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Is there such thing as Drop A tuning?

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if you know there is tell me how many steps down it is. also drop c, how many steps down is that?

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  1. That's going to be a lot of work getting a normal guitar down to A, with the giant strings you'll need, and then having the nut made to fit the strings, adjusting the truss rod, resetting intonation (assuming your bridge is even capable of getting a correct intonation with such large strings).  It'd probably be best to get a 7 string, because the 7th string is B, so it'd be just two semitones down.  From a 6 string, it'd be 7 semitones for the dropped string, 5 for all the others.  Drop C, 4 semitones for the dropped string, two for all the others.

    I think most baritone guitars are tuned to B also, so that would be another good option for A.


  2. i dont know if there is a drop A, ive never heard of that, i guess its way too low

    DROP C = lower the fattest string (E string) 4 frets down and all the other strings (ADGBe strings) 2 frets lower

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