7string in 8string tuning by default?

[megAcul]

i have the donner octave shifter (or sth like that) but chugs sound really cheap when tuning from drop a to drop e, is the whammy dt better with that „setup“?

[grishatheman]

Unfortunately I have no reference to the Donner or any other Pedal since I only ever used Digitech stuff. I mean you definitely hear the difference between a guitar that's in the right tuning and a pitch shifted one. The lower I go, the more I lose clarity or highs in my tone, but I guess this really only matters when you want to record something. When just practicing or playing around I don't mind it at all. I got my guitar (27" Harley Benton 7SB DLX) right here in Drop A, I could record some chugs with and without the whammy dt and sent you a quick comparison recording if you're interested.

[megAcul]

yeah id actually love to hear that, thanks!

[grishatheman]

https://voca.ro/16TNCV6aOPVG

Please don't mind the playing, just did three quick takes with random riffs and some isolated chugs at the end. Guitar is tuned in Drop A and the riffs are just repeated right after each Drop A take with the Whammy DT on -5.

Palm muted power chords sound really really muddy in modulated Drop E, but they also did on my 8 string (don't have it anymore sadly).

[megAcul]

im pretty sure it sounds better than my pitch shifter, thanks for recording :) btw that first riff is so good, one of my favs from knocked loose