Any of you guys use 432hz tuning?

[CarlF]

I've momentarily have tried it and thought it was interesting.
I tried it again on my beater Strat and I'm gonna leave it this way for a bit.
The initial benefit (IMO) was the slightly looser feel of the strings. I use 9-42 on this guitar and sometimes the .016 G string annoys me because it feels a bit tight, relative to the other plain strings.
This tuning made everything a bit more slinky feeling.

 

[jabps]

When in standard I always preferred 432. My last band had a few songs in standard, so I got the other guitarists and bassists to tune to 432, see if the singer would notice. He didn't, they all liked it and so that was our standard tuning for those songs.

It does everything you said.

 

[chumbucket]

I've momentarily have tried it and thought it was interesting.
I tried it again on my beater Strat and I'm gonna leave it this way for a bit.
The initial benefit (IMO) was the slightly looser feel of the strings. I use 9-42 on this guitar and sometimes the .016 G string annoys me because it feels a bit tight, relative to the other plain strings.
This tuning made everything a bit more slinky feeling.

It's not that far off from Eb though is it?

 

[CarlF]

It's not that far off from Eb though is it?

I would say it’s in between somewhere.
It’s possible that’s where that first Van Halen album is, cause it’s not standard and it’s not quite E flat either, from what I remember.

 

[VonBonfire]

Been using Eb since the mid 90s. I hate standard tuning. I figured as a Hendrix and Trower guy that would be s.o.p for you Carl.

 

[gibsonash]

I tried on classical guitar but i returned to 440hz . I like Eb tunning or standart on electric guitars

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

An A cycling at 440hz is not the same as A oscillating at 432hz. Ostensibly is seems like its just a matter of tuning down, but its not.

 

[BABMusic]

I remember doing a research paper on Just intonation vs equal temperament tuning. Just follows the more natural law of sound, but you can't tune a piano with it. You can tune string instruments to Just, but I've never tried it on my guitars. Equal temperament has always kind of bothered me, but there isn't a better option for the piano.

 

[BeZo]

Only when I sing. The rest of the band tunes to 440 though.

 

[CarlF]

Been using Eb since the mid 90s. I hate standard tuning. I figured as a Hendrix and Trower guy that would be s.o.p for you Carl

At the moment, I only got my Monterey Strat in E flat.

 

[BABMusic]

A lot of bands will intentionally tune the bass guitar a little flat and have the rhythm guitar a little sharp. This can create an interesting subtle effect in your music that most people won't be able to really pick up on consciously. Way too many musicians think that everything needs to be perfectly in tune to sound best -- not true.

 

[VonBonfire]

At the moment, I only got my Monterey Strat in E flat.

I noticed in your OP you use 9-42.....

I use a custom set, 10-42 but with a .15 for the G just cause I had the same problem you mentioned. 16 is kind of tight and I don't have an SRV Kung Fu grip. I've always hated 10-46 sets on account of that 17 gauge which is why I wound up making custom sets to begin with. 10 12 15 24 32 42 is what I settled on for an Eb tuned 335 or LP and I had a similar set for Eb strats, with a 13 on the B, though my last strat I settled on 10 13 15 28 38 49 just cause it seemed to fit the sonic profile best.

 

[jabps]

Been using Eb since the mid 90s. I hate standard tuning. I figured as a Hendrix and Trower guy that would be s.o.p for you Carl.

Yep, my favorite over all tuning. That was always the first step with any singer, can you sing in E flat. It just works for guitars.

 

[VonBonfire]

Yep, my favorite over all tuning. That was always the first step with any singer, can you sing in E flat. It just works for guitars.

Quite a few advantages for me to choose it. Strings a little more slack, a bit easier for most vocals on the material I do, and easier for a horn player to work with in many common guitar position keys like E, A, and B.

 

[CarlF]

I noticed in your OP you use 9-42.....

I use a custom set, 10-42 but with a .15 for the G just cause I had the same problem you mentioned. 16 is kind of tight and I don't have an SRV Kung Fu grip. I've always hated 10-46 sets on account of that 17 gauge which is why I wound up making custom sets to begin with. 10 12 15 24 32 42 is what I settled on for an Eb tuned 335 or LP and I had a similar set for Eb strats, with a 13 on the B, though my last strat I settled on 10 13 15 28 38 49 just cause it seemed to fit the sonic profile best.

Normally, if I’m gonna have a guitar in E flat, I would put 10-46 on.
But since it’s a Monterey Strat, I got the Jimi gauges on it, 10- 38 in E flat.
Any standard tuned guitar gets 9-42.
Sometimes I would get rid of the .16 and put on a .14 or a .15 but that just becomes a pain in the ass.

 

[chumbucket]

I've been digging these tuned to E standard on a Strat. They feel good. Drop D is sacrificed a bit though with the .040" low E.

 

[VonBonfire]

Normally, if I’m gonna have a guitar in E flat, I would put 10-46 on.
But since it’s a Monterey Strat, I got the Jimi gauges on it, 10- 38 in E flat.
Any standard tuned guitar gets 9-42.
Sometimes I would get rid of the .16 and put on a .14 or a .15 but that just becomes a pain in the ass.

I just started ordering bulk strings. Haven't bought packs of strings much in years save for flatwound stuff. I found a company called "just strings". They were really cheap and I had good results. He closed up shop and retired last year so I tried bulk strings from some place called C.B Gitty's that claim they are US made. Seems to be working out but they aren't as cheap as juststrings was.

 

[70 Mach 1]

im straight 440. bigger is always better

 

[Rottweiler]

440, 441, whatever it takes

 

[TheBiggestJerk]

Yep, my favorite over all tuning. That was always the first step with any singer, can you sing in E flat. It just works for guitars.

Eb works better with 25.5” scales than 24.75”. That extra 3/4” makes a noticeable difference.