9 string guitars? No thanks!

[Thomas Kievit]

Pfew! After Ibanez, Schecter now launches a 9 string electric guitar as well. Man, where does it stop? Personally, I think 8 strings would be the maximum amount of strings for a electric guitar player to play on.

However (duh), because I think 8 strings is enough, doesn't mean nobody should play it There are people out there who like 9 string guitars, so it's great for them if they can get some affordable 9 stringers. I wonder when the 10 string guitars are coming

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P.S. Any chance Meshuggah will go 9?

 

[Danhight88]

Even the low string on an 8 sounds farty.
9 string guitars are just as bad as 7 string basses.

 

[Eric66]

If you want so many strings, buy a piano....

 

[Jazz Ad]

10 string guitars have been around for several centuries. Just sayin'.

 

[mbelue]

Even the low string on an 8 sounds farty.
9 string guitars are just as bad as 7 string basses.

That isn't completely the fault of the guitar.

 

[Danhight88]

I just think you might as well go all out and play a chapman stick if you want a 9 string

 

[Ric5]

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[Thomas Kievit]

Chapman stick is bass related Plus both instruments play different and sound different. Chapman stick is a tapping board, so I think it's more liek playing piano, or atleast the way how you use your hands.

I just think you might as well go all out and play a chapman stick if you want a 9 string

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Depends on the player I can buy the most expensive Fodera bass available but if I can't play bass on a right way, the bass sounds bad cause of me

Also, for those extended range guitars and bass guitars, you surely need a longer scale length than normally. for a 7 & 8 string guitar, 27 inch is a very good scale length. This to make sure the lower strings sound clear.

Oh and don't forget the gauges of the strings either. I've seen most 8 string guitars come with a .065 F# string. Bit floppy according to many 8 string guitar players. I've heared .074 is a good gauge for a clear sounding F# string.

Even the low string on an 8 sounds farty.
9 string guitars are just as bad as 7 string basses.

 

[hillerup]

That should do the job!

 

[mbelue]

Depends on the player I can buy the most expensive Fodera bass available but if I can't play bass on a right way, the bass sounds bad cause of me

Also, for those extended range guitars and bass guitars, you surely need a longer scale length than normally. for a 7 & 8 string guitar, 27 inch is a very good scale length. This to make sure the lower strings sound clear.

Oh and don't forget the gauges of the strings either. I've seen most 8 string guitars come with a .065 F# string. Bit floppy according to many 8 string guitar players. I've heared .074 is a good gauge for a clear sounding F# string.

I would expect most players moving up to a9 string would already have a favorite brand of strings and change them up on purchase. You can't really slag the guitar for its strings.

 

[Hamlet7768]

I say again, you get more than 8 and the guitar is becoming a solo instrument. Nothing wrong with that, but don't be surprised when it doesn't work well with a bass. Unless Jauqo III-X is playing the bass.

 

[spade2you]

I think beyond 7 becomes a logistical problem. Even a 7 string benefits from fanned frets.

I would agree an 8 string or 9 string might not work as well with a bass, especially when you might consider that the low B of archtops was meant to be a substitute for a bassist.

 

[Unrepresented]

However (duh), because I think 8 strings is enough

Dick Van Patten held similar views.

 

[Winfred]

Dick Van Patten held similar views.

Well played, Sir.

 

[Winfred]

A 9 string guitar? Just think of the out-of-tune options that are now available to even more guitarists.

 

[Wrilley]

Agile's had 10 strings for ages.

 

[ArtechnikA]

I understand they're very popular downstream from Three Mile Island...

I've had a 12-string guitar since 1967 but, of course, not quite the same...

 

[Baird6869]

If you want so many strings, buy a piano....

Nicely done.

 

[Baird6869]

I understand they're very popular downstream from Three Mile Island...

I've had a 12-string guitar since 1967 but, of course, not quite the same...

True.

My mandolin has 8 strings. Spacing is a little tighter and the scale is a tad shorter than a guitar or bass.