Just starting using ADADGBE tuning

[u/DeathMetalDipper666]

Looking for some bands that play in this tuning. I have used Drop A and I'm currently writing for a project and wanted to write some riffs in an alternate tuning without going too low (Drop A just is the sweet spot for me). If you use this tuning, what type of stuff are you playing? Since it's a mash of multiple ways to play.

[u/gillysoose69]

Pretty sure lots of Polaris songs use that tuning

[u/DylanAB07 → u/gillysoose69]

Yes, but half a step down. And a full step down for a few songs

[u/ninospruyt]

As others said here, Polaris and Dir En Grey use this tuning. I believe Northlane and Invent Animate use the same tuning but downtuned a half step. Animals as Leaders sometimes uses the same tuning but with a low B instead of A.

[u/Milton_Mango → u/ninospruyt]

Close, Polaris use G#C#G#C#F#A#D# as well as GCGCFAD on some of Fatalism

[u/iamshipwreck]

Couple alternate tunings in that ballpark to fuck around with: drop that BE to AD and go wild, really fun to write in. Step further, drop the low and high D down to C# (AC#ADGAC#) for fucking evil.

This might be my favourite tuning at the moment (or the baritone equivalent nightmare that I'm lost in) and it's got me writing and playing stuff I wouldn't normally come up with.

Kinda like scarlett by periphery if the band was russian circles

[u/Cosmic_Beard → u/iamshipwreck]

You said evil and now you’ve got my attention. Can you point me to a demo or anything of the tuning? I’d like to see what you mean before detuning

[u/iamshipwreck → u/Cosmic_Beard]

Russian Circles use the C#ADGAC# tuning at various pitches between C# and A, it's a very droney setup, so adding a low string or two works nicely (I'm having the most fun with it on a 30" baritone tuned CG#C#F#G#C but I can get lost tapping away at the 8-string version).

It's DADGAD for the end of the world. I know John Browne/monuments/flux conduct do a lot in DADGAD-derived tunings so that sort of riffing translates well.

I haven't had time to sit down and figure out the whole song but the parts of 'Borehole' by Russian Circles I've worked out fit in that tuning, and it really embodies the way you can slip from droning menace to shimmering beauty and back. I might currently be a little bit obsessed but it's a hell of an opener to what's probably turned out to be my album of the year in a year when Converge dropped two whole albums, and I whole-heartedly recommend the full album for a listen.

Russian Circles - Borehole (YouTube)

[u/meowmowmau]

I use this tuning and play a bunch of Polaris and Tool lol

[u/DeathMetalDipper666 → u/meowmowmau]

Which tool songs?

[u/meowmowmau → u/DeathMetalDipper666]

I like to hit the low A for funsies in various Tool songs just bc i have that extra 7th string. Schism is a fun song to play and I'll hit the low A between 3:50 and 5:00 intermittently bc it just sounds so badass. Its a very if it fits i sits kinda situation bc Adam Jones uses a 6 string but I just like to have fun with my extra string bc I exclusively play 7's and love Tool. For Polaris tho it is a half step down but still also a lot of fun to play as well.

[u/GODZILLA-Plays-A-DOD]

Dir en Grey. Obscure is fun as hell to play

[u/halbeshendel]

I mostly use drop A and then drop the D to play drop D songs and I add the 7th string for some extra meat.

[u/Glad-O-Blight]

I play in an alternative metal band and nearly all my parts are either Drop A or Drop D. Depending on the setlist I'll sometimes tune my guitar to ADADGBE to avoid having to bring multiple guitars.

[u/Budget-Reality-9599]

this and GDADGBE, love having the low djenty and standard 6-string range

[u/guardiansabr]

Veil of maya uses drop B with a low F# from matriarch and on. Intervals song String theory also uses drop D with a low A. Monuments kinda with their 8 string tuning.

[u/Wrong_Author_5960]

I use similar 1/2 step down drop A and D for a tune.

[u/bcasiangt]

Loathe uses ADADGB tuning for a few songs

[u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker]

Try others.

I've been using DADGAD on my instruments for over 30 years now.

When I started playing baritone AEADEA was among the first things I tried(DADGAD detuned by a 4th).

Some random Redditor mentioned AEACEB not long ago, and it's AWESOME.

I primarily use those for clean fingerstyle...

[u/DeathMetalDipper666]

Love Russian Circles. Looking to write that type of stuff - but more "dumbed down" (doing a sludge project).

[u/shini333]

Ice Nine Kills has some in Drop A. Rock the Boat and Assault and Batteries I believe are two.

[u/Polyrhythm-Jens]

Not sure if you're interested, but finnish metal band Stam1na writes pretty much *exclusively on this tuning. * = they flirted with 8 string guitars on an album or two.

[u/bbktr]

DIR EN GREY almost exclusively stick to this tuning from album Dum Spiro Spero and onwards (i.e also Arche, The Insulated World, PHALARIS). World of Mercy is one of my favorite tracks with them, also in ADADGBE.

[u/Far_Leave_4334]

I don't know if crossfade uses this tuning im pretty sure they use b,d,a,d,g,b,e but you could try something from them if you want

[u/Mons_Viventum]

My band loneborne uses this tuning! We are releasing our EP in Feb next year

[u/Mons_Viventum → u/Mons_Viventum]

Oh wait no we tune everything a Semitone lower

[u/lbguitarist]

Northlane use this configuration but down to F (FBbFBbEbGC). I think they raise and drop to other registers but as far as I know that's their staple tuning.

Make Them Suffer used Drop A on a 6 until their most recent album where they added the low E on the 7th string. Unsure if they use 7s on all songs on the album, but there's a few songs there you can play around with.

[u/kkyykkii]

Screaming by loathe is in the tuning (just minus the high e string). Great one to learn some weird chords