Thread: Drop A????

Does a drop B require any specific design considerations ... or particular choice of strings?

Son # 3 wants me to do a build that he'll tune to drop B. My builds so far have been 25.5" scale with D'Addario regular light strings.

Andy B, Floody ... apparently Parkway Drive use drop B???

gday dado

yes parkway use drop b,
bullet for my valentine use drop c,

i use my strat for drop b....
with ernie ball strings... 11 - 48
they go alright.... could do with some more tension though...

iv been hearing about these elixer coated nanoweb strings lately,
a mates been raving about them lol,
so im going to give them a go soon....

maybe do a baritone for him?
i dont think we have had a baritone build on here yet

but theres no probs doing these tunings with your standard 25.5''

I suppose I should do some research on Parkway Drive

Jeez I hope they don't use trems

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

i use my strat for drop b....
with ernie ball strings... 11 - 48
they go alright.... could do with some more tension though...

The extra lights are 10 - 46 ... would the 11 - 48 make much difference? Or is there something better again?

i used to use the diaddarios, then i tried the ernie ball slinkies and i liked the feel alot more....

ofcourse theres a difference...

im 95% sure parkway do not use trems....

i play a couple of their songs and dont recall any trem use....

iv watched some of their videos and havnt seen any trem use that i recall....

25.5" is capable of drop b. My rg is 25.5 and its always in c. I find 11 to 48 are to light for tuning that low. A heavier gauge will make it less muddy. I have 13 to 58 i think on my rg and it handles drop b with ease..I think I have even gone to Drop A for a bit of InFlames

But if you are gonna make another one, make a baritone..It will be much better to play and good for us to watch

Drop A is certainly possible on 25.5" providing there's enough intonation adjustment and the guy is willing to use an appropriate gauge set of strings. You'll need around 7mm of saddle travel beyond the end of the scale length and something around the .065 - .070 string size probably. You certainly get a better tone from a longer scale though.

Yea the baritone is the way to go. I manage to tune to A with .58 but its a litlle muddy.. I tend to just stay in C and B if i have to but I dont really like lower than C anyway..

Go the baritone scale Dadovfor

To do a baritone I'd need to build the neck ... and there's an unfinished build or two in line before I get to that point.

We have a Les Paul knock-off in a standard tuning that never gets used ... I might have to re-string and re-tune that until I can get to the baritone

bite the bullet dado, its time to build a neck....

I know, I know!!

Originally Posted by dadovfor

I know, I know!!

come on....
you can do it....
even floody did it....

its fretting that is the pain in the ass bit lol
but you cant learn if you dont try

Originally Posted by Andrew_B

come on....
you can do it....
even floody did it....

its fretting that is the pain in the ass bit lol
but you cant learn if you dont try

Oi waddya mean EVEN floody can do it!!!!
My neck is damn fine thank you!!!!
Go for it dadov4!! Its not as hard as you think

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Originally Posted by Andrew_B

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Damn punk!!!