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    Doom Metal Band Tuning Guide v1.0

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    This document provides a guide to typical tunings used by prominent doom metal bands. It lists over 30 tunings including standard, drop, and alternate tunings used by bands such as Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins, and Neurosis. The guide includes the artist, albums, and sometimes string gauges for each tuning. It encourages subscribers to provide additional tuning information or corrections.

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    Doom Metal Band Tuning Guide v1.0

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    This document provides a guide to typical tunings used by prominent doom metal bands. It lists over 30 tunings including standard, drop, and alternate tunings used by bands such as Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins, and Neurosis. The guide includes the artist, albums, and sometimes string gauges for each tuning. It encourages subscribers to provide additional tuning information or corrections.

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    This document provides a guide to typical tunings used by prominent doom metal bands. It lists over 30 tunings including standard, drop, and alternate tunings used by bands such as Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins, and Neurosis. The guide includes the artist, albums, and sometimes string gauges for each tuning. It encourages subscribers to provide additional tuning information or corrections.

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    Doom Metal Band Tuning Guide v1.0

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    This document provides a guide to typical tunings used by prominent doom metal bands. It lists over 30 tunings including standard, drop, and alternate tunings used by bands such as Black Sabbath, Sleep, Electric Wizard, Melvins, and Neurosis. The guide includes the artist, albums, and sometimes string gauges for each tuning. It encourages subscribers to provide additional tuning information or corrections.

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    Doom Metal Band Tuning Guide v1.

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    This guide was written to provide you with the typical tunings used by some of the most noteworthy and
    influential bands within the doom, stoner, sludge, and drone metal genres. When available,
    supplemental information on album
    album\era and string gauge has been included.

    Be sure to follow Does It Doom? on Instagram, Facebook, and Tw


    Twitter @doesitdoom and subscribe to
    the YouTube Channel at www.youtube.com/doesitdoom for weekly guitar lessons and gear demos.

    E Standard (E, A, D, G, B, E)

     Black Sabbath (Black


    lack Sabbath, Paranoid, TE, NSD
    NSD)
    o Tony Iommi [0.008,, 0.008, 0.011, 0.018, 0.024, 0.032]
     Clutch
     Melvins
    o Buzz Osborne [0.010 – 0.052]
     Om
     Pagan Altar
     Red Fang
     Saint Vitus (early)
     Witch
     Witchcraft (Witchcraft, Firewood, The Alchemist)

    Drop D (D, A, D, G, B, E)

     Acid King
     Clutch
     Melvins
    o Buzz Osborne [0.010 – 0.052]
     Red Fang

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    Eb Standard (Eb,, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)

     Black Sabbath (13)


     Candlemass
     Monster Magnet
    o Phil Caivano [0.011 – 0.048]
     The Obsessed
     Pentagram
    o Victor Griffin [0.009
    [0.009– 0.046]
     Saint Vitus
     Spirit Caravan
     Witchcraft (Legend, Nucleus)

    Drop C# (C#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#)

     Truckfighters

    D Standard (D, G, C, F, A, D)

     Corrosion of Conformity
    o Pepper Keenan [0.011 – 0.052]
    o Woody Weatherman [0.011 – 0.052]
     Elder (Elder, Dead Roots Stirring)
     Fu Manchu
    o Bob Balch [0.011 – 0.048]
     Orange Goblin
     Trouble
     Weedeater
    o Dave Shepherd [0.011 – 0.049]

    Drop C (C, G, C, F, A, D)

     1000mods
     Elder
     Red Fang [0.011 – 0.050]
     Wo Fat

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    C# Standard (C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#)

     Black Sabbath (MOR, Vol4, SBS, Sabotage)


    o Tony Iommi [0.009,
    0.009, 0.010, 0.012, 0.020, 0.032, 0.042]
     Buzzov*en
     Down
    o Pepper Keenan [0.012 – 0.056]
     Grief (1st EP)
     Superjoint Ritual
    o Jimmy Bower [0.011 – 0.056]
     Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats

    Drop B (B, F#, B, E, G#, C#)

     Cough

    C Standard (C, F, A#, D#, G, C)

     Acid Bath
     Cathedral
     Church of Misery
     Eyehategod
    o Jimmy Bower [0.011 – 0.056]
     Grief
     High on Fire
    o Matt Pike [0.012 – 0.056]
     Kyuss
     Monster Magnet
    o Phil Caivano [0.013
    [0.013– 0.060]
     Sleep
    o Matt Pike [0.012 – 0.056]
     Soilent Green
     The Sword
     Windhand
    o Garrett Morris [0.011 – 0.054]

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    B Standard (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

     Belzebong
     Bongzilla
     Crowbar
    o Kirk Windstein [0.013 – 0.056]
     Dopethrone
     Electric Wizard (Come My Fanatics – present)
     Heavy Lord
     Monolord
    o Thomas V Jäger [0.011 – 0.056]

    Drop A (A, E, A, D, F#, B)

     Burning Witch
    o Greg Anderson
    derson [0.012 – 0.064]
     Crowbar
    o Kirk Windstein [0.013 – 0.056]
     Earth
     Goatsnake
    o Greg Anderson [0.012 – 0.064]
     Pallbearer
     Sunn O)))
    o Greg Anderson [0.012 – 0.064]

    A# Standard (A#, D#, G#, C#, F#, A#)

     Boris
    o Wata [0.011, 0.016, 0.026, 0.036, 0.046, 0.060]
     Electric Wizard (Dopethrone)

    A Standard (A, D, G, C, F, A)

     YOB
    o Mike Scheidt [0.014 – 0.068]

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    G# Standard (G#, C#, F#, B, D#, G#)

     Primitive Man
     Thou

    Drop F# (F#, C#, F#, B, D#, G#)

     Thou

    Drop F (F, C, F, A#, D, G)

     Conan
    o Jon Davis [0.014,
    4, 0.018, 0.036, 0.052, 0.070, 0.080]

    F Standard (F, A#, D#, G#, C, F)

     Bongripper

    A, C, G, C, F, A#

     Bell Witch
    o Dylan Desmond 6 String Bass [0.040, 0.055, 0.065, 0.085, 0.120, 0.135]

    A, A, D, G, A, D

     Neurosis
    o Steve Von Till [0.011 – 0.058]

    A, A, D, G, B, E

     Neurosis
    o Scott Kelly [0.011 – 0.058]

    Bb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb

     Pentagram (several songs on Relentless)


    o Victor Griffin [0.009
    [0.009– 0.046]

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    F#, F#, B, E, G#, B

     Slomatics
    o Chris Couzens [0.013 – 0.075]
    o David Majury [0.013 – 0.075]

    The document will be updated and redistributed on a regular basis to anyone who signed up to receive
    it. If you have tuning or string gauge information on a relevant band that you believe should be added
    to the list, or any additional suggestions or corre
    corrections,
    ctions, please forward them to me directly.

    -Steve Reis

    Email: [email protected]

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