Guns N' Roses · 1993 · Studio album
The Spaghetti Incident? tuning.
E♭ Standard, about 7 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured on the CD. 3 of 12 songs are tuned differently.
Album tuning
E♭ Standard +7 ¢
About 7 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured on the CD.
MeasuredCommunity
Measured by TuneLit
7 ¢ sharp
| Source | Offset | Equivalent A | Songs | Spread | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD, Geffen GED 24617 (1993, Germany) | +6.6 ¢ | A 441.7 | 12 | +1.5 to +9.4 ¢ | High |
Before we measured, sources said: E♭ Standard, with no pitch given (community).
Punk and glam covers, many started during the Illusion sessions, with Gilby Clarke re-recording most of Izzy Stradlin's rhythm parts. Almost everything is tabbed in E♭ Standard, and Raw Power in E Standard. New Rose is labelled Drop C♯ on Songsterr, but the dropped string is never played, so it is listed in E♭. An unlisted hidden track follows I Don't Care About You. Songs recorded at different times sit between about 3 ¢ flat and 16 ¢ sharp; TuneLit uses the middle, +7 ¢, for the album, +16 ¢ for Hair of the Dog and concert pitch for Raw Power and I Don't Care About You.
12 songs · 3 tuned differently
Every song, ready to tune
Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean
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1. Since I Don't Have You
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
The Skyliners' doo-wop song, with Gilby Clarke on acoustic rhythm guitar.
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2. New Rose
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
The Damned cover, sung by Duff McKagan.
Ultimate Guitar's tabs are split between E♭ Standard and E Standard. Both Songsterr tabs, one titled "correct", are labelled Drop C♯ (C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ A♯ D♯), but neither ever plays the dropped string, and TuneLit's audio check hears E♭ as the lowest open note on the record, with hardly any low C♯. So E♭ Standard, the band's usual tuning, plays every note of those tabs too.
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3. Down on the Farm
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
The U.K. Subs song, which the band first played live at Farm Aid in 1990.
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4. Human Being
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
A New York Dolls cover.
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5. Raw Power
Different tuning
E StandardMeasured
Notes
How to get there from the album's E♭ Standard: Every string up a half step.
Duff McKagan sings lead with Axl Rose. TuneLit measured it at concert pitch. The song never rings its open low string, so TuneLit's audio check cannot confirm E against E♭ here; check by ear.
The Stooges cover is transcribed in E Standard on Songsterr and Ultimate Guitar, guitars and bass alike.
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6. Ain't It Fun
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
The Dead Boys song, with Michael Monroe sharing the vocal.
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7. Buick Makane
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
T. Rex's song with Soundgarden's Big Dumb Sex worked in.
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8. Hair of the Dog
Different pitch
E♭ Standard +16 ¢Measured
Notes
The Nazareth song; Slash adds a talk box. TuneLit measured it about 16 ¢ sharp, the highest song on the album.
Songsterr transcribes ten of the twelve listed songs in E♭ Standard, guitars and bass; Raw Power is in E Standard and New Rose is labelled Drop C♯.
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9. Attitude
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
A Misfits cover, sung by Duff McKagan.
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10. Black Leather
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
A song by Sex Pistols members Steve Jones and Paul Cook; Slash said this was the one cover where he thought the band beat the original.
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11. You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory
E♭ Standard +7 ¢Measured
Notes
Johnny Thunders' song, sung by Duff McKagan, who produced it with Jim Mitchell.
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12. I Don't Care About You
Different pitch
E♭ StandardMeasured
Notes
The Fear song. The unlisted hidden track that follows it is not part of this list. TuneLit measured it at concert pitch, below the album's +7 ¢.
Songsterr transcribes ten of the twelve listed songs in E♭ Standard, guitars and bass; Raw Power is in E Standard and New Rose is labelled Drop C♯.
What the labels mean
- Measured
- TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
- Official
- The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
- Widely reported
- Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
- Community
- From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
- Disputed
- Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.
Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →
Questions
What tuning is The Spaghetti Incident? in?
Guns N' Roses recorded The Spaghetti Incident? (1993) in E♭ Standard, about 7 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Raw Power uses E Standard; Hair of the Dog uses E♭ Standard +16 ¢; I Don't Care About You uses E♭ Standard.
Why does The Spaghetti Incident? sound out of tune with my guitar?
Hair of the Dog sits about 16 cents sharp (A ≈ 444), so a guitar tuned to A 440 clashes with it. The Tune buttons on this page set the tuner's reference to match the record, so you only tune the strings.