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Just out of curiosity, does anyone here ever use drop D during worship, especially on electric? I have found recently that it sounds great on a few songs. Of course, I'm the guy who uses the fully cranked Dual Rectifier model on POD XTL at times for worship, but still, hey, it sounds good. anyone else?
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I haven't used it in awhile just because of the inconvenience of retuning mid-set, but I have used it in the past when I needed too.
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Drop D?! How disrespectful.
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Originally Posted by Rainer. Drop D?! How disrespectful.
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I used to use drop-D for several songs...Better is One Day especially.
My Ibanez had a HipShot D-tuner on it so the flick of a lever would take me to drop-D and then back again.
Once I get my new Godin I'll install the HipShot on that and return to drop-D land when so desired.
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I use drop D on a few songs. "Let It Rise" and "The Noise We Make" are a couple that come to mind.
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I keep a guitar tuned drop D for The Noise We Make also.
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I use drop D on 'Wonderful Cross'
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Originally Posted by Steve Lowe I use drop D on 'Wonderful Cross'
Yup, that was another as well as Ashley Cleveland's arrangement of "Revive us Again".
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Originally Posted by Steve Lowe I use drop D on 'Wonderful Cross' Yep. I also use it on Lincoln Brewster's "Son of God". Great drop-d tune, as well.
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I find it very disturbing when people get the idea that lowering the pitch of your E string by a whole step significantly changes the sound of your guitar. Tune your guitar in order to get the notes you need or the ability to play certain parts easier. I've tuned my entire guitar down half a step before to play in Eb without having to capo and play high. All it sounded like was a guitar, but half a step lower. Drop D is not some magic trick to mix things up. In fact, if you aren't playing power chords or a low D, it's almost totally pointless.
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^ I dont know if I missed it, but what was your point bob?
I have played in drop D through entire worship sets with psalm63adam on electric. It does help with easy, fast changing power chords or songs rooted in D. It does give a distorted electric a slight punch on those Ds for sure.
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I play it for most songs in the key of A, just cause it sounds cool when you hit that low D. Especially in this really tight version of God of Wonders we do.
Mainly just for ease and comfort.
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Originally Posted by bobthecockroach I find it very disturbing when people get the idea that lowering the pitch of your E string by a whole step significantly changes the sound of your guitar. Tune your guitar in order to get the notes you need or the ability to play certain parts easier. I've tuned my entire guitar down half a step before to play in Eb without having to capo and play high. All it sounded like was a guitar, but half a step lower. Drop D is not some magic trick to mix things up. In fact, if you aren't playing power chords or a low D, it's almost totally pointless.
I find it at least slightly disturbing that you're so disturbed by drop D tuning, as if anyone in this thread has yet to claim that it makes their guitar sound like something else. Since when is variety so terrible? You are shadow-boxing here.
As to the thread topic:
I very rarely use true drop-D, because I don't have a Hipshot tuner and I don't have a bunch of guitars. However, I will use "drop-E upon occasion. I take a Kyser capo and place it on the first 5 strings at the second fret. This leaves the low E string for open droning and the like. I'll usually angle the capo so that I can (if I need to) fret the low E string on the second fret with my pointer finger - for instance, when an F#m is called for.
Nate
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I do as Nate does, "drop E". In fact I am leading next sundy and with my accoustic I am doing quite a few of my songs with that. I like the depth that the octave note gives me.