Whats the perfect gauge to tune to C?

[CGord]

Re: Whats the perfect gauge to tune to C?

I have a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser. I tune to drop C (low to high, CGCFAD) & use DR JH-10 strings (10-14-18-32-44-56), & they work perfectly for me. I used to use 10-52's, but the 52 6th was too floppy. I'm actually playing around with drop-B right now, & they're working fine.

Re half step/whole step, one half step equals one fret/one note. A whole step is two frets/two notes. So tuning a "half-step down" means tuning every string down by one fret/one note.

 

[XSSIVE]

Re: Whats the perfect gauge to tune to C?

i use 12-54s on my drop C 25.5" scale super strat.

-Mike

 

[metal]

Re: Whats the perfect gauge to tune to C?

Don't mean to be a d1ck with the thread starter, but usually controlling slinky strings with low tunings requires a lot of practice, precision and a very controlled pick attack, something you wouldn't expect from a beginner... hell, sometimes I broke PICKS back in the day and not strings!

So while what you're saying is very true, I think that for this kid heavier strings would be better.

dude i been playing for 7 years im not a beginner! i just never detune before!

 

[Gila_Crisis]

Re: Whats the perfect gauge to tune to C?

i use .012-.060 for dropC and standard D tuning. once i tried .013-.065 but those are too big! works well for everything lower than C