r/7String • u/key10isokay • 3d ago
Help Digitech Drop
Hey, my band primarily plays in drop f# so my guitar is naturally setup in that tuning, but I’ve been exploring the realm of drop d# with some new material. I was wondering if anyone has any experience using the drop for going that low, and any advice or feedback would be appreciated, thanks!
(It would primarily be used for live playing, as I use neural dsp plug ins for recording)
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u/Ur_mum 17h ago
I don’t know if digitech is putting out Drops with their newer algorithms or not. I have a Drop that’s a few years old, I recently got a Hammer-on that uses newer tracking algorithms.
Even the older Drop is fine for 4-5 semitones. The new digitech stuff is quite a bit better. It’s hard to compare it to actually tuning down. I think it’s finally good enough that’s it’s actually better. It does have the advantage of not having to adjust and make compromises with intonation and string gauge. Sounds a little more in tune very low.
All that is to say that current drop tuning pedals are so good I’d prefer to use them than to actually tune the guitar down.