Bass Guitar Tuning

[discustingdude123]

@MarkSentMe Lol so did I

[Jonaldinho180]

Dude, this is a sick song.. I'm gonna need tabs...

[MarkSentMe]

Thank you! Just got a bass for Christmas...had to tune it.

[ATVxSn1pez]

i have a "tuning help machine thing" and i dont know what key i should tune my bass in, can anyone help me??

[skapunk881]

@ATVxSn1pez Just tune it in standard tuning, which is EADG (thickest string to least thickest) Hope this helped!

[ATVxSn1pez]

@skapunk881 it tells me to chose a key A# B C C# and so on.. -.-

[skapunk881]

@ATVxSn1pez Hmmm...that's weird. Maybe you should get another tuner and just tune it in standard. You can get one for really cheap online.

[ATVxSn1pez]

@skapunk881 never mind i found out in school today ;D thanks for the help anyway :)

[skapunk881]

@ATVxSn1pez Haha alright you're welcome

[iusedtobequiet]

amazing. love it. simple. fantastic.

[ithetechnodj]

cant wait to play bass :]

[shafiqaffendy]

thanks!



[iiiiGABSiiii]

good tune.

[ChowardGaming]

Favourited for what i have been looking for ^^

[TWILIGHTTAZ98]

Is that an encore???

[djerinpass]

i have the exact same bass

[Sjoulken]

0:00 E

0:53 A

1:47 D

2:44 E

[rockdoesntdie]

I don't like the sound of the bass... but it was a helpful video :D

[whossClaw]

Thanks man, i just started today on how to play but this makes it sound so much better than i did by ear :)

[Italicans]

Nice Nice Nice!!!! Thank you

Best video tuning!!!!!

[Night94Wolf]

so the E at the bass guitar must be one octave lower than the E at the normal guitar?i mean tuned in general one octave lower than guitar?

[richardburnell]

@Night94Wolf  Correct! :-)

[Pelleman666]

@Night94Wolf I don't know what you said before this comment, but a bass guitar is tuned 2 octaves lower than a guitar..

[josh333rus]

FUCK YEAH!!! THANKS!!! :D

[richardburnell]

'Isolated Atoms.' The best band you've never heard of. Search them, listen & enjoy!

[GreendayversusU2]

This was just what i needed, thank you so much. no useless extra tutorials, jsut the notes I need :D

[BrentBTV2]

Thanks do much! This just tuned a bass for a beginner:)

[swishsplash]

does the strings snap if you tune it to drop c and then back to standard?

[jordancis18]

E- 0:05

A- 0:54

D- 1:48

G- 2:44

[jordancis18]

2:30 ahah

[philipwiththedreads]

OMFG!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheWickedDark]

@guillotinedeath you may have to adjust the neck on it when I first baught my ibanez it did the same thing only on the d string though

[guillotinedeath]

i just bought a bass IBANEZ exseries

my G string feels real loose wobbly is this normal?

[theishjort]

How can you dislike a bass tuning? O.o

[twilightxloverxbritt]

oh goodnees thanks very very much :D

[theextinction2330]

sooooooooo helpful, even helped me with five string sorry just editing my comment from earlier, i was tone deaf before this now my friends call me the bass god :P thanks so much!!!!

[theextinction2330]

sooooooooo helpful, even helped me with five string

[1970metalfan]

i really dont know why someone disliked this its helpful for bass players

[RADSK891]

Thanks. Very helpful for new players

[kisshardrocker14]

thanx i have been playing bass for over 3 yrs and i use this so if dont know how to tune a bass dont be afraid to use this all the time.

[Tiktaktwo1]

Thanks

[mordicus124]

NEVER held a bass befor no idea how the thing should sound looked all over you tube this is the only one i could use to tune by ear. you must know K.I.S.S. keep it simple stupid (stupid is the same as simple) F*CK POP LETS ROCK

[xdeimosx666]

that really helped

[rangers94ism]

Thank you very much

[breyerfan102]

Could you possibly do dropped b tunning?

[72cpugeek]

thats wuts up!!! u get added to the list

[VDVodka]

Thank you !

[timdogthahustla]

Very helpful.....this was just what I was looking for om here and just stumbled across it and was so happy! It was easy to follow and NO TALKING was great! Thanks!

[richardburnell]

@timdogthahustla you are most welcome! I use this myself all the time, it's soooo much quicker than the other vid's.

[munkyspyder]

Cheers!

[hotdrumchick]

Thank you so much! I have a bass that I bought many years ago and I just took out of storage. I lost the tuner, but this is so easy, now I think it's perfect (or darn close).

Now I just need lessons, lol!

[corrda1993]

3 people are tonedeaf.

[AlphabetSoupCircus]

Very helpful

I don't know if it's just me though, but you sound SLIGHTLY flat. Like, as in so slightly you could probably barely touch the tuners and they would be in perfect tune.

