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8-String?
OK, so I saw an 8-string today on the internet and i have 2 questions if someone can answer it would help.
Number 1: Does it have to be so low or can i tune it from B to A without messin' it up?
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Number 2: are they so rare that I will have to custom order one?
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2005-03-01, 23:24
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y would u want an 8 string?  ???
i used to have a 7 string ibanez and i think thats even to much and a 8string guitar is probbaly gonna play (and look) like shit.
sound kinda useless to me, id rather get a 27 fret (or more) guitar then.
i think its just like michael angelos 2 and 4 neck guitar, theres 1 mofo thats gonna go nuts on it so everyone else can say who did u see that
anyway, this probaly dosnt make any sence at all lol
whatever its my bday and im drunk   
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2005-03-01, 23:39
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Happy Birthday k13m!! 
I'm not sure why you would want an eight string either. 7 strings get you the low note without sacrificing the standard high notes. Adding the high A string just gives you more annoyingly ear piercing notes that most people don't want to hear and makes barring chords and changing strings even more of a pain in the ass... |
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2005-03-01, 23:44
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No you can't tune them to B. Because the 8th string is an F. Plus it is so fucking thick. So bassically you play it like a bass because the strings are so fucking thick you can't even play a power cord. You have to use that one string with one finger if you want it to sound like a power cord.
I don't really like them. Messuggah uses them. Although they do sound really nice when they are played on a clean channel.
Stick with a 7 string or hell just tune a six string down to B.
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2005-03-01, 23:47
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Happy Birthday k13m!!
I'm not sure why you would want an eight string either. 7 strings get you the low note without sacrificing the standard high notes. Adding the high A string just gives you more annoyingly ear piercing notes that most people don't want to hear and makes barring chords and changing strings even more of a pain in the ass... |
thnx
and ur right, might aswel use a pitchshifter effect to get the same anoying sound lol
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2005-03-02, 03:54
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Yeah, I really don't think it's necessary to go all the way up to 8.
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2005-03-02, 04:39
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No you can't tune them to B. Because the 8th string is an F.
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2005-03-02, 05:04
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2005-03-02, 06:46
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2005-03-02, 10:14
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You pussies! Be a man and get yourself a 2 string guitar!! Thats the only 2 strings you need
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2005-03-02, 14:35
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No you can't tune them to B. Because the 8th string is an F. Plus it is so fucking thick. So bassically you play it like a bass because the strings are so fucking thick you can't even play a power cord. You have to use that one string with one finger if you want it to sound like a power cord.
I don't really like them. Messuggah uses them. Although they do sound really nice when they are played on a clean channel.
Stick with a 7 string or hell just tune a six string down to B.
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an 8 string is rediculas very pointless, i tune to B with my 6 string sounds great 7 strings are pretty cool but a fuckin' 8 string is retarted. only bands that would want one of them other them messuggah is korn cause they are so heavy as we all know |
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2005-03-03, 23:53
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yep guess I'm sticking with my seven-string
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You are fucking morons. Ever hear of Rusty Cooley? No he doesnt play nu-metal, and he has an 8-string and would put all you geys in your fucking play with his 8 string arpeggios. There are uses for low tuned guitars outside of metal. Ignorant fucks.
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You are fucking morons. Ever hear of Rusty Cooley? No he doesnt play nu-metal, and he has an 8-string and would put all you geys in your fucking play with his 8 string arpeggios. There are uses for low tuned guitars outside of metal. Ignorant fucks.
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just like i said somewhere in my first reply in this thread.. there probaly 1 mofo that goes nuts playing it and the others are standing there saying i want to do that 2 
8 string arpeggios wow that would be pretty cool though
but still i think 6 strings is plenty
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2005-03-04, 23:55
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Happy Birthday k13m!!
I'm not sure why you would want an eight string either. 7 strings get you the low note without sacrificing the standard high notes. Adding the high A string just gives you more annoyingly ear piercing notes that most people don't want to hear and makes barring chords and changing strings even more of a pain in the ass... |
They add the low string, numb nuts, not a high one.
Oh, and Meshuggah isn't Nu-metal, and they play 8 string guitars. They are fucking nuts.
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2005-03-05, 02:03
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They add the low string, numb nuts, not a high one.
Oh, and Meshuggah isn't Nu-metal, and they play 8 string guitars. They are fucking nuts.
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you can just string it like a 7 with a high string
Whose a numb nut now? Don't believe me? Rusty Cooley tunes his like that
 
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Don't know, don't care. I don't see the point in that. Yes, 8 string arpeggios, but I had never heard of that.
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I would like an 8 string Conklin, but my hands are really small. One of these days I'm getting either a 7 string or a baritone.
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if u need 8 strings, give up and play bass...
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2005-03-06, 07:51
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This rusty cooley guy intersted me....any links of videos?
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Like said, Meshuggah has a bunch of handmade eightstringers, and they sound like supreme (saw them live last summer). It's kinda strange just looking at how they play, cause their strings are obviously thick as hell, and they still shred fast like freakin Hanneman. Dunno about the tuning(s)...
And their cleans sound real good.
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