8 STRING GUITARS!!!!

wagstaff · #1 12-06-2008, 04:46 PM

WHY!!!!

We have been eliminated from the music chain

TLW · #2 12-06-2008, 04:58 PM

lol because more strings = more penis?

:-P

Selta · #3 12-06-2008, 05:17 PM

Meh, who cares. I haven't played with a 7 string guitarist yet that really knows how to even play well.
Don't let your pride get hurt too bad

. We're still an octave lower.

w33nie · #4 12-06-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TLW

lol because more strings = more penis?

:-P

More strings = more breasts?

F#, that keeps us...14 notes away from guitars

namraj · #5 12-06-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by wagstaff

WHY!!!!

We have been eliminated from the music chain

We can't really complain, we have ERB's

7string · #6 12-06-2008, 06:52 PM

or string manufacturers who make re-stringing a 4 string really, really low a reality

wagstaff · #7 12-07-2008, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Ray Salamon

Meh, who cares. I haven't played with a 7 string guitarist yet that really knows how to even play well.
Don't let your pride get hurt too bad

. We're still an octave lower.

I'm afraid this is why I posted this, They are only two notes away from us, guys like Mesuggah are 1 note away, guys like my friend (who gave up bass I know own his basses) plans to tune it down to E (currently usesa 6 tuned B-b drop tuned a string

)

mutedeity · #8 12-07-2008, 02:54 AM

I have a better question. Starting threads about why people use 8 string guitars when you clearly have no idea about the context......why?

What I really want to know is, if you really want to know why, why don't you do some research first. That way you look a lot more well informed and prepared to give a genuine discussion about something with people who do have a clue about this stuff.

wagstaff · #9 12-07-2008, 05:39 AM

This is apart of research, asking why do people use them, what is their purpose

Muusers · #10 12-07-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by mutedeity

I have a better question. Starting threads about why people use 8 string guitars when you clearly have no idea about the context......why?

What I really want to know is, if you really want to know why, why don't you do some research first. That way you look a lot more well informed and prepared to give a genuine discussion about something with people who do have a clue about this stuff.

Sounds like someone's got offended

wagstaff · #11 12-07-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by namraj

We can't really complain, we have ERB's

Whats ERB's?

iamlowsound · #12 12-07-2008, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by wagstaff

Whats ERB's?

Extended Range Bass, or my last name. I want a 7 string guitar, but I doubt that I could put it to good use, so I will stick with my 6 string one.

lowsound

wagstaff · #13 12-07-2008, 12:45 PM

This only unsful thing I could see for an 8 stringer is if it

had fanned frets so I could be tuned B-a which it would then be like our 6 string basses having a lowrr string and high string, but having it tuned F# is quite an invasion of our range.

spade2you · #14 12-07-2008, 01:06 PM

At the risk of sounding too offensive, I find that most 7 string guitarists don't sound that good to me. I can't imagine the low F# sounding that great from a fixed scale instrument. Having a great range and consistency isn't an easy find. I thought Ernie Ball's 7 string sounded pretty close to what I'd like. Although, if anyone has links to the songs that use a low f# on guitar, I'd take a listen.

With that being said, I'm most likely going to order a fanned 7 string acoustic, probably 27-24" scale from www.krguitars.com.

baalroo · #15 12-07-2008, 02:50 PM

I don't understand the whole guitar vs. bass mentality. Being a multi-instrumentalist I don't see anything wrong with an 8 string guitar or a 7 string bass or a 10 string chapman, etc etc. They're all just long planks of wood with strings used to make noises.

Why would someone use one? Because they friggin want to.

Metal Matt · #16 12-07-2008, 03:00 PM

I think they're awesome, and have incredibly heavy tone. Don't feel the least bit threatened by it. Don't really understand that mentality towards low tuned guitars and "invading the bass players space"... Then again, one of my basses is tuned to drop G#, and I plan on having a 4 string tuned F#BEA. We can tune to something other than standard too you know...

And Meshuggah is an amazing band.

JAUQO III-X · #17 12-07-2008, 04:44 PM

The guitarist in my trio DaLawn Simpson has two fanned fretted 9 string guitars that's tuned down to Low C#. He's been playing these guitars for years and what he plays works properly in the context of what we are doing.

iamlowsound · #18 12-07-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Matt

I think they're awesome, and have incredibly heavy tone. Don't feel the least bit threatened by it. Don't really understand that mentality towards low tuned guitars and "invading the bass players space"... Then again, one of my basses is tuned to drop G#, and I plan on having a 4 string tuned F#BEA. We can tune to something other than standard too you know...

And Meshuggah is an amazing band.

If you like Meshuggah, check out Periphery. Same style, only they do it better and the one guitar player plays an 8 string. www.myspace.com/periphery

lowsound

#19 12-08-2008, 10:39 PM

I play a 7 string guitar, and I'd like to get an 8 string tuned to F# in the future. No, bassists are not going to be outsourced by these low tuned guitars, even if bassists stick with more standard tunings, IMHO.

Thunderscreech · #20 12-08-2008, 11:17 PM

We tried this once. With a Baritone 7-string. Tuned F#BEAF#B. If you want to imagine what it sounded like, horrible comes close. Bass is for playing bass, absurdly low-tuned guitars are NOT for playing bass, and at that point you might as well just get a bass, which is what I did!