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[slaaapadabass]

Joined a new band. They play in drop b tuning. How would I tune my 5 string bass to drop b

[miles'tone]

You don't. You've already got a low B string.

[slaaapadabass]

Aye that's what I thought man but some dude on a website said all this weird tuning. B. E. A. D. G is what i said but he said its incorrect pfffft 

[miles'tone]

2 minutes ago, slaaapadabass said:

Aye that's what I thought man but some dude on a website said all this weird tuning. B. E. A. D. G is what i said but he said its incorrect pfffft 

Drop B just means that the guitarists will drop their lowest string down to a low B. You don't have to, as you know, because you already have a low B.

Have fun!

[slaaapadabass]

Yeah man. Cleared that up then. Messed with my head well and truly. Heavy weekend ha

[Doctor J]

It means your guitarists are tuned C# instead of E but their lowest string is tuned down an extra step to B, so across the strings is BF#BEAbC#

 

It means they can barre the bottom three strings and get a power chord easy peasy.
 

Most of their stuff will probably be in the key of B as a result, in which case you should be fine. If they do any riffs off that open F# string, it might call for some dexterity on your part but it shouldn't be anything you can't find a way around.