What's the best 8 string tuning? | Thick Riff Thursday, Ep 54
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The answer is to start the song in drop E and pitch down to C# at the end
This
This is exactly what I was thinking
Yep! exactly my thoughts hahaha
Great minds think alike, should switch back and forth throughout
Hard
This series is why I love Thursdays
Thick riff Thursday is my drive home jam.
I didn't realize it was RIFF O'CLOCK 🔥🔥🔥
It's always RIFF O'CLOCK somewhere. 🤘🤘
It's always riff o clock round here partner 🤠
this really reminds me of IA's Immolation of Night, especially when you added the chaotic drums at the start
I thought the same thing, very similar
Duble Drop C# - so COOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
That C#..god…🔥It complements the riff so nicely with that thick texture soundscape 😮💨
I gotta say... the Drop E version is a little better imo. It's still heavy but a little bit tighter since it isn't as low.
I don't know if it's the Sleep Token in me but the double drop C# sounds SO FUCKING good. When the riff opens up it just HITS you
Does Sleep Token play in C#?
@@nickbroomhallmusic Granite is in Double Drop B, Rain Double Drop A (MADNESS), Take Me Back To Eden is Double Drop C, maybe some others I can't remember right now but close enough!
EDIT: The Love That You Want is one in particular that is in C#
@@nickbroomhallmusic lots of D#
they work after each other as well🤷♀
I thought the same thing!
This might be your best riff yet! My prayers have been answered, 8 string TRTs are peak
Statistically, TRTs are 57% more likely to be 8 string than 6 or 7.
That‘s definitely the invent animate recipe
this is straight up Fellsilent and I ain't mad
I'm not saying you should ask Neema Askari to do vocals on this
I'm just saying you should ask Neema Askari to do vocals on this
What is my russian djent brother doing here
@@christopherknox1124 "always has been" hahaha
No srsly, I've been hanging out here for like 6 months by now, this is some quality stuff our boy Nicky is doing here
@@caseymclane1972 amen!
Invent Animate - Immolation of Night sounds plot like this riff
Opening up that riff was insane.
Dont ever stop doing these.
This sounds like it would fit on the "Heavener" album by Invent Animate. Add some spacy ambience and Marcus on a great chorus❤
This riff freaking slaps, my guy🔥
my observation. Drop E sounded like Animals As Leaders, double drop C# sounded like Mick Gordon
C# is sick af dude. That's the winner for me. Love the sound of the drums and just the overall groove too.
sweet jesus. i thought the Drop E version was heavy...then ya hit us with the double drop. good lawdy
I think its a matter of structure. The intro and outro chugs sound really nice on drop E due to note clarity and the middle section just blooms with the double drop C#. So maybe if the riffs are arranged differently to accommodate both tunings (sorta like how spiritbox or northlane do) it would sound epic.
I love when Nick gets proggy with polymetric stuff. It definitely gave off the Meshuggah vibes he was going for.
That C# Is Massive OMG ... Drop E Sounds "Progressive" but C# Is definetly A Monster
the E beginning part is tight but the C# middle part hits so hard, the both have it in the end
I think both work really well! in a perfect world i would use both in the same song, and drop pitching to C# during the chromatic version of the riff
+1
The whole cotton ball and muted strings reminds me of the Shuriken guitar with the Line 6 Helix where you can mute individual strings.
Double C# has much more bite and texture to my ear. Both are great.
Chuggs sound meatier in C# and otherwise E sounds bitier and cleaner. Maybe them bois from Vildhjarta are on to something with the whole Whammy shananigans
I hope you do this forever, like as a 60 year old man just throwing out the bangers on a Thursday
Both are so cool that I kinda just wish we had a good ol' KEY CHANGE!
My band has been playing in double drop c# for a couple years now and I must say it was an acquired taste but I absolutely love it now
Drop E was it for me. The mix felt more cohesive because on Double Drop C# the drums were a bit more disconnected from the guitars because of the very low tuning and they poked through a bit more. Though both are awesome. Great job Nick!
Drop E sounds better with the quick tempo, but you can inexplicably slow it down & drop it to Double C# for the neanderthalls + djentlemen. That’d be cool. Great riff btw!
Try using masking tape (or painter's tape) for muting single strings (inside strings you _don't_ want muted). Little wrap-around on string(s) to be muted, with tail of tape going up & over and stuck on to something else (like an also-muted string) to anchor it. Works a treat.
Liquid death is the source of all good riffs i swear
The green Vader sounds so damn good!
Man Thursdays are the best!!!
The chugs are more sinister in E, the dj0nt more expressed, but the song feels better in C#. Also you can combine those last parts as a key change in the song one after the other, that may go along nicely.
E than C#
The Drop C # was so much powerfull and agressive ! 😎
Drop E definitely has the clarity and bite to it in the tighter sections.
HOWEVER, the tone in the section right after the lo-fi part in double drop C# where it opens up just has a pair of fucking nuts on it.
