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These guitars have longer scale lengths so they can reach the lower pitches while maintaining a playable string tension. Examples include the Epiphone Robb Flynn Baritone Flying V, or the Schecter Ultra-VI Baritone (see pictures below). Many bands who use lower tunings (such as Kaki King, System of a Down, and Metallica) utilize what is known as a Baritone Guitar. And the feel would be super sloppy on the thinner strings.īut for heavy metal music, power chords on the fattest strings might be all you need!

DGCFAD TUNING FULL

But any full chords using open strings would sound very muddy and not very crisp.

You can get acceptable results playing power chords on the bottom three (fattest) strings by using heavy gauge guitar strings.

That's the reason many metal bands seem to employ various type drop tunings.Ī standard scale 6 string guitar (25-1/2' or 24-3/4') tuned down an octave (or tuned down to F# below the standard low E) would not be very practical to play in a typical guitar playing sort of way - due to the floppiness of the strings. Tuning a guitar lower than standard will certainly impart a darker, heavier sound.

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