WHY DROP C# IS THE BEST GUITAR TUNING

[@xanderraymondcharles]

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[@jamesanderson9428]

This is my all time favorite tuning as well. It lets my flow and just feel in control and also lets me gallop on those chugs.

[@ChrisTopherBunnell]

I joined the military on 09/01/01, so I could get the MGI Bill. I was raped on my third deployment to propaganda, had my reports covered up with a bad paper discharge (OTH) and lost the Veterans benefits I earned. My untreated PTSD led to my suicide attempt, which I survived with a traumatic brain injury to complicate the mental illness. I whole-heartedly regret my service and the only thing I got out of it was psychiatric disorders and brain damage. My serial rapist was never investigated, got his honorable discharge, and now works with Amtrak in l.a. Glad you got the education assistance you are owed. I wish I wasn't robbed of mine. American justice is a crock of shit and American bigotry makes me ashamed of my service.

[@JudyMeisner-eq2ng]

Hi Ray my name is Jayden and I like drop a and drop b for guitar because I have an electric guitar and I have been playing guitar for a year

[@jonathantaylor3074]

Soooo...you like Alice In Chains? That was their bread and butter. One of my favorite tunings is: (Check out "Pretty Noose" by Soundgarden) C G C G C E This can also be done with that half step down as well, just add the #'s to those notes. Travis Meeks & Days of the New used it a lot.

[@feedthewolf6930]

What guitar is that? Did u put a bari in drop c# 😮 lol

[@Inn0IWNL]

something about drop C# tuning tickles a corner in my brain and I love it

[@rockoutmichigan]

"Be Quiet And Drive" by Deftones is the first Drop C# song I learned.

[@SouthpawSparky_]

Best album written in that tuning drop C sharp imo…around the fur is a metal classic

[@GhostlanderX]

Love this! Drop C# has been my main tuning for over a decade. Melancholic melodies, and heavy riffs, just seem to flow when I'm in that tuning.

[@adrianromero7241]

same!

[@chaznielsen86]

Seether, Linkin Park, Staind, Limpbizkit... Basically all my favorite Nu-Metal albums were in Drop C#. Its been my preferred tuning for over 2 decades. It fits the range of Singing and Screaming very well. Works well with Acoustic/Unplugged and Overdrive/Distortion. Sounds great in Studio too! Reminds me of something Dino from Fear Factory said on the 2005 Roadrunner United DVD: "You don't have to tune low to be heavy". That stuck with me. Great video, dude!

[@mfchuckbeats]

Bizkit plays in C# standard

[@TheBatman1986]

@@mfchuckbeatsI’m sure Wez plays in many different tunings. Definitely on his solo side project stuff

[@mfchuckbeats]

@ He is one creative man that is for sure.

[@farkas480]

I’m 53 and got a guitar teacher and started getting weekly lessons 4.5 years ago. I have arthritis and tendinitis. With standard tuning, I get terrible inflammation. I read about Toni Iommi and was inspired by his struggles and had my local guitar shop set up my Solar GC1.6 to C# standard, and I use Earnie Ball custom gauge strings (.10-.48) and I can play without pain. I play all songs in standard tuning and Eb tuning in C# standard. I play drop D tuning songs at Eb tuning with the low E tuned to C#. I use custom Earnie Ball strings, .9-.46 for that guitar, but replace the .46 string with a single .48 gauge string. That makes it possible for me to play.

[@AlexSMarie]

I personally love almost all tuning, but if you work with a vocalist, you have to make sure your tuning can accommodate their vocal range as well.

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I agree!

[@cyntdestroyer69xd]

Tell him to scream/growl, and any tuning will work :D

[@withinthrall1445]

@@cyntdestroyer69xdnot true actually! Many vocalists will have a set tone they scream/growl at! Don’t neglect finding the perfect tuning for your vocalist who screams!

[@theatreskiss]

💯

[@skourthsgiaoyrths9610]

drop c# and Eb is rifftown territory

[@tylerschafer319]

Agreed

[@creepymccreepers]

@@skourthsgiaoyrths9610 I have a bass in drop c#/ e flat drop c drop an and then I have a standard/drop d I may get a 5 string for drop to start learning mudvayne .... but I'm old So I like staind and cold and they are some of the oldest double drop D tunings I have seen except it's double drop Gsharp on the bass.. would love to get a bass setup like that

[@glvdivtor]

Never understood why if you drop tune E standard by half a step it’s called Eb but if you drop tune drop D by half a step it’s called drop C# rather than drop Db. Seems like for sake of consistency it should be D# standard and drop C#, or Eb standard and drop Db.

