Downtuned acoustic

I love the sound of a downtuned acoustic guitar. It's like very heavy without
distortion. I don't know if it's a common practice to downtune acoustic guitars.
I downtune 5 steps. (From E to B)

I think I am born to own a bass...

 

you should try buying a bass instead tuning your acoustic 5 steps...at the most i do 1 whole step.

 

Downtuning acoustic guitars is a rather common practice (Elliott Smith did it a lot), but five WHOLE steps? () Haha, that would be ridiculous, and I would think it would sound horrible. Are you sure you don't mean five half-steps (which even then would be a lot)?

Like SLammon, the most I've tuned-down was one whole step. I like the sound of one step, or ever a half step, but five...

 

Five whole steps would just cause your strings to rattle horribly from being so damned loose.

 

At the most I might downtune my acoustic by one semitone.. but tuning it down by five will just make your strings loose and flappy. You should buy a bass guitar. If you really like the acoustic sound, you can get yourself an acoustic bass..

 

You could buy an upright bass, I want one soooo bad. They're alot more expensive than an acoustic bass guitar though.For now I'm just playing a Fender Jazz Bass and a Fender Precision Bass.

 

Upright basses are awesome.. they have a unique sound.. but they're very expensive and very difficult to learn if you're used to regular acoustic or electric basses. And if you do manage to get used to playing upright bass, you'll have a tough time playing regular basses later.

 

Guess you'd have to spend alot of time playing bass...no problem with me haha.

 

I down-tune 2 steps. Certain songs I'll capo up 3 frets.
Long live my strings!!! (Ernie Ball brand.)

 

I've been wanting to try out some Ernie Balls but I usually end up getting Elixirs or Martins....usually Elixir.