Chicago Music Exchange | 8 months ago

CME took its show on the road for this demo to meet up with Billy Corgan and Reverend Guitars founder Joe Naylor at Madame ZuZu’s Emporium, where the two sat down to discuss the new Reverend Billy Corgan Drop Z signature. Available in our CME Exclusive Outfield Ivy finish option only at Chicago Music Exchange, the Drop Z signature guitar combines the aesthetic features of his Z-One signature model and a longer 24-fret, 26.25"-scale neck designed for drop tunings. Each comes equipped with a pair of Railhammer Billy Corgan Z-One Pickups to deliver a heightened output for rich, weighty rock tone.

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A dropped tuning is one of the categories of alternative tunings and the process starts with standard tuning and typically lowers the pitch of ("drops") only a single string, almost always the lowest-pitched (E) string on the guitar. The drop D tuning is common in electric guitar and heavy metal music. The low E string is tuned down one whole step (to D) and the rest of the strings remain in standard tuning. This creates an "open power chord" (three-note fifth) with the low three strings (DAD). There also exists double-drop D tuning, in which both E strings are down-tuned a whole step (to D). The rest of the strings keep their original pitch.

Although the drop D tuning was introduced and developed by blues and classical guitarists, it is well known from its usage in contemporary heavy metal and hard rock bands. Early hard rock songs tuned in drop D include The Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and Led Zeppelin's "Moby Dick", both first released in 1969. Tuning the lowest string one tone down, from E to D, allowed these musicians to acquire a heavier and darker sound than in standard tuning. Without needing to tune all strings (Standard D tuning), they could tune just one, in order to lower the key. Drop D is also a convenient tuning, because it expands the scale of an instrument by two semitones: D and D♯.

In the mid-1980s, three alternative rock bands, King's X, Soundgarden and Melvins, influenced by Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, made extensive use of drop D tuning. While playing power chords (a chord that includes the prime, fifth and octave) in standard tuning requires a player to use two or three fingers, drop D tuning needs just one, similar in technique to playing barre chords It allowed them to use different methods of articulating power chords (legato for example) and more importantly, it allowed guitarists to change chords faster. This new technique of playing power chords introduced by these early grunge bands was a great influence on many artists, such as Rage Against the Machine and Tool. The same drop D tuning then became common practice among alternative metal acts such as the band Helmet, who used the tuning a great deal throughout their career and would later influence much alternative metal and nu metal bands.

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Chapters:
00:00-01:03 Intro/ "The Everlasting Gaze" Cover
01:04-02:32 Introducing the Reverend Billy Corgan Drop Z
02:33-03:24 "Tonight, Tonight" The Smashing Pumpkins
03:25-04:55 Drop Z Features
04:56-05:29 More Playing
05:30-06:50 Billy on alternate tunings
06:51-07:36 "Today" Smashing Pumpkins
07:37-09:40 A Modern Guitar For A Modern Sound
09:41-09:59 Even More Playing