[@creepymccreepers]

@@glvdivtor it took me forever to realize drop csharp and flat where in the same droplet

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

Just realized it was the same tuning used in Hybrid Theory. But A Place For My Head has Eb tuning.

[@Dustinchugs]

Drop A# and also the tuning where you drop the A# to a G (Sevendust tuning) are my favorites, so fun to write in

[@nolter3078]

I started learning to play guitar in drop C#/Db before moving up to E , cause i was obsessed with Linkin Park (and still i am), it just became my standard tuning and feels like home to me. Btw Ray that jam/rendition of Floods mid video was killer, sounded so great

[@adrianromero7241]

Linkin Park and Deftones are why I play C# too!

[@creepymccreepers]

@@nolter3078 same here I got a Ibanez for Christmas and had a little learning book that came with it the first year I just practiced switching cords and stuff it took me a good while before I started getting to where I could even play a riff and then next Christmas my grandmas got me mudvayne tab book and my guitar was in drop b and I learned everything from Ld 50. Funny thing is I freaking played guitar for my whole Teenage life with out properly setting up a guitar for a drop Tuning just bought some thicker strings and put it in the tuning. But I finally decided one day to buy a good guitar and get sweetwater to set it up for a drop tuning for me and it is lightyears away from what I played lol...

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

same!! dude, HT and Meteora has some heavier C# tuning other than any. It was one of the best parts!

[@creepymccreepers]

@@Rusli1659LPSoldier yup there is a cover of linkin park on my channel on bass with a orange bass amp di and I think I was just using a digitech drop at the time it was before I got the duff mckagan bass for drop C sharp and I got it cause I wanted to learn the bass of sweet child of mine

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

@@creepymccreepers I thought you were using Music Man Stingray accurately instead.

[@authnticmase]

This has been my go to guitar tuning since I started playing guitar. I’ve always felt the most inspired in this tuning and it just feels like home. Thank you for this video and giving this amazing tuning the recognition it deserves! 🤟

[@bfitereastTX]

Same. Learned a lot in standard and drop d…once I messed around in c# it opened up something in the brain. Same thing happened in the good ol metalcore days when drop c was the go-to tuning, and I kind of fell into the trap of everything I wrote during that time landing in the same c major sounding scale. Again, went another half step down to drop b and it opened up something in the brain. For some reason I can never explain, those half steps always hit different for me personally and I wrote better riffs. Anytime I touch a guitar I’ve never held, I test it first in drop c#, then in drop b to see if I jive with it.

[@Nera-Red-93]

I love Drop C#, C, B, and Bb (A#). When it comes to Drop A and lower, I use my 7 stringers and 5 string basses.

[@LookItIsHope]

Drop C# & Drop B are my favorites for 6 strings, they're both tunings where I feel most at home with my guitar. Drop C# is the one I've the most time with tho, going with several years of being tuned to it.

[@Pelham1538]

I have a cat.

[@creepymccreepers]

Lol

[@jconner3891]

I have a dog. Chewee

[@WHunts]

potato

[@creepymccreepers]

@@Pelham1538 collard greens

[@djl876]

Is he in Drop C# tho?

[@bburritt666]

Been playing drop c# to Eb for years and years. All my recordings are in these tunings. It just has this edge that I like. Glad you’re digging it.

[@Joshuahowell-j1g]

As a fellow guitar player thank you for sharing your experience. I can't choose which Tuning. I love standard on acoustic with the E string down to drop D. I love all the different sounds and Chords you get from each Tuning. Some chords sound better in n other tunings. Your best friend in a Jam session is your ear. Theory is great to make your mind expand. Been watching you a while. Always a good time🎉

[@RustyNail920]

Ive played guitar for the past 15ish years and c# has always been the go-to for me. Everything i know is self taught and slowly learned the fretboard the same way. Music theroy is def still not my strong point but you slowly learn little tricks on how to pickup on where notes are even when tuned down. I may not can tell you what note or chord im playing but if it sounds good, im gonna rock with it. Keep rockin man! Really enjoy your vids!

[@Bangbanggggggggggggg]

One of my go to tunings.

[@DBIIIStudios]

Drop D is my favorite. Nothing is more satisfying to me than getting such a high tuning to sound heavy and also have it sound beautiful. It’s like a cheat to knowing when you’ve actually written something good.

[@KolaTheBear]

Drop C# is just better drop d.

