Who first started using the dropped-C (CGCFAD) tuning?

[Adrian]

Did Carcass go drop B or were they in B standard?

B standard, dude. THERE'S NO DROPPED TUNINGS IN DEATH METAL!!!!!!




































J/K. Origin and Nile use drop B and drop A respectively.

[leftyaxeman]

Jazz guys always do everything first. Tapping, sweep picking, pinch harmonics, you name it, they did it first.

This.

George Van Eps (7 August 1913 – 29 November 1998) (often called "the Father of the Seven String Guitar") was an American swing and Mainstream jazz guitarist noted both for his recordings as a leader, and for his work as a session musician. He was also the author of instructional books that explored his approach to guitar-based harmony. He was well known as a pioneer of the seven-string guitar, which allowed him to incorporate sophisticated bass lines into his improvisation. He was a strong influence on later seven-string players such as Howard Alden (with whom he recorded four CDs for Concord Records in the early 1990s), Bucky Pizzarelli, and John Pizzarelli (Bucky's son). He is the son of the legendary classic banjo player Fred Van Eps.

George Van Eps Guitar Method is fucking amazing. Learned all my chord scales from that. Can be applied to any genre of music.
You get thru that book, you know your shit. I thank my classical guitar tutor for turning me on to it.

[RSBro]

I dunno but it's what we use and I like it. Also, Tool is in Drop D except for like 1-2 songs evar... not sure who sed they were in C but is wrong long donkey kong.

[wrongnote85]

jake e lee was using a half step up from that in