thisnameistaken Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Someone's given me the idea of taking Thomastik spiros F# tuning and dropping them to E to lower the tension. Has anyone done this before and how did it work out for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 [quote name='thisnameistaken' post='964607' date='Sep 22 2010, 04:04 PM']Someone's given me the idea of taking Thomastik spiros F# tuning and dropping them to E to lower the tension. Has anyone done this before and how did it work out for you?[/quote] It's a standard practice, great way of lowering tension. Really for slap, the Spiros are going to give you a very harsh and noisy sound, tending to drown out the bass notes themselves. You'd be better off with something like Innovation Solos, or Jargar Dolces. There's a youtube clip of me somewhere playing the Innovation Solos tuned down just as you say .... [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41F2ukjtBf0"]Here[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 Nice! I think I'm going to need a second bass for this though, it's too much of a specialist set-up to have on my only bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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