Do only atheists and satanists play 8 string guitars ?

[Howard Is]

It's goodnight from me.

I really need to get to bed.
Just two more videos...
There is somethin special about this guy -

 

[Howard Is]

At this point I’d probably just pluck and strum. Maybe pluck some melody lines from songs I know. I know almost nothing about Indian music theory. I might even just do glissandos. I love sitar glissandos.

You have probably heard this, but if not, here is a treat. Enjoy.
Anoushka Shankar - Rise ( Full Album )

 

[BSM1]

I really need to get to bed.
Just two more videos...
There is somethin special about this guy -

This guy could almost pass as my younger brother...

 

[Guitar's Cry]

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Sexy piece of equipment! I am more an acoustic guy myself, but appreciate tge instrument!

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

The only instrument I play has 230 strings. And 88 keys. No frets.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Joking of course about the 7 and 8 string. I've been playing guitar in rock and metal bands for a lot of years and simply prefer the six-string tuned low.

Yeah. As bass was my first and primary inspiration, with Cliff Burton being my primary influence, if a 4-string was good enough for him, it's good enough for anyone. Dimmu Borgir does standard tuning, but extensively uses chords to sound heavier. Myself, I'm fond of playing in drop D and D drop C.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Two things revolutionised my playing.
The first was practicing yoga.
Yoga taught me how to feel and isolate specific muscle groups. One day I decided to use that skill and get right into my fingers, instead of playing from my head.
That caused me to discover that my left hand was running the show (thinking about what note to play). I challenged that, and began treating my right hand as the main focus. And that changed everything. When your picking is in perfect time. your fretting hand just relaxes and timing becomes perfect.

I might have to try that. I've never done yoga, but I've spent enough time working out and stretching to be able to isolate, feel, and move different muscle groups.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

The only instrument I play has 230 strings. And 88 keys. No frets.

I have something like that, only it's 0 strings and 24 keys, but lots of buttons and dials for good industrial fun.

 

[David1967]

Yeah. As bass was my first and primary inspiration, with Cliff Burton being my primary influence, if a 4-string was good enough for him, it's good enough for anyone. Dimmu Borgir does standard tuning, but extensively uses chords to sound heavier. Myself, I'm fond of playing in drop D and D drop C.

In my current project we are tuning C standard. It's a Black Sabbath tribute project. lots of fun. I like Dimmu Borgir. Interesting music.

 

[Subduction Zone]

What do you call someone whose guitar is a broomstick and two Morris Minor hubcaps?

 

[EtuMalku]

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I just bought this.
Generally speaking, only heavy metal heads use them. And they all seem to be atheists or satanists.
And usually, they choose black.

Seven and eight string guitars are perfect for those who like to djent, with brain melting overdrive.

I bought mine to play through a Boss SY-300 guitar synth. Having five octaves of range lets me fully exploit the synth, especially because the SY-300 allows layering of its three oscillators in different frequency ranges. Plus I run a direct out to a parallel channel to mix in standard guitar tones/fx.

The fanned frets are way cool. Longer strings for lower frequencies.

I plugged and played it for the first time today. The combo is freakin’ amazing. Through a bi-amped system, 2x100 watts, a sealed cab with a 12” Infinity subwoofer, and an open-back cab with a Celestion Vintage 10.

It really is evil.

Nope, I'm (like a Satanist) a Luciferian but I play a fretless 6 str in order to get those diabolical quarter tones and unholy harmony!

 

[Howard Is]

Nope, I'm (like a Satanist) a Luciferian but I play a fretless 6 str in order to get those diabolical quarter tones and unholy harmony!
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I want one ! I have often thought about making one.
How is the tone ? I imagine it would be less bright than a standard guitar.
Who would you recommend I listen to to hear a fretless guitar at its best ?

I sometimes wish I had taken up the sarod instead of the sitar. Fretless, steel finger board, skin soundboard under the bridge, played with a coconut shell plectrum.



