ZZ Top · Eliminator · song 6
Legs tuning.
Legs (ZZ Top, 1983) is in E Standard, about 9 cents sharp (A ≈ 442), measured by TuneLit from the record.
Measured by TuneLit
9 ¢ sharp
The album's value, measured on the CD: Tune moves every string +9 ¢.
ZZ Top · Eliminator · 1983
About Legs
Legs, an uptempo hit from Eliminator (1983) released as a single the following year, puts Billy Gibbons's guitar over the band's new machine-tight groove. The guitar part is in E Standard, as all the tabs show.
TuneLit measured Legs about 13 ¢ sharp on the CD, a few cents above the album's +9 ¢ (A ≈ 442.4). The difference is too small for a value of its own, so the Tune button uses the album's 9 ¢ up. The 2019 Goin' 50 box, which carries the single version, gives almost exactly the same reading, so this is how the record sounds, not a quirk of one pressing.
Because the song sits a touch higher than its album, a guitar tuned to the button can sound a hair flat in the solo; if it bothers you, raise the reference by another 4 ¢ (A ≈ 443.3). TuneLit's check from the audio agrees that the lowest string is E, so there is no question about the tuning itself, only about the fine reference.
Tip: Start from the album's +9 ¢; if the solo sounds flat, nudge the reference up to about A 443.3.
Step by step
Tune your guitar like the record
- Tap Tune like this: the tuner switches to E Standard, every string +9 ¢, the notes Legs was recorded in.
- Turn String 6 to String 1 until each shows ✓ in tune. Legs sits 9 cents sharp on the record: at A 440 your guitar would sound that much flat against it, which Tune already corrects.
- Then play Legs 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 Legs 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 +9 ¢. Choose E Standard at A 440 and Legs moves down 9 cents, 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 Legs in?
E Standard +9 ¢: E A D G B E, low to high, at the pitch TuneLit measured on the record.