8 string guitar
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RobbM
Another lefty freak...
I know rusty's ibanez 8 has a high A, and he uses a 8 gauge for it...
from his website...
58 for the low B
8 for the high A
think about this...
If you had a bass G string on a guitar, how would your guitar amp handle it? I think it would sound like shit since its a guitar amp not a bass amp, and guitar amps were never designed to go that low..unless you were able to get an independant signal from that string and send it to a bass amp...
from his website...
58 for the low B
8 for the high A
think about this...
If you had a bass G string on a guitar, how would your guitar amp handle it? I think it would sound like shit since its a guitar amp not a bass amp, and guitar amps were never designed to go that low..unless you were able to get an independant signal from that string and send it to a bass amp...
RobbM
Another lefty freak...
I dunno, I still think it would sound like shit. You could aso get very similar results using a 7 string baritone...
Yeah, Meshuggah made a big mistake if I remember correctly... their guitars sounded so deep that they actually got rid of their bass player! Correct me if I'm wrong, it was just a rumor I heard.
RobbM
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Matt
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Emanuele said:Meshuggah use to play 8-strings guitars. They are made by Fredrik Nevborn. You can order it from his website http://www.nevbornguitars.com/
I love them
originally posted by tubbs mcgee: Yeah, Meshuggah made a big mistake if I remember correctly... their guitars sounded so deep that they actually got rid of their bass player! Correct me if I'm wrong, it was just a rumor I heard. (end quote)
Yeah, but Meshuggah sucks. Cant understand any of the shit they say. Tubbs is, I believe, correct; and I have now stopped listnening to any of their stuff
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RobbM
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RobbM said:
Just for the record, strat scales are 25-½" and Les Pauls are 24-¾". And PRS uses a 25" scale.
Cool post though.
RobbM
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Just a Man
*sighs* Just another useless contraption devised by the minds of the sick and twisted... I'd try and play it just for kicks and giggles.
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RobbM said:
Any note higher than the 12th fret on a standard E bass string will be perfectly, perfectly fine on a guitar amp.... Basses are an octave lower than guitars, therefore the 12th fret on the E string of a bass will equal an open E on a guitar. And I don't know why you'd want a bass G string on your guitar, your guitar's strings will already cover all of the notes you'd get from that string.
I use my 6 string bass with my guitar amp. It sounds perfectly fine and it's tuned BEADGF#B. Doesn't sound distorted or anything!
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RobbM
Another lefty freak...
so your six string bass has a invisible 7th string?
I wasnt saying it cant be done, just that it would lack in the tone department, where you might get a crappy clunk instead of a heart pounding thump. (which was that same problem when 7 strings were first used) although with the right amps and speakers its possible. (Im thinking triaxis-Strategy 500 Power Amp- wall of marshall MF400 4x12 Cabs...or something to that liking.)
I wasnt saying it cant be done, just that it would lack in the tone department, where you might get a crappy clunk instead of a heart pounding thump. (which was that same problem when 7 strings were first used) although with the right amps and speakers its possible. (Im thinking triaxis-Strategy 500 Power Amp- wall of marshall MF400 4x12 Cabs...or something to that liking.)
