Tune to Eb and check for buzzy frets, fretted out notes (i.e. How will you know for sure if your guitar needs adjustment or not in Eb tuning? Whether it's a Stratocaster "tremolo" system, Jazzmaster or Jaguar vibrato system or whatever you have, the tension set either by screw(s) and/or claw springs will have to be tightened slightly. On any guitar that uses a vibrato system, that absolutely has to be set up again for use with Eb tuning. Short scale guitars already have string flop even in E standard tuning, so when tuned to Eb, a bump up in string gauge, reintonation, adjustment of string saddle heights and truss rod adjustment is pretty much mandatory. On 24" short scale guitars (ex: Jaguars and Mustangs,) this is where you would have to put in the most effort to get rid of string flop. On 24.75" scale guitars (ex: Les Pauls and SGs,) a bump up in string gauge is usually necessary (such as increasing from 10-46 to 11-49 or a "bottom heavy" set such as 10-52) and possibly a small truss rod adjustment. On 25.5" scale guitars (ex: Stratocasters and Telecasters,) you can usually get away with Eb tuning without having to adjust anything. The general rule of thumb is that the shorter the scale, the more you have to accommodate for string flop when tuned to Eb. Flop means "to fall heavily due to lack of energy." When tuned a half-step down, string tension is lessened and your strings may literally flop around in an unwanted way. Your #1 enemy with Eb tuning is string flop.
King, Danzig, Disturbed, Extreme, Green Day, Journey, Slayer, The Smithereens and many others. Other players and bands who use Eb regularly are Jimi Hendrix, Guns N' Roses, B.B. Fans of his tone who study it believe his tuning preference was a huge reason his guitar sounded the way it did. The most famous Stratocaster player I know of that used Eb tuning pretty much always was Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The looser feel of the strings makes string bending much easier, and snapback (a finger pull on a string where you pull, let go and let the string purposely strike the frets) has greater attack.īass frequencies are heard more clearly, certain chords sound fuller and the guitar seems to stay in tune much better when a capo is attached. It's distinctively different compared to E standard. Now that I've been playing in Eb, I actually quite like it. When I did that, the guitar felt much better, so I just left it that way. The strings in standard tuning felt too tight on my Tele, so I pitched it down to Eb.
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