The Offspring · Conspiracy of One · song 4
Want You Bad tuning.
Want You Bad (The Offspring, 2000) is in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
At concert pitch
The album's value, measured on the CD.
The Offspring · Conspiracy of One · 2000
About Want You Bad
Want You Bad, from Conspiracy of One (2000), produced by Brendan O'Brien, is in plain E Standard in the community tabs, and TuneLit's audio check agrees with E as the lowest open string.
TuneLit measured the CD about 1.5 cents sharp and this song about 2 cents flat, both concert pitch, so Tune opens E Standard at A 440. A guitar set with any normal tuner will match the album version without any fine-tuning.
Live is where it changes. On the live recordings TuneLit measured, the band plays a half step down, and a community transcription of Want You Bad from a show in Helsinki is written in E♭ Standard. If you are playing along with concert footage, start there. The album has its own odd ones as well: Living in Chaos is tuned a half step down, and Come Out Swinging sits about 7 cents flat, so check the setting of each song before you play through Conspiracy of One.
Tip: Use E Standard at A 440 for the studio version, and E♭ Standard for live clips, which the band plays a half step down.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, the notes Want You Bad was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Want You Bad sits at concert pitch on the record, so the tuner stays at A 440.
- Then play Want You Bad along with the record: its lowest open note and your String 6 should ring together without a wobble.
Or the other way round
Move the record into your tuning
Rather keep your guitar as it is? Let Play along move Want You Bad instead. Add your own copy, for example from your CD (it never leaves your device); the link already says the song is in E Standard. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Want You Bad moves down 1 cent, at its own speed. Slow it down or loop a few bars to learn it, and save the result as a WAV file.
Questions
What tuning is Want You Bad in?
E Standard: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.