Dude, like the little taco girl says, “why not both…” drop E into the C# 🤌🏻 instant verse and happy fun times. 🤘🏼
Giving me that old Cloudkicker song. Them chaotic drumss
Nick is a production mad man, look up to his skills and methods
nick is my replacement for scheduled tv
Yes. It's almost exploring deeper parts of the ocean that not many have been able to see. Electrical tape works to mute unwanted strings btw. Love the channel. 🤘
I was waiting for the power move of “ Eh, we’ll just cut the string off.”
Still a killer video though. Love catching up on TRT.
Drop E sounds heavier to me, but I think it’s because of the string tension. Things sound much tighter and percussive. BUT, C# sounds so DOOM-esque that pitch shifting down to that might be the move. I guess it depends on what you define “heavy” as.
It’s subjective, but for me heaviness with Prog comes from note definition and tight playing more so than a lower tuning.
But, still an absolute banger as always. Feels like a Meshuggah/Periphery collab!
Never thought I'd hear myself say this, but drop E is better. The note definition in the middle section is so much better where you can hear that waterfall of notes (can't help but stankface when I hear that) whereas the drop C# middle section you really only hear two notes - the lower and higher notes jumping between octaves.
in E the first riff sounds so much tighter and nasty, and the quad track riff sounds tighter too, has that spiky high pitched palm mute noise, its so brutal
in C however, the second variant of the riff hits like a fucking BRIIIIIIIIIICK, it is so brutal
maybe the secret answer is double drop D or D#, the middle ground between the two ! see if the brutality of the second riff in C carries over
double drop C all day, that shit is sounding absolutely VILE.
f standard is definitely best 8 string tuning . fun fact the note F is the easiest note for speakers to reproduce and the clearest note you can tune down to. most bass in pop songs is done in the key of F for this reason
For the riff at the end i would personally have them switch off and have both tunings do both parts
them drums though. sheeeeesh
This series always inspires me to get off my ass and start a new project. Thanks Nick! Tones and playing are always spectacular.
E has more attack during that last section for sure - Double C# is “nastier” on that opening section cause of how low it is, but overall E just sits better IMO
Drop C# is harder to contain from a mix standpoint, it's definitely a little muddier/missing some definition, but it just hits the spot
Those pick scrapes are niiiice 🤘
Checking back in with the "These would modulte nicely into eachother"
I gotta go with Drop E. It just sounds crisper and more in your face to me.
Thanks bro. Im learning alot from the series and yea, both tunings are cool, the lower one has that shugah wibe but the palm muted chugs sounds better on drop e.
Honestly I prefer tuning higher as of recent. Trying to get those super low notes to have clarity is just such a pain that I just pitch shift if I want to go there. I mainly keep my 8 string in drop F and my 7 string in drop A#. Having thinner strings with high tension also helps when I do want to pitch down.
for your guitars sounding different the pickups are probably wound ever so slightly differently if they were hand wound which i'd expect them to be since keisel is more boutique
The best series
So sick!
Bro this is the BEST thick riff Thursday so far!
drop e sounds insane, really cool. but if that riff was in normal drop c#, that would be even better.
Awesome content! Keep it up.
bro honestly I'm with you they both go so hard that I can't decide which one I prefer
This reminds me of mortal reminder lmao such a dope demo
I use folded printer paper to mute strings I don't want to ring out when recording. You can move it around and you don't get fibers everywhere. I just slide it under the strings I want to be quiet.
Your tone is solid af - reminds me of By The Thousands
That c# all the way. The percussive nature and also lower being heavier just as a fact of life
Cool riffage - reminds me of Invent animate - Immolation of Night
I look forward to Thursdays for two reasons...it is almost Friday and THICK RIFFS! 🤘
The intro riff in drop E is very Silent Planet and I love it
drop C# gives some serious Vitalism vibes
Reminds me of some john Browne style riffs. Very nice 👌
I feel like it sits really well with the double drop C#. It just hits you upside the head hard as shit😅
I was expecting to favor the double drop C, but oh no son...that drop E done did some ass whoopin'! 😂
You should have wayyyyyy more subscribers than u do! Definitely in the top 3 of best CZcams metal guitarists!
The drop E feels very Mick Gordon and I'm absolutely here for it. Feels more aggressive.
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Every thursday, i headbang for 20 minutes
It is like Invent Animate - Immolation Of Night
omg i just got the craziest idea. go double drop c# then for the chuggy part at the end start in ddc# then switch to drop e then back to ddec# ....... would be nasty
That Drop C#1 version of the riff is fucking nuts
8 string is life
That just sounds like Pravus with extra steps
double drop c# on the palm muted section is way heavier, but the rest of it sounds better in E.. mix them together.
Drop E sounds sick af imo
This has to be nick’s heaviest riff he’s ever written
I think you need a mix both tunings in one song. Use the drop e to build up to something in double drop C sharp
And here we go boys!
The double drop c# all the way for me
you should try messing around with drop E with the low b dropped to an A its not a crazy tuning but it does open up some unique riffage at least for me
Maybe having thinner strings on the green Vader while picking with the same intensity results in more audible transients?
double drop C# 100% such a sick riff man
C# version’s pick scrape is idealllll
love cotton rounds
first and middle part drop e final part drop c#
alter ego sickriff boomthall
That C# goes so dam hard 🔥🔥
What pickups do you have in those Vaders? They sound so good at both those tunings 😮