bass tunings

["Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

[Discussion by Charlie and Andreas about weird tunings]

Ok, now here's for another weird tuning. I call mine "inverted lute 
tuning",
and it's similair to a guitar tuning, only from top to bottom. In other
words: I start at 'A (the one below a 5-string B) and it goes 'A E B f# d'
a' (the a' being the one below a guitar B). The tonal range? Five octaves.
But yeah, sometimes I even use an octaver (up, mind you).

As for getting the strings: As Charlie mentioned, there are some speciality
companies who sell these specific string sizes. When I had decided I wanted
this tuning, I didn't want to search for strings, I wanted it now, so I 
went
to a shop and got a) a set of medium heavy six-string strings, b) a set of
baritone guitar strings. Now the ball ends of those would slip through the
bridge of my (non-alterated) bass, so I used some aluminium washers.

Apart from that, no changes to the bass (apart from setting it up
differently).

        Rainer