prowla Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Anybody in need of one? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265497063205 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Sting, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Wow. I hope it's exactly what someone really, really needs, but I do have my doubts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 and more strings are quite common by classical guitars. Check also Turkish music. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 In all seriousness, the late Michael Hedges would have rocked that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I also play Celtic bouzouki and a few folk-instrument makers do make those extended range instruments. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikNik Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 The above is based on the 'Nordic Mandola'. Here's one with pin-point capos(!!). And believe me, there is a market for these instruments. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I'm duly educated. Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Goodness, I have enough trouble coping with the 8 strings on my octave Mandola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Classical guitars can have more strings for extended bass, similar to harp guitars. I have an 8-string short-scale classical guitar handmade by Swedish master luthier Georg Bolin. Here is a 10-string being put to wonderful use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Fantastic playing but I would hesitate to say it was putting the instrument to good use as he only used one of the bottom 4 strings once, so there wasn't really anything there that couldn't have been done on 6 strings, or at most 7. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealting Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 26/03/2022 at 11:18, Woodinblack said: Fantastic playing but I would hesitate to say it was putting the instrument to good use as he only used one of the bottom 4 strings once, so there wasn't really anything there that couldn't have been done on 6 strings, or at most 7. True, in the course of a recital each piece might only use one or two of the strings. I guess it’s similar to how I might only use the B string on my 5-string basses once in certain songs. This is probably a better example of the sub bass strings being more fully utilised! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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