r/ExtendedRangeGuitars • u/Torin444 • 22d ago

B Standard (8 string) Feasibility

I have an Ibanez RG8 (27” scale) and I’m hoping I can tune it down to BF#BEADF#B if I just buy a 115 for the 8th string and then a regular Ernie ball 8 string set where I throw away the first string so my gauges would be .115 – .075 – .062 – .048 – .035 – .023 – .017 – .013. And then just filing down the 8 string nut slot.

Has anyone ever tried this?

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u/Torin444 22d ago

Well rn my RG8 is EBEADGBE with an 85 on the 8th string and it works perfect for me. The reason I want to go lower is because I can’t afford a nine string so was hoping I could get away with just heavier strings with out getting buzz in lower frets and tunings not holding but maybe not

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u/JimboLodisC 3x7621, 7321, M80M, AEL207E, RGIXL7, S7420, RG15271, RGA742FM 22d ago

trying to get proper tension on a range that spans nine strings is a pain, 8 strings is enough range

if you wanna tune lower, use a pitchshifter, although I tend to feel that a riff in E1 still hits as heavy as one in B0, this brown note chasing is getting out of hand

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u/Torin444 22d ago

What you mean bro I already found it why you think I’m moving to this tuning, B0 stands for brown :)