[@DBIIIStudios]

@@KolaTheBear I really like the tension with 10-46’s.

[@REZNAP]

I agree… just listen to the HELMET “Meantime” album, that changed everything

[@JSession]

Same, I’m too lazy to do any other drop tuning. I love drop D

[@axelrivas9158]

Half step down has been my way of tuning for more than 20 years . I’ve thought the same all this time . Great point

[@paulcarter105]

Definitely agree. Drop C# is the harmonic sweet spot. Once I found out that a lot of my influences used it. Like mark tremonti then that was it for me. Was perfect for my 24.75 schecter. I like to keep my string gauge light 10-52. Which works well for 24.75 or 25.5 But I got away from it once I got a 26.5 Ibanez rgd in drop C. Got all the clarity and note separation just a little bit lower and more modern. Would love to get a guitar for that tuning again. Since I sacrifice a little bit of fast playability for tension and clarity with the longer scale length on the Ibanez

[@MetalRay88]

I have said this for years so heavy yet clean love it ! 🤘🏻

[@vassili87]

I never tuned below Standard, but the singer of my band worked so much that he wanted the rehearse easier. That's why we ended up Playing in Standard Eb, and occasionally in Drop C#, which is now my favourite tuning too.

[@budverissimo1]

Agreed with you. My band Gallowwalker primarily uses drop c sharp. It's killer

[@dcfromthev]

I realize there are minor tonal and interval relationship differences between tunings, but honestly they all sound exactly like what they are, higher or lower versions of the same damn thing.

[@MerrillSandenMusic]

I tune to open A sharp at the moment. Shiz is great. Just posted my first video the other. You’re doing great brother

[@pjstraightedge]

Love the video! My favorite is Drop C. C# is a close second though.

[@jarmalofamerica]

My favorite Deftones album “Around The Fur” is in drop C# and it made me fall in love with the tuning

[@Silverhands]

I thought it was drop Db

[@joeyt5427]

@@SilverhandsI believe that’s the same thing as drop C#

[@alexanderzadoroznyj]

@@SilverhandsC# and Db are enharmonic equivalents… so, for this specific case of simply tuning a guitar, they can be used interchangeably.

[@Silverhands]

@@alexanderzadoroznyj I know. I was just being silly. I hope you're not AI lol.

[@alexanderzadoroznyj]

@@Silverhands GODDAMNIT. Well, you got me there. Sometimes that kind of humor just doesn’t translate well through strictly text. My bad. Lol

[@fullblastjkd09]

You're really good. Excellent video and tunes!

[@JimmyTorque]

It’s my go to tuning . Great chugs and I can still play all my old thrash favorites

[@PeterCleff]

I love me some B standard 7 string tuning, but I'm ready to hear you out.

[@bflippsytrance]

Been playing C# standard for about a month now inspired by CBK and really enjoying it so far.

[@Speedgovernor]

This is so cool to hear that I’m not alone 🫡

[@zacharymicah]

One thing that helped me learn the neck when using different tunings was taking a composition notebook with graph paper and drew out full neck diagrams from the open string to the 24th fret and labeled all the natural notes in blue and the flat/sharp notes in black. I did that for every tuning I used and experimented with.

[@stug5041]

As someone who lives in Eb tuning, I respect your choice - i end up in drop C# naturally now and then, though unlike many metal players these days I only use drop tunings like 10% of the time

[@BlueSkiesBlackDeath]

I love your videos and life stories. We are similar in a way, judging by your videos. I learned Slither (drop D) and was stoked. Now I’m onto E something or other. I wish I could find a chart the shows how to tune the different ones. I always break a string lmao

[@psychreapland]

Drop C# for the longest time but currently i'm a 7string player and use drop G#. Love you videos and riffs!

[@tonyd8605]

I have been playing C standard tuning on my parlor acoustic lol love the deep sound it gives and unique

[@jasonnielsen5976]

If you take this tuning and go 40 cents sharp (on a tuner, you have 5 steps on the left and right before hitting the next note, you want the 4th on the right) it's sounds amazing and the harmonics sound epic.

[@brimermike74]

Funny this came out. I just bought a few Les Paul’s over the week and when I strung them up and set them up normally I go for drop C but something told me to go drop C#. And I have been enjoying playing wayyyyy more than I have in the past. I feel like everything just sounds really good in that tuning. Great video brother!

