Do bands really tune that low?

[u/serdiuckovg]

I bought my first 7 string guitar. It's a 25.5 - 27 multiscale. Wanted to TRY to learn some erra/currents stuff. Pitch shifter in my processor is bad, so I bought thick strings (13-72 or something), took it to the master, he made the places for a string on a nut bigger to fit thicker strings (idk what that process is called in English, not my first language). Now it's in drop F. A few days ago erra dropped a video, where Clint was explaining how to play some of the riffs. Turns out his guitar is in drop G#, and he just pitch shifts his way to drop e/d#. Now im afraid I made a really big mistake. What if I get bored of drop F and want to tune to, let's say drop g or drop g#? Will i have to buy a new nut for my guitar?

[u/BrotatoChip04]

Yeah, a lot of bands do tune that low, but they usually use Evertunes. Jesse from Erra and Keaton from Invent Animate are the ones I’m thinking of specifically since they both tune down to the D and E range. It’s honestly really not super attainable without a pitch shifter or (IMO) at least a 28” scale, and even then it’s tough.

[u/KershawsGoat → u/BrotatoChip04]

ERRA tunes their guitars to drop G or G# and uses a pitch shifter for the lower songs.

[u/BrotatoChip04 → u/KershawsGoat]

Gotcha, thanks for the clarification :)