Oh yeah.
I'm going to see someone tomorrow who has offered me the use of his guitar.
Is it bad manners to ask to tune it to Drop D, as I'm too retarded to be able to play properly?
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:31, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)

I don't remember
Bad Manners ever doing that.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:35, Reply)

As in just the bottom string tuned to D?
Or the whole thing dropped two semitones?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:37, Reply)

Just the E dropped to D.
Some people get real arsey about these things.
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:37, Reply)

Can't you do that yourself before playing a song?
I'm sure no-one sensible would be annoyed by you doing that.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:43, Reply)

Of course I can do that.
I've been in situations before where I've drop-tuned a guitar and had people get REALLY ANGRY with me.
It's not like I fucked their daughter.
It was their son.
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:45, Reply)

... and their dog.
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:47, Reply)

It is annoying
Especially if there is no tuner to hand. Drop D-Tuing usually indicates:

Someone too lazy to learn proper bar chords.
Someone with bad taste in music (pop-punk heavily uses drop-d, so Blink182 and Bowling For Soup all the way)

Often they will not tune it down properly and also not tune it back!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:50, Reply)

I'm a bass player.
But don't own an acoustic bass.
And I've got a tuner in my bag.
And they'll get to hear my beautiful singing.
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:53, Reply)

Why do you mention acoustic bass?

( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 15:13, Reply)

As I'm not gonna lug
An electric bass AND an amp around the tube with me!
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 15:27, Reply)

I may be being Kaoltarded but what has this got to do with drop D-tuning?
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 15:38, Reply)

Nothing.
Well... I can't play guitar.
So I wanna play and sing some songs tomorrow.
I can't play guitar, so I can drop-D the guitar and play really simple chords.
( Cawl, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 16:06, Reply)

the people who get angry are obviously knobs
who gives a shit if one string is tuned down? can undo that in just a few seconds.

tossers
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 16:05, Reply)

YES a million yesses
Please don't do that.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 19 Jun 2009, 14:39, Reply)