I heard Ali Akbar Khan play in 1972, and the memory of his playing still gives me goosebumps. At one point, during the jor stage of a raga (the third and final stage, very fast and complex) he broke a melody string. He didn't miss a beat, playing the drone and rhythm strings with one hand, while Zakir Hussein pumped up the drumming to cover him, and he removed the broken string, and replaced it with the other hand. He tuned the string with a series of perfect glissandos and carried on...I think many people didn't even notice. He was the best musician I have ever heard. Only Lakshmi Narayan Subramanium, a violinist, equalled him.

This is Ali Akbar Khan.

This second pic I can't delete because the editor is buggy.

 

[Howard Is]

The only instrument I play has 230 strings. And 88 keys. No frets.

I have a 100 year old piano frame leaning on my livingroom wall.

I intend to string it up and use it as a kind of analog signal processor. The idea is to use it as external sympathetic strings for any amplified instrument. I have a transducer to attach to it to,which will carry the instrument signal, causing sympathetic vibrations which will be picked up by individual pickups, one per string, which I make with small neodymium magnets.

 

[Howard Is]

What do you call someone whose guitar is a broomstick and two Morris Minor hubcaps?

He is a genius. Love him.

 

[Howard Is]

I am exhausted and happy. Not much sleep, lol.
The 8 string/synth combo is everything I'd hoped for and more.
It's hard to find time to post now.
I'm creating lots of new patches on the SY-300 to exploit the extended range.

The guitar is a Harley Benton, which are very inexpensive. I paid just over $AUD300 including postage from Thomann in Norway. I figured, after reading reviews, to take the gamble. I am very impressed. It arrived set up, right out of the box. Perfect intonation, easy action, and quite reasonable strings. The only change I need to make is replacing the E and B strings with a heavier gauge for better response from the synth.

 

[EtuMalku]

I want one ! I have often thought about making one.
How is the tone ? I imagine it would be less bright than a standard guitar.
Who would you recommend I listen to to hear a fretless guitar at its best ?

I sometimes wish I had taken up the sarod instead of the sitar. Fretless, steel finger board, skin soundboard under the bridge, played with a coconut shell plectrum.



I heard Ali Akbar Khan play in 1972, and the memory of his playing still gives me goosebumps. At one point, during the jor stage of a raga (the third and final stage, very fast and complex) he broke a melody string. He didn't miss a beat, playing the drone and rhythm strings with one hand, while Zakir Hussein pumped up the drumming to cover him, and he removed the broken string, and replaced it with the other hand. He tuned the string with a series of perfect glissandos and carried on...I think many people didn't even notice. He was the best musician I have ever heard. Only Lakshmi Narayan Subramanium, a violinist, equalled him.

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This is Ali Akbar Khan.

This second pic I can't delete because the editor is buggy.

Famous Players using Fretless Guitar – Unfretted

 

[Howard Is]

Famous Players using Fretless Guitar – Unfretted

Wow,that's an impressive list.

I see that the Vigier guitar has a metal fretboard for tone. Someone else likes the sarod !

Looking at the prices of the Vigier, looks like my only option is making one. Which thought now has me by the balls... thanks !

 

[EtuMalku]

Wow,that's an impressive list.

I see that the Vigier guitar has a metal fretboard for tone. Someone else likes the sarod !

Looking at the prices of the Vigier, looks like my only option is making one. Which thought now has me by the balls... thanks !

I made mine, out of an Ibanez Artcore . . .

 

[Howard Is]

I made mine, out of an Ibanez Artcore . . .

That was a bold move. They’re very nice guitars.
How does it sound ?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

In my current project we are tuning C standard. It's a Black Sabbath tribute project. lots of fun. I like Dimmu Borgir. Interesting music.

I know a couple Dethclok and Arch Enemy songs in C. That low of a tuning would have to be awesome from some Sabbath songs.