Sorry for the ignorance, but what would a 1/2 step down tuning be? Got me curious!  
Thanks,
 
Greg

For a 4 string, it would be Eb, Ab, Db, Gb.  
 
SRV, Hendrix, and many others frequently used this tuning.

Thanks Kevin. That's what I thought it was...
I guess I'll have to give it a try then!
 
Greg

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.
  ?SRV

No picture, but I saw your bass hanging in the final cure area today

So izz like ham? No? Or izz like deezze boyz?
 
Tuner is a must. Every gig is in a loud venue, even the dressing rooms are loud. Lately when we open for a larger well known group, we only get 1 shot at winning over a new crowd. You never want to be the guy who didn't have his stuff together. You'd never hear the end of it.
Geet eeet? Roberto e Smith con El Cure!

I remember once (early 1980's) when at a gig at a  local venue( The Tower ,in Brisbane ,Ca.) where I was in the  ''  house band we had  guest performers  sit in quite a bit. One time there was a guitar player that had talked our 'FEARLESS LEADER into letting him do a whole set of SRV tunes.This guy was a real SRV purist so the first thing he told me was that I had to tune down a half step to accommodate the original arrangements. I like very high string tension in my Bass set-up but also i do not like my action too high . At that gig I just happened to have taken a bass that was strung with strings that were 90-40 extra light  to experiment with bass chords. Those strings turned into 'WET NOODLES  tuned down a half step!  If I would have known that the SRV guy was going to sit in I would have taken a Bass strung with heavier strings!
 
(Message edited by sonicus on December 14, 2009)

Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains uses 1/2 step  tuning exclusively but also drops it sometimes, it's definitly a tuning worth  flirting with
 
~Taylor

I use the 1 bass but the guitarist brings at least 3 axes. 1 for reg drop 1/2 step down, 1 for drop D 1/2 step down and regular low C tuing not 1/2 step down. I just play it all on my 5 string. I sometimes bring a spare bass, just in case but have yet to need to switch. Unless I hit the lottery, there will be no spare for the 10'er.

A snapshot of your bass in all its blackness:

Still just hanging out in the final cure for rubout, but it's already bad.

You could do with  bit more black on there danno ;-)
 
 
Graeme

Well there has to be some left for Flip. I can't horde all the darkness.

Nigel: It's like, how much more black could this be and the answer is none. None more black.

Beautiful!