[@VincentStarr13]

Yessss Drop C# is the best. I used to play in Drop A back years ago and about 5 years ago I ended up having to rebuild everything and the guitars I have I started at drop A and kept going up till I hit drop C# and it really stood out to me! And I've been there ever since. Oh and open C# but mainly drop. Love ya duder!

[@QuadsAPaloma]

I agree but sadly my fav band and biggest influence is Trivium. so every single time I grab my LP in Drop C# to riff n jam all my bandmates say that the riff sounds like Trivium lol. The string gauges for Drop C# are perfect and it's heavy asf. Great video brother!

[@EggTamago7]

I've been getting super into Trivium lately. No idea how I missed them when they first blew up. I honestly love that they spend a lot of time in E standard or Drop D. I know they've been at it for like 20 years at this point, but I find it very refreshing hearing that in a context where most bands are at like Drop A minimum.

[@babtanian]

I agree 👍🏻 Been using Drop C# since about 2002. Interested to try double Drop tuning an an 8-string too.

[@axtonkahler7360]

Dude. Subtle Comeback has been my anthem since that album dropped. Drop C# is my favorite alternate tuning. I primarily play in E standard (B standard on my baritone), but like you explained C# is "familiar" when thinking in terms of drop D or standard, but sounds SO much better when I'm banging out something ignorant.

[@evoryann]

great video. im gettting back into guitar after YEARS got this sweet hellraiser though i fixin to tear it up haha

[@rickr.750]

I agree with the clarity statement. E standard to C# is generally where I'll tune. Rarely to C. C is where things start to sound a bit muddy. B, A... forget about it. They simply start sounding really muddy and are getting too much in the bass range.

[@paulauten1945]

Any die hard Eddie Van Halen fan knows this lol BIG part of why he tuned-ish to E flat but tempered for his strong grip and brutal playing. The half step down really opens up the sound of an electric guitar, lower notes vibrate more and if you use thicker gauge strings you get a much fuller tone with more texture. I’ve notice guitars (doesn’t matter what brand and i’ve tested this on dozens of guitars in my studio) tuned to this stay in tune longer than standard tuning. And lastly, the tension on the strings IS lower which equates more playability

[@jiminthecountry3849]

wow - really cool breakdown here. thanks man

[@jeffromhw75]

Stay Metal Xander.. you know mines drop C.. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mofomartianp]

I have my first guitar, an RG420, setup with that tuning now. It's awesome. Jerry Cantrell uses C# a lot, and Stephen Carpenter used it on Around the Fur. So it has to be good.

[@EggTamago7]

I looooooove drop C#. I'd go so far as to say it's the tuning I've felt most creative in for the last few years. In general - I've come to accept I'm happiest on a guitar somewhere between drop C and E standard, and B standard on a 7 string. Most of the bands that really had a big impact on how I view rhythm guitar are in that zone. My go-to writing tends to hop between kinda thrashy/death metal riffing, big moody chords, or black metal-ish tremolo picking and chords, none of which I think works as well in very low tunings.

[@zublacus]

Great suggestion....I'm new to Drop tuning, and I just got a Baritone guitar (it's in Drop A) and I've struggled to know what the heck I'm playing. I love the idea of just keeping my brain in 440.

[@allendean9807]

I did an album in drop C#, and another in drop C. For whatever reason, i kind of stuck in dropC. However, i also write in standard as well. I think the goal is, like you said; being comfortable in any and every key

[@ChadCWatson]

C# standard is what I use most of time. Its a lot of the time. Its low and heavy but super clear when playing full chords distorted.

[@travislee9662]

Like you mentioned I think of theory on the guitar as either in standard tuning or drop D, but I either tune the whole guitar down to C standard (every string down 2 steps) or in drop C (CGCFAD) for 6 string guitars. 7 strings will be down a whole step to A and for 8 strings I use the Abasi tuning of the 8th string down to E. I’ve just been learning piano and playing synths over the last year and I’ve settled on these because it’s kind of the best of both worlds to apply playing stuff going back and forth playing things on guitar or piano and knowing notes/what key or scale I’m in, easier transposing etc.

[@Returnality]

That final part is the most important one. Certain tunings bring out more in me

[@peterbatten596]

My favorite tuning is C# standard because when it comes to melodic doom melancholy metal, I use full barre chords including the bottom as a root note of the chord.

[@Drunken_Hamster]

I'm with you on that low C#. The question comes with everything in the middle. Maybe try DADGAD tuned down half a step? Or "Soundgarden tuning" (BADGBE) tuned up a whole step? Maybe mix the two for a hybrid consisting of BADGAD or tuned up a whole step being C#, B, E, A, B, E?

