quoting your socks emit malodor

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 03:27 PM   #49
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25 on 32 do it now
I don't get it

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 03:34 PM   #50
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25 on 32 do it now
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I don't get it
http://forums.netphoria.org/showpost...39&postcount=1

 
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Old 07-07-2020, 05:19 PM   #51
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you know how like a bass guitar isn't a guitar??
it is in fact a type of piano.

I play the low piano.

 
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Old 07-09-2020, 07:29 AM   #52
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Pretty sure it has to do with the tone. strings down tune a half step will be a bit looser and flabbier. the lower tension changes the tone. It helps distinguish the material from the others.

 
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Old 07-09-2020, 08:40 AM   #53
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ur dad's a bit looser

 
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Old 07-09-2020, 08:47 AM   #54
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and flabbier?

 
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Old 07-09-2020, 08:48 AM   #55
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No, I've been whipping him into shape lately.

 
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