r16ktx Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 It's difficult because of the increase in alternative tunings being used now. This really has an impact for the guitar, and renders the use of a floating bridge impractical. The tuning is now one of considerations for a new cover in both the bands I play in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerley Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 How long are you actually talking about? 20 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes? Could they practice their tuning technique as how is it taking more than a few seconds to fine tune (not as though you are tuning up a new set of strings or something, is it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1405941547' post='2506682'] Make him buy a Spider Capo. Tunings can be changed very quickly, even during a song. [url="http://www.spidercapo.com/"]http://www.spidercapo.com/[/url] [/quote] That's what I was gonna say , but I couldn't remember what they were called. Maybe get a polytune tuner pedal ? That may make the tuning process a bit faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 You can't blame the poor sod for trying to stay in tune fer Christ's sake ! (I'm assuming he does it silently - doing it be ear at full vol is a bit of a ball ache). Surely you can think of some gag/wisecrack/intro/ to talk to the williams about in the 'gap'. A succession of 5 second intervals that go 'This is called 'Devil on a Motorbike...1 2 3 4 ' all night long would have me straight out of the door. Guitarists need to tune - drummers need to adjust their adjusting things - singing bass players need to have a slug of their pint etc etc. Plus the Williams like to turn to their mates and say stuff like 'These lot are ace/sh*te etc'. Use the gap - don't fight it. If you want one of my tuning gap lines try 'Look at this dozy c**t tuning up again - 2 grand guitar , buys his strings from the f**king pound shop '. Usually gets a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'd have needed a near set full of gags... tuning took so long people thought we were packing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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