8 Stringers

[Sabin Frost]

Now I am more a bassist, but having heard Dino Cazares play a few times I am quite impressed by the sheer power and chunkiness of that eight string Ibanez he plays. Just wondering if anyone plays eight string guitars and any thoughts you might have on incorporating the extra string effectively into a band that plays Death/Grind.

 

[genocide roach]

i play an 8 string bass. but its quite a bit different than what youre talking about.

ive never seen an 8 string guitar. but warwick did just come out with a new bass that would tune to F# like an 8 string guitar would
~gR~

 

[Sabin Frost]

Ah, Dino's guitar is a seven string Ibanez with an extra top string to give the higher notes more kick.

I have not seen an eight string bass before, I have heard of them though and I have seen a six string bass with 42 frets. Bass is usually what I play because I have a background in brass but I prefer playing Guitar. I usually play a fretless bass, I like the softer attack for contrast and the tuning advantages.

 

[genocide roach]

i have a dean rhapsody 8 string. its a 4 string with an octave. the most strings ive played on a bass is 15. a custom warrior bass i played at ed romans in vegas. 5 string with 2 octaves per string. sounded cool, but i like my 8 better. ive got a conklin 7 at home too.
~gR~

 

[genocide roach]

similar to mine
~gR~

 

[Sabin Frost]

Looks good, what style of music do you play with it. I normally play a bit of Death meets Brujera with Tool in there somewhere god knows what.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Doug Pinnick from Kings X uses an 8 string bass, it has a very distinctive sound, really big.

Meshuggah use 8 string guitars, here's the write up on them:

Nevborn Sleipner 8-String Guitars
Sleipner is the name of Norse God Odin's 8-legged horse, making it a good name for a scandanavian 8-stringed guitar. Fredrik Nevborn is a luthier (in Sweden I think) who builds custom guitars by special order. He has two varieties of 8-string guitars, the Sleipner I which is designed to be tuned A D G C F Bb D G (low to high), and the Sleipner XL, which is tuned F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb.

The Sleipner XL is used by Fredrik Thordendahl of Meshuggah. The string length is longer than that of a standard electric guitar, giving it a clear, deep sound with lots of overtones when played "clean" and it has a thunderous, gutteral low end when played with distortion. The price tag is steep at $3000 ("prices may vary due to your own setup"), but they are hand-built to order, and Nevborn will work with you to create a custom instrument.

And a pic:

 

[Sabin Frost]

I like the XL tuning set up, I do not like the price tag (and I thought my bass was expensive)

 

[genocide roach]

Looks good, what style of music do you play with it. I normally play a bit of Death meets Brujera with Tool in there somewhere god knows what.

its awesome for black metal. its got a piano like tone
~gR~

 

[Sabin Frost]

Black Metal is something I have always admired and wanted to play but its hard to find people that share my ideas on it around me. I might end up trying something solo with it. The guys I play with are all fans of bands like C.O.G, Tool, Nine Inch Nails and the like...