fall_for_ever Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I have a 9 string, and I’ve been wanting to replace it with a variax for my projects I have. I tune to standard, but in 432, not 440. Standard is C# F# B E A D G B E, but I’d like to go lower if possible I was looking to buy a new variax, but wanted to make sure I can recreate everything the same as I have with my 9 string. I bought a used shurkien a few months ago, but it had issues, so I returned it. I do like the new JTV-89F because of the ebony and Floyd, but the shuriken has the longer scale. Any help is appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 The alt tuning algorithms detune everything relative to the guitar's physical tuning, and the smallest interval is a half-step. So no, you can't tune the guitar to A 440 and have it detune only 8 cents to 432. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 The lowest note you can get from the Variax is an octave lower than the physical tuning of the low E string. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall_for_ever Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Thanks guys! I’ll be ordering mine this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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