I bought an eight string guitar, about a year back.
I LOVE it.
It's an eight string Ibanez acoustic, with a cut-out.
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Before last year, I'd never even heard of an eight string guitar.
Then I saw that this one guitar on the wall of the music store (A Sound Choice, Branford, CT) and it had had eight tuning keys.
Huh?! Eight? Cool!
So I picked it up & tried it out . . . sweet!
I bought it on the spot.
The E and B strings are doubled, tuned to the same note / frequency.
It sounds close to a 12-string but it's easier for me to finger-pick.
After 4 hours of playing, I noticed it's easier on the wrist, too.
I changed the strings from medium, to extra lights, and gained more playing time.
One drawback is that the built-in tuner is nowhere near accurate enough . . . just 'idiot lights' which light up when the string is close to being in tune.
I use a clip-on tuner, instead.
The sound out of an amp is incredible.
This guitar has 2 outputs.
They also make a model with the 2 middle strings doubled, but an octave apart. I haven't seen one of those, yet.
I LOVE it.
It's an eight string Ibanez acoustic, with a cut-out.
.
Before last year, I'd never even heard of an eight string guitar.
Then I saw that this one guitar on the wall of the music store (A Sound Choice, Branford, CT) and it had had eight tuning keys.
Huh?! Eight? Cool!
So I picked it up & tried it out . . . sweet!
I bought it on the spot.
The E and B strings are doubled, tuned to the same note / frequency.
It sounds close to a 12-string but it's easier for me to finger-pick.
After 4 hours of playing, I noticed it's easier on the wrist, too.
I changed the strings from medium, to extra lights, and gained more playing time.
One drawback is that the built-in tuner is nowhere near accurate enough . . . just 'idiot lights' which light up when the string is close to being in tune.
I use a clip-on tuner, instead.
The sound out of an amp is incredible.
This guitar has 2 outputs.
They also make a model with the 2 middle strings doubled, but an octave apart. I haven't seen one of those, yet.
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All different styles, all originals. Looking for folks who can sing harmonies, m/f.
Lessons available; Madison, CT. alancbradley at dot com
All different styles, all originals. Looking for folks who can sing harmonies, m/f.
Lessons available; Madison, CT. alancbradley at dot com