7(+)stringers - C or D?

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Is this the biggest advance since electrification itself? See, I always feel a bit embarassed picking one up but once I do, I immediately think of so many things to do with it that I consider getting one. Then I get vague guilt feelings about being part of trend that will make 6-stringers obsolete and anachronistic which conflicts with my deeply felt belief in the 'freedom imposed by limitations', but on the other hand I love making a sound like Sleep's 'Jerusalem' or Electric Wizard's 'Funeralopolis' or the Melvins or Eyehategod or Nirvana's 'Negative Creep' so what to do, eh?

― dave q, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 09:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Altho I've been known for recording purposes to fit rilly rilly heavy strings on the Gibson and tune it to a C and you can get massive bends all over the place, it's cool but different feel altogether from having an actual 'B' string

― dave q, Wednesday, 6 November 2002 09:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Guitars with more than 6 strings which are not 12-strings = DUD DUD DUD BEYOND BELIEF! Get away from me and banish thy demons back to prog rock hell!!!!

― kate, Saturday, 9 November 2002 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

What, you honestly don't think 12-strings are the worst thing ever? Yeech

― dave q, Saturday, 9 November 2002 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

But then, '12-strings: C or D' is a whole other issue, sorry!

― dave q, Saturday, 9 November 2002 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

It does seem like a matter of time until some psuedo Fripp Guitar Craft nerd or Lee Ranaldo protégé to come up with a tuning setup using a 7 string, as it seems perfect for their unique needs.

― earlnash, Saturday, 16 November 2002 12:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I personally wish they would make an electric alto guitar...alto guitars have ten strings, and are WILD, MAN!!!!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 27 November 2002 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

such "wackier" guitars ain't so unusual - 7 strings are based on an old jazz guitar option / idea and have been marketed to death by everyone who has a budget model they thought they could sell a bundle of offa the back of korn /bizkit etc. most people don't play so well and only got 5 fingers per hand so they've kinda flopped as their utility ain't so great. you can get baritone guitars daed easy too these days -they're great - the danelectro one's are still available at a song at most retailers worth their salt until they relaunch dano w/ cheaper (and i'm guessing shittier) chinese production. 9 strings are the king of guitars (as championed by josh of the fucking champs) 3 treble (g, b, &e)strings clean/ normal, bass e a & d doubled w/ thinner strings ala 12string - the dogs bulox. oh - and it doesn't take einstein or thurston moore to tune a guitar to anything but concert eadgbe pitch - just use yr imagination - the open "e" tuning on gary glittere "rock & roll pt2" came years before glenn branca even thought of it.

― bob snoom, Thursday, 28 November 2002 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

eleven months pass...

"most people don't play so well and only got 5 fingers per hand so they've kinda flopped as their utility ain't so great"

So a piano should only have 10 keys?

I say the more options the merrier.

― Ele_Guitarist, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

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