Low tuning - tips

Anyone have tips for tuning low, I'm talking Drop A#, B tuning, drop B and C tuning. Chevelle plays a lot at A#, I tune down that low and it still feels off. Do they use and octave dropper?

How do you mean it feels off? the strings just feel really slinky?

I'll work on finding a way to explain it better and I'll get back to you.

One big thing is keeping my guitar in tune, but i think that has to be more my bad tuning pegs

they tune that low using 7 or 8 string guitars and heavier string gauges

info needed to help me help you
1 do you have a vibrato bar,if so wat kind
2what kind of guitar,and wat gauge strings do.you use.
3 do you know what a baritone guitar is?

use thicker gauge strings, or you can but a pitch pedal that you can use to drop your guitar X amount of semi tones but it doesnt sound as natural

For tunings down around A, I would suggest maybe 11s if low tension strings bother you. I like loose strings, so I never go above 9s
don't forget to re-intonate

if you are just dropping your tuning without string/gauge change, you need to re-stretch your strings. Lower tuning means less tension, means your strings may come loose from your pegs. There is no problem with the pegs if it only de-tunes so much when droptuned.

I figured this out when I had to tune for audioslave's gasoline.

you should also to wrap as much string around the peg as possible.

I use 11's for standard tuning haha

nothing lower than 10's for me.

thanks guys I did my homework and came up with the same things Domigan_Lefty and guitarmastergod where telling me, ya I just got a size ten strings and they are WILD brand I believe they are made for this sort of thing. I just need to keep things at low tunings for the time being so I don't lose the tension. I'll keep my acoustic/electric at standard.

Thanks again guys