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Nocturnus AD - Paradox

Depends on which band it is. If it's a band I like I don't really care what the album cover looks like (some of My Dying Bride covers have been a bit poo). However, I have gotten into Bal Sagoth purely from the cover of Starfire Burns; and Drudkh through Blood in the Wells album cover. So in a way, album covers do matter.

The F# he's talking about is his 5th string - an octave higher than what it sounds like you're thinking of. 56 is on the heavy side for a low E, so it's probably way too tight on his guitar another whole step up. I've had my baritone down at drop G before just for fun, but I never took the extra half step plunge to F#. It didn't sound that great even with good strings and a 28.5" scale length. EQ is a whole different animal when you're down that low, everything needs to change. Lately I've come around to tuning guitars up higher and leaving more room for the bass. I joined a band who plays in E standard last year - the first time I've tuned up that high since the mid 90s! - and I miss the low notes sometimes, but not as much as I thought I would.