8-String Bass
 

Eight strings?!? What the hell is the tuning on these things and does anybody play them?

Example:

http://www.americanmusical.com/item...--brand-89.html

They are just octaves. So the strings would be: E E A A D D G G. Not nearly as cool as the other style 8 string.

http://www.conklinguitars.com/faceb...ery/8spalt2.jpg

What a fun bass. I've played the Conklin Birdseye 7, so beautiful. Standard tuning I believe is: F# B E A D G C F

wow, I've never seen something likes this before. It's looking very interesting. Imagine that u can every song on it without tune down or up the strings.

man thats a fucking monster bass...............who the hell has hands that can get round the bottom of that neck?

Nothing for guys with small hands !

I play 7 strings easy enough and i was warned i better have big hands, but man........that just looks insane.

http://www.otheroom.com/NAMM03/imag...ars/Conklin.jpg

now thats about too much bass.

Fuck - that.
That's crazy.

12-string=All but useless.
8-string=Okay, but only if your name is D.D. Verni.
6-string=Cheating.
5-string=Okay, I guess...
4-string=The only thing worthy of being called a bass.

omg.. that is fucking crazy ...

Holy. Crap. I've never seen one of those before, that's amazing!

That is the strangest bass ive ever saw. Man i thought that eight string was weird....this blows it out the water, and then kicks its ass all over the beach.
Shit thats a good saying, ive gotta right that down. :D

haha this is the link i wanted to post initially, couldnt find it. the guy who plays the damn thing. http://lordonly.net/lojtbas3.htm

some quick specs - double neck, both 7 strings, bottom is fretless. made of frankensteinian combination of ash, wenge, oak, walnut, maple, ebony, and god knows how many other trees. bolt on neck, custom Lane Poor pickups, seymor duncan preamp, neck selector switch, 28 frets, tunings are BEADGBE, body is semi hollow to bring weight to only 25 lbs :cool:

if one of those strings snapped it would kill someone...

Just listen to NECROMANTIA's song "De Magia Veterum". Their style is Black Metal, but they use 8-string bass as the main instrument and the rhythm creator, and it sounds damn good.

Essentially you are saying you can't handle range?
And for the record how is a six string bass cheating? what is it cheating on?

Meshuggah's old bassist used to play an eight string and magnificently if I must say so.

Thats one sophistamacated do-wacky.

I honestly have no interest in anything with more than 5 strings, as relates to playing a bass. Anything more is simple wank value.

yeah i would never buy a 8 string or a double neck 8 string thats just too much takes the piss, something lesclaypool would do or something, just whip it out and play a song on it, i would love to try it! definetely.. it wud be fun.. but not purchase it or play shows with it..

5 strings more than enough