NGD!!! I have a lot of strings :)

[Oli]

Looks nice man, good to have another 8stringer on the board :) Got any pictures of the back?

[Brow]

Looks like a nice guitar :)

So how are these things tuned, is it a standard 6 in the middle with an extra low and an extra high string? Or is it more like a 7 but with another extra low string?

[JDC]

Looks like a nice guitar :)

So how are these things tuned, is it a standard 6 in the middle with an extra low and an extra high string? Or is it more like a 7 but with another extra low string?

most of the ones I've seen have are a low B and a low F# strings

in the rusty cooley clip posted before have a low B and a high A, it's fan fretted so you can use a 0.008" string on the A, if the neck was longer you'd need an even thinner string and it would probably snap

yellowv: I really hate you!!!! :P what string gauge is on there, does the extra tension on the higher strings get in the way?

[dave_mc]

sweet :)

[Johnny Mac]

I'd love a go on one of these. So two NGD's in a month, nice!  :D

[yellowv]

3 NGD's in a month actually but there was a problem with one which is being sorted out. I tune it F#BEADGBE, but you could also go the other way and use an extra high string and tune BEADGBEA. I like the big motor in a small car analogy. Here is my car :)

Pic of the back.

[il˙ti]

I like it. If I was looking for an 8, Agile is probably the way I'd go as well.

I'm a seven string player too and when I got my first seven I used it almost just for playing the same riffs I would on a 6 but in a lower key, but still having the ability to play high for solos. As I got used to playing it I found that there was so many chords I could play on the 7 that I hadn't even thought about playing on a 6. You can play high harmonies and still have a low bass note (like an F chord at 5th position with a low F on the 7th string), and you have more freedom with chord shapes and extensions because you have more notes in the same area of the neck. So 7 and 8 string guitars aren't just for ze br00thals mettel although that is what they are most known for.

[yellowv]

Looks like a nice guitar :)

So how are these things tuned, is it a standard 6 in the middle with an extra low and an extra high string? Or is it more like a 7 but with another extra low string?

most of the ones I've seen have are a low B and a low F# strings

in the rusty cooley clip posted before have a low B and a high A, it's fan fretted so you can use a 0.008" string on the A, if the neck was longer you'd need an even thinner string and it would probably snap

yellowv: I really hate you!!!! :P what string gauge is on there, does the extra tension on the higher strings get in the way?

I am using Elixers .9-.42 w/ a .56 and .68 added.

[Philosoful]

Sick man :D8s are really getting popular lately it seems. Got mine on the way in a few months! How long's it taking to get used to the neck width?

[dheim]

i never felt the need to have more than 5 gears in my car... now i've got 6 gears and everytime i drive another car i try to put the 6th in... so it's just a matter of habits. BUT i won't EVER play an 8 string... too big and clumsy, and most of all i love horizontal playing (this is not a sexual metaphore...  8))!

[dheim]

just a gratuitous homage to my car... ;)