My 8 string build

[FernandoDuarte]

Nice one! :D

[Crazy_Joe]

Clips!

[Oli]

Patience! It's got a fresh battery in it, so i'll see if i've got some time over the next couple of days to get some clips :)

[Philosoful]

Whooooooah! Haha that's mental! Can't wait to hear it man. How are you tuning it again? F#?

[Roobubba]

whoa! Hahah that's sweet! Next one is a fanned fret, then Oli? Great stuff :)

Roo

[Oli]

whoa! Hahah that's sweet! Next one is a fanned fret, then Oli? Great stuff :)

Roo

Thanks :) Yea, from playing this (28" scale), i'm not liking the high strings as much as i'd like- they're a little too tight for me, even with 9's on there!

It seems to be a much greater challenge to incorporate the extra string into my playing- i'm not a Meshuggah style player, and i don't want to just be playing on the F# just for the sake of having a lower tuning; i'd like to make better use of it, so i think i'm going to have to step my playing up somewhat :) It still feels incredibly comfortable, the neck is great, i love it!

[Oli]

I just switched to a different tuning; EEEADGBE. The lowest E is the E on a bass, the 2 above that are the standard E on a guitar (both in unison), and the rest as standard. The result? The biggest sound, i've ever heard! It's just perfect for playing as if in a 2 piece- something which i've wanted to try for a while, and now can!-, i'm gonna be doing to clips of it this evening, it just sounds great, and so fun to play :) I much prefer it to the F#, but i'm not done with that tuning yet, just gonna give it a break whilst i have some fun!

[FernandoDuarte]

Bet it sound damn nice! Like having 2 bass players in the band: F******* punchy!

[Philosoful]

Hahaha man, that's mental, tune that 3rd E up an octave and give us the lowest rendition of Get Out Of My Yard we've ever heard :lol:

[Oli]

There's a clip of this E'EEADGBe tuning, although no soloing, so the top 3 strings aren't in use in here. One single take, pretty poor recording (far too much fuzz!), but you get the idea :) Just a quick little EQ and compression applied, and a reverb, no fancy stuff. It amazes me how heavy it sounds, and it's in standard tuning! I'll try and get something coherent with drums in the next couple of weeks maybe.