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"Slipknot tuning...Eh? (Ignore if u can't play guitar!)"

Today i picked up an old guitar mag and found a song by slipknot tabbed out. I decided to give it a go. Since they're a grunge band, i guessed it would be in drop D tuning. I played the song through and thought it sounded ok, then tried it with the backing track on the CD. I have only just realised why it sounded so wrong: You DO drop D....then take every single string down a further 3 frets!!! It's MAD! The bottom string goes down to a B for christs sake!!! And a warning to all guitarists: NEVER play ANYTHING by slipknot unless your string gauge is at least [.053-.014]. Plus the tempo of this song (people=) is 237 bpm! So really all in all, being able to play at this pitch and speed seems to make slipknot a pretty talented bunch...

Any thoughts?

I'm guessing...good-bye in some weird foreign language. C ya.

eh?

I'll try that. Fanks.

I'm off. I bid you adiu.

Interestin...will do.

I learnt a couple of songs in "Double Drop D" a while ago. Just take both e strings down to D, and go nuts! I seem to remember that d and g chords worked well....i think.

True...but it's fun messing up your tuning a bit and trying out stuff...

Try EGDGBE and EADFsharpBE

I wish all songs were in the same tuning, that would be cool! No more having to re-tune or change guitars on stage!!! Never gonna happen though. Shame really....

Yeah, it's a bit gaaaaay if you ask me.
Although Muse - Citizen Erased is on a 7 string, and that's a beast.

Yeah, I'll stick with 6 string! That's how i learnt to play guitar, so thats how i'm gonna play guitar! It's got to be easier than 7 strings, that just doesn't work! for me anyway!

I see. They just like to make it difficult for us......
Yeah, I think Korn are like 'reknowned' for pioneering 7 stringers.
Um, good for them? ....

Maybe, but think about it: Most of it is short, repeated riffs using chords on the bottom two strings. You couldn't do that if there were seven strings. You need to detune 3 steps anyway so therers no point in an extra string! I think.....it's confusing!

Korn definatly use 7 stringers though, I'm sure of that.