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New Ibanez 9 String Guitar
- Thread starter Solarmist
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I'd like to hear someone using the whole thing. Not being facetious- I have no prob w/people making stuff way beyond my abilities. 
Seeing that it is tuned C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E , shouldn't it be called a bass/guitar?
Nothing wrong with it, but some extended range instruments are making both terms fairly meaningless.
Nothing wrong with it, but some extended range instruments are making both terms fairly meaningless.
Seems to be the opposite, yet similar accusation normally directed toward an ERB bassist. You know, the uninformed "Get a guitar!" folks.
I didn't mean to imply that one playing this "guitar" should just buy a bass instead. I was only pointing out that because it goes lower
than a traditional 4 string bass, while also covering the range of a 6 string guitar, that the terms guitar and bass are becoming inadequate
descriptions. It seems for instruments like this that scale length is the sole factor that is used to distinguish between bass and guitar.
I hope this clarifies what I meant.
If Chapman Sticks were for plucking and strumming instead of tapping, you could say they are a guitar/basses.
The dang neck on that Ibby looks like it can't be very comfortable, but maybe that's just me. I don't have huge hands.
The dang neck on that Ibby looks like it can't be very comfortable, but maybe that's just me. I don't have huge hands.
I only have 4 fingers to use on the fretboard, and playing chords on something like that would be ridiculous. Im assuming that this is only for shredding and the lower tuned strings would accommodate the super low tunings that most metal bands use.
6 strings is almost too much for me
, can't even imagine trying 8 or 9. A 9 string Floyd rose trem would be pretty cool to see though!
6 strings is almost too much for me
, can't even imagine trying 8 or 9. A 9 string Floyd rose trem would be pretty cool to see though!C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E.. xD Well, with the C# I think it's build for the kind of music you can hear / understand xD Worse then Meshuggah xD
Trust me, it's not the end of the world.
It's not like we are all required to play one of these merely because they exist: Guy playing a nine-string bass
Once again, that neck is just way too wide for me, but this dude prefers it. Who am I to say he shouldn't have that many strings?
It's not like we are all required to play one of these merely because they exist: Guy playing a nine-string bass
Once again, that neck is just way too wide for me, but this dude prefers it. Who am I to say he shouldn't have that many strings?
