Drop D Tuning

Jimmy Page

Led Zeppelin

.009-.042 (Electric), .010-.050 Extra Light (Acoustic)

David Gilmour

Pink Floyd

.010, .012, .016, .028, .038, .048 (Stratocaster), .0105, .013, .017, .030, .040, .050 (Les Paul)

Eddie Van Halen

.009-.040 (early career), .009-.042 or .009-.046 (later)

Brian May

Queen

.009-.042 (Originally used banjo strings for high E)

Kurt Cobain

Nirvana

.010-.052 (Light top, heavy bottom)

Jerry Cantrell

Alice in Chains

.010-.046

Stone Gossard & Mike McCready

Pearl Jam

.010-.046 (McCready), .011-.052 (Gossard varies)

Billy Corgan

Smashing Pumpkins

.009-.042

Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters

.011, .014, .018, .028, .042, .060 (Custom hybrid set)

Tom Morello

Rage Against the Machine

.010-.046

Chris Cornell

Soundgarden

.009-.046 (varied by tuning)

Kim Thayil

Soundgarden

.009-.046 (heavier strings for lower tunings)

James Hetfield

Metallica

.011, .014, .018p, .028, .038, .050 (Signature set)

Zakk Wylde

.010-.060 (heavy), .011-.070 (extra heavy for extreme drop tunings)

Kerry King

Slayer

.009-.042 (D#), .010-.046 (C#), + .052 for drop tuning

Adam Jones

Tool

.010-.052