Yes, that really is his beard

[shermarama]

My mate Des has just got this (these?)

That's a 12 string, a 7 string and a 6 string, folks. No, I don't know why either.

Comments

[ruudboy.livejournal.com]

Well, why the devil not?

[fluffymormegil.livejournal.com]

Holy fuck. I didn't even know they made triple guitars.

One in three

[barnacle.livejournal.com]

Not only that: they make the tritar, where each string splits in two part-way down its length. The construction introduces lots of weird non-trivial harmonics which makes the sound slightly atonal:

(http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/303/5657/463b)

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/303/5657/463b (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/303/5657/463b)

[covertmusic.livejournal.com]

Very Cheap Trick. :)

[tubewalker.livejournal.com]

And a 1,742,679 string beard, class.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

what's the 7th string on a 7 string guitar?

I'd have a use for a double neck bass & mandolin, but I'm funny like that... ;-)

[tubewalker.livejournal.com]

what's the 7th string on a 7 string guitar?

Superfluous! (Is that how you spell it?)

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

does that apply to 5 string basses, too?

[shermarama]

Not nearly as much as to this:


(the 7th string on a 7 string is usually a bottom B, for extra growl when playing Metal)

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

what the f*ck is that? And why?

I can't imagine you could comfortable reach the lower strings without going over the other side, or tapping chapman stick style or something...

if the strings are in fourths, it must have a huge range...

mmmm. Metal. that's why I Don't Understand... ;-)

[shermarama]

I believe it's an 11-string bass, even though it looks like badly-photoshopped porn or something.

It's in fourths and apparently this gives him the same range as a grand piano - and does get used for a lot of tapping and harmonics and stuff, yes. This is nothing to do with metal, though, this is just stupid bass-head stuff. One of the things I don't miss about being a bassist is the drivel about slap, mega-expensive instruments, tapping and all the other technical wankery.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

I've turned up to gigs and once a studio with my old natural wood finish Westone Thunder to all sorts of snobbery, and I'm always amused afterwards when they admit actually, yes, it sounds nice and does the job... similarly my bass amp is an 80s transistor head (Leech) and a self built cabinet, and it's fine.

I should really stop playing om the internet and get some housework done...

[shermarama]

Ooo I've got a Westone Thunder, they're ace. Mine's black, though, so never got looked twice at. And my favourite ever amp was an 80's MOSFET H&H that I actually tried to persuade the practice room to sell me..

I should stop loitering on the net because I've got to drive to Upminster and pick up my current bass amp head, a Hartke, which I left at a gig recently where it was happily picked up by a member of one of the other bands.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

OK... found the article.

6 octaves. wow. if I could get the audio link to work I'd know how it sounds...

[rgl.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-string_guitar#Solidbody_Electric_Seven-String_Guitars

[noondaydemon.livejournal.com]

Why? Because it EXISTS, that's why (what's life for, and all that:-)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

It could only be cooler if it had an electric mandolin on there as well.

[mzdt.livejournal.com]

have you got yourself one yet?

[hddod.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's got to give you back ache after a while.

[drummygirl.livejournal.com]

OMG! You'd have to have long arms to reach the bottom guitar, and long fingers to work that bass! I don't think I've seen someone play live on one of those things - it's probably a real sight to see!

[christhomas123.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! Totally impractical and probably a complete bitch to play, but I approve heartily! ;o)

PS: If you've got more than 4 strings, you're a freaking guitarist, not a bass player! ;o)