Dream Theaterĭream Theater has used a gazillion and one tunings over the years. Most of the time, however, Kurt Cobain had his guitar tuned to Eb, so half a step down from standard tuning. Come As You Are, Lithium, and Drain You were all recorded in D Standard, for instance, so if you want to sound just like Kurt does on the record, you’ll need to tune your guitar down one whole step to D Standard.īeyond this, Kurt did on occasion use Drop D tuning.
But Kurt Cobain did use D Standard tuning on a few songs on Nevermind. The vast, vast majority of Nirvana songs were recorded and played in Eb tuning. You can still, of course, play all of Pantera’s songs in standard tuning but if you want to sound exactly like it does on the record, you will need to mess around with different tunings – usually Eb, D Standard, and C Standard. Pantera uses Eb tuning A LOT but the band also uses D Standard as well as C Standard. It delivers the best of both worlds, essentially. It sounds lower and more aggressive than standard tuning, but retains all the clarity and dynamic range of standard. This is the same tuning that Jimi Hendrix popularised in the 1970s. PanteraĪ lot of Pantera is in Eb tuning, so half a step down from standard tuning. Wolf usually always plays in D Standard, although she has been down to drop down even lower to C Standard on occasion too. The semi-hollow Gibson combined with D Standard tuning gives her a massive, organic tone that is heavy but with loads of dynamic range. I also love that use plays a Gibson ES too. Chelsea Wolf is a gifted guitar player and songwriter. And in my book, doom is most definitely part of the metal world, hence her inclusion on this list. Chelsea WolfeĬhelsea Wolfe isn’t necessarily a metal artist, but she does have a fairly doom-laden sound. In fact, this tuning is one of the core components of the band’s sound – it is lower and darker and gives the band way more dynamics to play with than, say, a dropped tuning like Drop D. You cannot talk about D Standard tuning without talking about Gojira, AKA the best thing to come out of France since red wine. Plenty of Mastodon’s most well-known songs, including tracks like Blood and Thunder, Crusher Destroyer, and Megalodon are all in D Standard tuning. Mastodon use A LOT of tunings on their records, including drop tunings, but one of Bill and Brent’s favorite guitar tunings is D Standard. For this reason, D Standard tuning tends to sound heavier and darker which, of course, lends itself wonderfully to metal and rock music. With Drop D tuning, you only drop the low E string down one step to D – everything else stays the same as it is in standard tuning.
But there are plenty of bands and guitarists that prefer the sound and feel of D Standard tuning.ĭ Standard tuning differs from Drop D tuning in that ALL of the strings on your guitar are dropped down one, whole step.
The vast majority of nu-metal, for instance, was down-tuned – Drop D or Drop C or B Standard. As did the use and proliferation of 7 string guitars. Starting in the 1990s, the trend of down-tuning guitars became very popular. Plus, plenty of amazing metal bands play in standard tuning – bands like Metallica, Opeth, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. It helps, sure, but it won’t make your riffs sound better if they’re not very good to begin with. When it comes to metal, sounding heavy isn’t just about down-tuning your guitars. And here are 10 metal bands that play in D Standard D Standard – AKA DGCFAD tuning – is one whole step down from standard tuning.
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