![]() Once again, the gauge you’ll choose depends on your personal preference, but you probably wouldn’t want to use the low B string you find in a standard seven-string set.įor consistency, let’s take the seven-string version of an Ernie Ball Regular Slinky set, which would add a. The most significant change regards the low B string. 010 high E string and use the remaining five for your 5th to 1st strings in B Standard. You can assume that your gauges will be the same as in E Standard for what concerns your E (5th), A (4th), D (3rd), F# (2nd), and B (1st) strings.įor example, if you usually play 10-46 in E Standard, like the widely popular set of Ernie Ball Regular Slinky, you could ditch the. It’s mostly a matter of individual taste and hand-feel.Īs you can see from the tuning list above, you could probably guess the gauges of five out of the six strings that you’re going to need. String Gauge is the first factor you need to evaluate when tuning down to B Standard, and, before we even begin to talk about diameters, you should know that (up to a certain point) this is entirely subjective. Pretty straightforward, right? The “Best” String Gauges for B Standard So, like you would go from G (3rd string) to B (2nd string) in E standard, you are going from D (3rd string) to F# (2nd string) in B Standard. This happens because the interval that you get between your 3rd and 2nd strings (in any standard tuning) is not a perfect fourth like in every other case, but it’s a major third instead. ![]() If you want to visualize and compare this to a seven-string guitar without the high E, you only have to mentally adjust to the fact that you won’t have an open G string. This means that, in E Standard tuning, if you were to play open low E (6th string) to open A (5th string) or open D (4th string) to open G (3rd string), etc… you would be hearing a perfect fourth interval, and that still applies even when tuned to B Standard. So, you can see that the intervallic structure within the tuning itself has not changed compared to standard tuning. High E string will be tuned down to a B.Anyway, let’s take a look at the actual notes that you’ll have to tune your strings to: If you have any experience playing seven-string guitars, you will also feel quite at home when jumping to B Standard, and that’s because this tuning is almost exactly like playing a seven-string without the high E string. This means that you’ll be able to replicate all of your favorite chords and licks that you’re already used to playing in standard tuning, but it will all sound significantly lower in pitch. It will be just like playing a standard-tuned guitar, but a perfect fourth lower. The first impression you will get when you play your B Standard guitar for the first time is one of familiarity. ![]() Interesting Read: How to Find the Best Baritone Acoustic Guitars. If this sounds intimidating, don’t worry! I will explain everything you need to do step by step, and you’ll be able to play your B Standard guitar in no time. You’ll need to put on some higher gauge strings to accommodate the lower tension caused by the significant difference in pitch, and of course, you will have to tweak your truss rod, action, and intonation. Still, you’ll need to consider some significant adjustments that you will have to make to your guitar. If you decide to go as low as B Standard (or Baritone) Tuning, you are about to enter a new territory of richness in your overall tone. ![]() I mean, you can play the most simple chord progression ever, and if it sounds boring on your guitar in standard tuning, you only have to play it on a guitar tuned one or three whole steps down, and the sound will drastically change. Let me ask you a question: what sounds better than a guitar? A lower-tuned guitar. ![]()
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