Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

[p4vl]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

New to you? This thread popped up on every guitar message board in 1997; it was just as asinine to question what people tune to back then.

Extended Range guitars suck because the spacing between the strings is more narrow than your average 6-string (and it gets increasingly worse as you add strings). They give me hand cramps and odd chords just won't ring out.

It's what a bass player is for to track with you and give you low end to support the bottom that you need.

This is wrong because Pig Destroyer.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

Why? Why is it needed? Run out of notes? Really? Need lower sounding grunting guitars? I don't get it. It's what a bass player is for to track with you and give you low end to support the bottom that you need.

Ok so help me understand this new to me trend. I have enough problems playing 6 strings.

You know . . . i ask myself the very same question !

It is totally retarded !

WHY DO YOU NEED AN 8 STRING GUITAR . . . if there are 10 string guitars ?

Are you poor ? Can you not afford the two extra strings ?

CHEAP SKATES !

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

Agile has a 10 string:

Beat me to it !

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

12 string bass anyone ????????????

. . . or what about a 14 string model ?

 

[dominus]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

Beat me to it !

By nearly a year:

07-31-2013, 10:01 AM

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

My objection to 7 or more strings is that many manufacturers are just adding more strings without improving the ergonomics or physics of the instrument. Yes you can add more strings, but you need to re-engineer the guitar to improve playability and you need to deal with the physics of the heavier strings by compensating their scale length and by designing new pickups to expand the frequency range. This is where multiscale and fanned fret instruments have their advantages.

 

[dominus]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

My objection to 7 or more strings is that many manufacturers are just adding more strings without re-engineering the ergonomic or physics of the instrument. Yes you can add more strings but you need to re-engineer the guitar to improve playability and you need to deal with the physics of the heavier strings by compensating their scale length and by designing new pickups to expand the frequency range.

Double cutaway light mahogany arch top body
5 piece maple/walnut neck-thru body design with headstock matching body 30" scale
Custom made in cooperation with Gary Kahler USA Made Kahler 2229 KX Locking Tremolo
Cepheus 9 Active Pickups
Ebony fretboard with DOT markers.
24 Extra Jumbo 2.9mm frets and a 15" radius neck for fast play
Grover Die Cast Tuners
One volume and one tone control and pickup selector switch
Fingerboard Radius: 15” Width 2 1/2” at the nut 3 1/8" at the 12th fret and 3 3/8" at the 24th fret
String Spacing at the bridge: 7/16" (adjustable at the bridge)
Neck profile (thickness): 7/8" at the nut 15/16" at the 12th fret gauges: 009, .012, .015, .022, .030, .040, .054, .074 .090
Guitar is setup to tune as a bass on the lower 2 strings (E, A). Then with standard 7 string guitar turning on the upper 6 strings (B, E, A, D, G, B, E). However a variety of tunings is possible.

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

I don't remember who it was Frank Falbo or Scott Olson who asked if there was a market for 7 or more string pickups a few years ago? I remember that I said that they would be shooting themselves in the foot if they just rolled out 7 or more string versions of existing pickups like the JB. I am glad that SD has gone the route of actually trying to design new pickups around the expanded frequency range without sacrificing clarity or resonance even if the instruments themselves might be compromises.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

By nearly a year:

. . . it apears to be so

 

[p4vl]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

For god's sake a 9-string KAHLER? That is foul.

 

[9unslin9er]

Re: Someone explain this to me , 7 and 8 string guitars.

Many 7-string (and up) players will argue the low B string gives you access to a whole different array of alternate chord voicings.

You can use inversions of chords that would have sounded weak on a 6 string.

That and of course, having a low B or dropped to A gives you those notes as your pedal tone.

I just love the progressive "djenty" sound players like Misha Mansoor and Tosin Abassi are getting.

*edit. you could argue one could just buy a baritone guitar or setup using really thick strings for lower tunings, However, it's nice to get more low while having your all your standard 6 string notes.
And no, having a 7-string is not a substitute for a bass guitar. Bass is a completely different instrument.

 

[SirJackdeFuzz]

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