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Hey guys, working on a mix right now, the guitars in the song are in Drop C (CGCFAD) and I'm having a hard time getting the bass to stand out as much as I would like it to.

This seems to be a theme throughout heavy music, 99% of heavy bands you hear, the bass seems to be more or less non existant. I found one example (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfc8uta7i3s) where the bass stands out real nice even with Drop C guitars, so something like that is what I'm going for.

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amishsixstringer Thu, 03/15/2007 - 12:54

I think he's talking about the bass guitar. Obvious sloution would be to boost the top end of the bass. One problem you're probably having is that DROP C is really a dumb idea on a standard guitar. The scale is made to tune to E. Once you drop that low, the intonation is impossible to set due to the physical size of the scale and the frets. So, you're actually getting a ton of low end dissonance and out of tune-ness as well. It's very hard to get the instruments to sit without tons and tones of eq that usually involves cutting everything below 200 on guitars...which somewhat destorys your purpose of tuning so low. When are metal bands going to start playing baritone guitars?

Neil

multoc Thu, 03/15/2007 - 13:03

nope he's talking about guitars in general "guitars in the song are in Drop C (CGCFAD)"

and as long as you can adjust the neck and action of the guitar you're okay, it's just one step down anyway, it's not extraodinarily down tuned like alot of bands (once you start tuning down 2 full steps then you're in trouble)
But just a slight neck adjustment and some action adjustment you're fine.

It's only if they're really low, then you want a baritone guitar