[richardburnell]

@AlphabetSoupCircus My hearing is not acute enough to to pick it up, however it could be that the tuner I have is marginally incorrect? Or perhaps in the process of recording it to my PC then uploading to Youtube there has been a fraction of time distortion altering the pitch ever so slightly? Hopefully it's close enough for you to get away with!

[Gregl342]

@AlphabetSoupCircus

The tuner is right, it should sound a tiny bit flat. This is how your supposed to tune any stringed instrument. It is because when you put your finger down on the frets the strings are ever so slightly stretched thus highering the pitch slightly. So if the open strings are tuned a tad bit flat then when other fretted notes are played they are in perfect pitch.

[steerclear036]

I find it a lot harder to tune a bass by ear than a guitar. Thanks for this video

[freespm1020]

okay hey im new just got my bass like 30 mins ago been wanting to learn for awhile any tips or pointers or anything that anyone can give me thanks!

[skaterboyrob19]

are there any videos anywhere that show you how to drop your bass into drop C?(CFCG)

[richardburnell]

@skaterboyrob19 I have put a video on for Drop C - I have used C,G,C,F though, never seen it done CFCG before.

[skaterboyrob19]

@richardburnell ahh cheers mate :P yeah i got the letters in the wrong order haha xD

[GQ02]

Thanx!

[TimeTCG]

E - 0:05

A - 0:53

D - 1:46

G - 2:43

[bradyrussell24]

helped tremendously

(better than expertvillage...)

[eaglewings]

Any chance of getting a tuning sound for a 5 string? As in, adding how the B-string sounds when absolutely correctly tuned?

[richardburnell]

@eaglewings I've put a 5 string vid on today with the low B on it. Enjoy!

[zzzmarjmd2]

thanks! just what i was looking for!

[xxSuzballxx]

this is JUST what I was looking for.. not some crap from a 20 man saying this is a string.. it plays a note.. it should sound like this.. but before I tell you. I'd like to talk about the history of guitars -.-

thank you!

[richardburnell]

@xxSuzballxx thanks - glad it helped!

[ShadowAssassin887]

@xxSuzballxx LOL haha that made me laugh xD it's so funny because its true!

[bere1213]

Just wanted to say thanks i was in the middle of a church service n my bass was't tuned but i saw this video and i did it so THANKS AGAIN N GOD BLESS YOU A LOT

[richardburnell]

@bere1213 the wonders of modern technology come to the rescue - glad it helped!

[jamirosmajicrocks]

this is the best jonas brothers song so far!

[KayCato]

i don't know how to get that doing sound out of my bass :(

[richardburnell]

@KayCato I used a plectrum (pick) to play the notes on this vid as it makes a crisper sound than finger picking. You can also pay around with the settings on your amplifier. If you lower the 'bass' setting and increase the 'treble' setting the sound is sharper and less 'muddy' - hope that helps a bit.

[KayCato]

@richardburnell thanks :)

[0871356005]

i m tuning my friends bass with the exact same one as the bass in the picture

[RCORRIE90]

@0871356005 I used to have the bass it's heavy as hell

[evilbeaverofdeath]

haha...i did mine by ear and its perfect =D!

[Jcahalane]

Mine was tuned waaaaay too low.

[happyrory101]

Very helpful, awesome job!!!

[TheBasskidd]

AWESOME MAN!! MY BASS WAS OUT OF WACK!!!!! NOW IT SOUNDS BETTER!!! DUDE< IM GIVING A TWO THUMBS UP! THANKS AGAIN!!

[VertigoSniper]

very helpful!

[azayles]

Thank you, Richard! Just bought a bass today, second had from cash converters. NEVER played one before, and wanna learn, and this video certainly helped with tuning!

[Fatherwader]

perfect...thank you richard!

[joelswenson92]

very helpfull video man lol just kinda odd how you play the strings fast then slow then take a long pause then really fast!!! haha

[kratzzjapp17]

this is the best bass tuning video on youtube

[jhelfril]

thanks

[naaadude11]

thanks,very helpful

[sf987photo]

This video will forever haunt my dreams..

[Itell21]

I've used this at least 342894567137456183749567184 times

[GUARDIANtrooper]

Thanks for dat shyt, acoustic basses are hard az hell, lol!

[bex271]

thanks.!!...stupid pranking housemate had messed with the strings.

[xXsk8erboi13Xx]

@bex271 well then u prolly shuda dropkicked his ass and mess with HIS strings lol

[Juan619perez]

thank you

[obapooch]

thyanks dood. first vid ive seen with just the notes :D

[Necrolitica]

Ah. I hate tuners. Thank you.

[ScrapGoldBass]

Thanks!

[IncognitoBraces]

very helpful, thank you!