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Misha Mansoor on how the Bass VI inspired his Jackson baritone and a tuning so low it’s “absurd”
With Charvel Surfcaster bodies and Strat headstocks, Mansoor's Frankenstein Jacksons are the coolest metal guitars you'll see ...
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Sonic Youth are now alternate tunings icons – but the band opted for them out of necessity
The noise-rock icon is famous for his love of weird tunings, but that fixation only happened with a little help from one of ...
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“I took a bass string, put it on the guitar, and tuned it in unison an octave lower than the A string so I'd still be able to play with all six strings.” Joe Perry reveals ...
But I was thinking, "Well, that's kind of a waste of a good tuning peg," so I took a bass string, put it on the guitar, and tuned it in unison, only an octave lower on the A string, so I'd still ...