[@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY]

The first Of Mice & Men record exposed me to C#, then it was the Around the Fur record by Deftones. I love that tuning man!

[@worldaswar3784]

for me its drop C because we start the solphegios from C. so its a common sense to me :P great channel as always great videos and very good vibe. watching you i feel like home man.

[@erichfrederick9229]

Standard E. I love the string tension and sound. I just use a Drop pedal because i really like Eflat sometimes. And Standard D here and there. But Standard E is my go to.

[@GC-bk1mv]

All my fav songs growing up utilized this tuning and the first real band I played in did as well. I started seriously writing about 2 yrs ago and was primarily using drop C…that was until drop B decided to swing by and it’s been that way ever since. Drop B just sounds heavier and meaner. Drop C#, while still bringing that rock tone, also sounds like it’s drop B’s younger cousin who is making his way onto the scene. Both are bringing it in their own way.

[@brandongardner7398]

My last band "Mourn the Leader" used dropped C#. As the lead guitarist, I loved it. We were based right here in NOLA, and low tuning is the way we play metal down here. Open tunings are pretty cool too. YAH bless!!!

[@EyesOpen369]

When I started listening to ratt. D'martini is using drop C# in lots of those songs. And it helped me discover a whole different side of Alt tunings. So now i use it on my new Ibanez gio grgr131dx. I use 9s with a 46 low e. And its perfect.

[@JymmiPhreek]

I understand what you're saying, but I'm more into drop c, personally. Drop c is where I feel more connected to my guitar. Great video!

[@devinsinclair5254]

Your rig sounds lovely

[@jakubstrzelczyk4171]

I've played in drop C for a long time. Now i'm in tune to C standard and D# standard with droping sometimes to drop C# when i want to play some Linkin Park f.eg. Love IT so mutch on my strat! Cheers from Poland🇵🇱‼️🤘🏻🍻

[@madmikemike]

I agree I was in a melodic hardcore band for years in drop b. Most of the similar local bands were in drop a, and thought it was just too low imo. Nowadays it's standard, drop d and drop c#

[@WolfgangWantsWar]

Not only did I learn great tips and tricks, I got new jams to play!

[@ahoneyman]

Another guy that doesn't really get brought up with drop tunings is Robin Crosby of Ratt. He writes in drop D and it's hair metal cheese. Drop it a half step and run it through a Triple Rec and it's a whole different animal. Gets your brain thinking in new directions.

[@7xchad]

When I started playing live, my band wrnt down 1/2 step just because it was easier to sing long sets. We liked it so much we never looked back. For 6 string, drop c# is my fav while for 7 string b flat standard still lets me tear it up.

[@nick_in_chaos1908]

My former band recorded and played everything in Drop B. We even played a show in Drop A which was way too low on a standard scale guitar but we made it work. I now have guitars tuned in everything from Drop b to standard and I agree I find myself riffing on Drop c# or e flat standard alot more then my other guitars.

[@bradgilligan2429]

Bro I’ve kept my acoustic in drop c# for 2 years it’s incredible

[@jonnylawless6797]

I have a guitar in C# standard and a guitar in Drop C#. It’s an amazing key, especially in 425hz

[@1x_Kagutsuchi]

my favorite drop tuning🤘🏾favorite tuning in general tbh

[@RyuuAF]

As someone influenced mostly by thrash metal, E standard and D standard are my favorite tunings. I've tried drop d a few times since some bands I listen to have some drop d songs and i wanted to learn them but it feels too unnatural to me. The 1 finger powered chords just feel weird especially as someone who despises barring in the first place lol. Standard tuning is perfect for my style and I like D standard being a little low but still tight for thrash. E standard is the majority of what I play since most of the metal I listen to and play is 80s thrash. I only have two guitars but whenever I get more guitars in the future I will experiment with drop tunings more

[@kangaroocaliphate1577]

Thank you for this, saving me hours if not months of frustration

[@ruinofspace]

*Love this vibe 🔥🤘* _very melodic tuning_

[@xTigerStripex]

C# standard is my favorite

[@ernestooyarzo2881]

C# standard has a lot of potencial for sounding evil.

[@Deathcorp666]

@@ernestooyarzo2881 I agree 100% C# standard the best or any low standard tuning. I never liked dropping low string just to be able to make finger bar chords.. its lazy way of playing and limits your abilities.

