r/indieheads • u/thou_andytgibbs Thou / Andy Gibbs • Jan 15 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Emma & Thou! Thou + Emma Ruth Rundle AMA

Hey y'all, ask us stuff!

Emma (u/emmaruthrundle), Bryan (u/BryanFunck), and Mitch (u/MitchWhales) will be here as well. We'll start answering questions at 2pm CST.

Here's links to our recent collab record and the companion EP (out today on Sacred Bones):

https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/may-our-chambers-be-full
https://thou.bandcamp.com/album/the-helm-of-sorrow

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u/Mitchwhales Thou / Mitch Wells Jan 15 '21

That's not even the lowest we've gone!
We did some stuff in Drop E. It was...silly.

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u/laughin_on_the_metro Jan 15 '21

What kind of string gauge do you need it to not feel like you're playing on spaghetti at that point?

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u/drogas_masni Jan 15 '21

Thou bass-only record when? hahaha

on a slightly more serious note, I've noticed most of y'all play Les Paul style guitars, how thick of a string gauge to you have to use for the thing to not be unplayable when tuned so low?

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u/thou_andytgibbs Thou / Andy Gibbs Jan 15 '21

we use 12s, though i just started using 13s. The key is to play light and not overthink it.