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That won't equalise the tension, though, so you'll probably have to adjust the truss rod too.
Eb (or drop-Db) is by far the best tuning, though. Guitars always sound better than they do in standard, IMO.
Based on my limited experience with decent singers and much experience with mediocre ones, I'm more curious by the idea that the singer thinks your change will be the answer to his pitching issues (whatever they are). I'm unconvinced that it'll be successful. What effort (lessons, practice, etc) has the singer put into improving his vocal range, I wonder? A semitone isn't much of a stretch.
Saying "no, get better!" to the singer is a strange approach. There are limits to the human voice and extending the range can take months, if it's even possible (at some point it won't be). Detuning a guitar on the other hand is a piece of **** and immediate.
So I dropped my acoustic by a semi tone and that makes a lot of the songs I normally play singable.
When I was 20 and fronting a band we tuned to D standard as it suits my voice and I wasn’t straining on the highest notes.
Now I’m nearly 50 I’m in C standard as my range has lowered.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
It didn't come from the perspective of not understanding anything about how the human singing voice works. Or why we've all individually got a physical limit on what's possible with our vocal instrument. Or that it changes over time as our vocal folds age.
It comes from having been in too many bands with singers who didn't treat their voice as their instrument and didn't practice in the way that you or I might practice playing the guitar. They'd just turn up and wing it.
I've also been lucky enough to play with some fabulous singers who were a joy to be with. Different experience altogether.
An anecdote. I used to live next door to the singer in a well-known '70s rock band still going today. After going to see Deep Purple (maybe 10 years ago, now) and watching Ian Gillan tear into the first three songs (sounding great) and then be almost unable to sing anything after that, I asked my neighbour why he could still do it yet Gillan could not. He smiled wickedly and said "That's because I am a singer and he is a vocalist".
I'm playing in 1Eb band now and 2 concert. I just use 10's for all guitars regardless. Sometimes it's fun to use the wrong guitar and transpose it in your head, piano songs written in Bb and F etc are much nicer to play in B and F# on guitar so in one band I deliberately use the wrong guitar.