[@Memiliano28]

​@@Deathcorp666in my opinion Drop tunings help doing things that you wouldn't be able to do on a standard tuning. I don't really know how to explain myself but to make it short I think Drop and Standard tunings work good for different things though there's people who drop tune just because they're lazy and use one finger power chords.

[@Jake-mv7yo]

@@Memiliano28 I used to be the lazy drop tuning guy but then I realized I need standard tuning because the lower note 4ths intervals sound too awesome to not be able to play

[@karlocamena]

Drop B on C# Standard = Evil

[@hommedammn7132]

An underrated tuning is True Drop A, “true” in that only the 6th string is tuned down to a low A, the first 5 strings are standard. You can get massively thick heavy riffs, yet keep the bright standard side of things for wonderful tonal contrasts that can be warm sounding or absolutely evil.

[@felinekaiju4517]

I play in C#, love Sabbath, Doom, and Stoner Rock/metal. on one guitar C# and drop C on another. I'll be sure to check out Drop C#.

[@brandonm1134]

I think this is what Brendon Small does too. He wrote tracks for Dethklok in Standard but plays it 2 steps down in C standard. You see this mentioned in the tab books as well.

[@mikes0]

Hell yes it is how's your tour going zander?

[@natural_lucidity9781]

I only play in drop C# if im playin in a drop tuning it hits so good! Deftones, Belmont, alice in chains use it often

[@EyesOpen369]

I use drop c# too. Its heavy but the strings are too tight or too floppy as in drop c. And i don't have to go up in string gauge. Kick ass video bro .

[@TobyKBTY]

I'm partial to all the in-between, sharp/flat tunings. Drop C#, drop A#, drop F# all sound so gnarly to me.

[@southernpanda33]

That intro track is probably one of my favorite songs off of the album. It goes so hard. 🎉

[@-_OduvanchiK_-]

It's all goes down to the fact that music doesn't have absolutes, it's all relative. Intervals are just whole numbers relations (3/2, 1/2, etc...). So it doesn't matter what exact tuning you are. Chords & arpeggios patterns always the same as long as you stay in same tuning type. They change only when tuning type is changed (Standard, Drop, Open, ect..)

[@JadenTippetts]

My old band opened up for chelsea grin a bunch of times in Utah haha 😅

[@southernpanda33]

I’ve had Drop C# on my MKH Epiphone since I bought it as well as my Michael Kelly. I don’t fully appreciate it on my Michael Kelly until I put the Gibson 70’s Tribute Custombuckers in it. Thing sounds mean as hell, now.

[@AtTheSourceStudios]

I love drop C the most but also drop A# and of course drop C# is great just a little high sometimes for my heavy riffs (a little too tight sometimes) but the gain and tone sounds amazing in drop C# no doubt. That being said i enjoy writing in all 3 tunings and live i just bring a second guitar and play the drop C# in drop C or i use drop tune pedal (or Headrush) and no problem.

[@Longmanriffs]

Been using it for 10+ years, cant get out of it! 😂🤘🏻

[@stacywernick3854]

E flat or Drop C# - just helps give me that sort of added heft to some riffs and let out my inner Cantrell - also find it really helps tame the top end on some pickups (hell, my Jazzmaster is so bright it stands in D standard)

[@jaychen2000metal]

I agree, well any variation of C just sounds great but i hate when an amp has too much low mids and you try to drop. So many Amps have too many low mids, especially low volume imo.

[@rexfordhazelton7601]

I largely agree. The super low stuff gets way too wall of sound, in a bad way. Palm muting a power chord on a downtuned 8 string sounds like chugging radio static. Not that you can't get a good sound single note, or that I dislike all super low stuff, but I understand your points.

[@errorsofnovember6068]

drop C# and drop C feels like home, i can play most of my fav songs since they are in drop C# and drop C and now all of my own composition is in drop C#

[@lewisderfuss7537]

I wish I used my GI bill on something useful like learning music, instead I got a AA in General Ed and just 8 classes shy of a BA in Criminal Justice. I’m a disabled veteran and don’t work so all the education is wasted. At least I now use my time learning to play. Love your videos.

[@CFChristian]

Around the Fur is all but 2 songs in Drop C#, so that's what gravitates me towards it and it turned out to be something that has clicked with me.

[@sheriewart8100]

I agree drop D or drop C# is awesome tuning

[@MGCardaropoli]

Drop C# is the best and we use it in our band. It's the best middle ground between Drop D (where I come from) and Drop C (where our lead guitarist comes from). It's such a great sound.