Tuning... - ...!?!?!?!?!

[Two hands31]

HOW DO THEY DO IT!?!

Korn's Munky and Head tune down a whole step from standard. *Whenever I try to tune down, though, the strings get floppy and go out of tune. *What should I do? *

[Rich]

HEAVIER GAUGE STRINGS!! You should have at least 11's on a whole step down.

(Edited by Rich at 9:32 pm on Feb. 17, 2001)

[shawn]

by the way, head and munky usually detune one and a half steps to Ab when theyre in the studio-------although, they said they usually cant pull that off live because of tuning problems. *just thought id share that. *

[Noodles]

I wondering how they pull off the gauge they use without they trems being up in the air. Can anyone answer?

[Exotic Shredding]

Easy.....they set-up their guitars properly. *When you change guage, you need to adjust the springs. *A floyd is a see-saw. *Both sides (strings/springs) gotta be equal.

[Noodles]

Quote: from Exotic Shredding on 9:04 am on Feb. 18, 2001
Easy.....they set-up their guitars properly. *When you change guage, you need to adjust the springs. *A floyd is a see-saw. *Both sides (strings/springs) gotta be equal.

It's not that easy, all three of my springs screws screwed all the way into the body just barely keep the trem level with a set of 10-56's. How the hell do they keep the trem level w/10-60's?

[stoopid]

more springs probably, before I had the floyd on my UV blocked, I played with 10-13-17-30-42-52+62 strings, and had no problems with it.

[ChrisReedSmith]

It's not important but almost every song on all korn CD's are in A. Im not sure who told you it was Ab but from what I know they've never used lower then A.
(Actually one song on the new one used drop-G tuning but thats not the same..)

[J Todd Beachler]

Quote: from Exotic Shredding on 9:04 am on Feb. 18, 2001
Easy.....they set-up their guitars properly. *When you change guage, you need to adjust the springs. *A floyd is a see-saw. *Both sides (strings/springs) gotta be equal.

Good layman's explanation. * *

Two hands31,

Buy new springs or add a fourth spring to your guitar.

[ryan]

Noodles,

My 7-string guitars are set up .10-.56 and are tuned standard.

If I tuned them down a whole step, using .11's would be no problem...

Remember - you can screw the spring retainer screws ALL THE WAY IN, down to the screw heads. *You don't have to stop at the end of threads.

[Noodles]

I do screw them in all the way. I'm gonna get new springs an see if that helps.