9 string BKP!

[littleredguitars2]

http://instagram.com/p/wOqaxcyOOj/

came across this on instagram. very curious if its a new model or not.

[Alex]

So what tuning would such a guitar be in ?

[Lucas]

Some people might be looking for it, but In my eyes, even 8 strings is far way too much.

Anyway, what about those new single coils 'Cobra'? They`ve uploaded some news about them long time ago and nothing so far...

[littleredguitars2]

as you can probably see by the comment section of the link i posted, but he said it was a totally custom thing made for him. not necessarily modeled after something from the bkp lineup.

[Lucas]

as you can probably see by the comment section of the link i posted, but he said it was a totally custom thing made for him. not necessarily modeled after something from the bkp lineup.

I know that, I`ve read all comments. That was my general thought about 8,9 strings. But these days things are evolving, there`s completely different market and totally different customers. The demand has to be met. Same thing as let`s say 45 years ago even thought about hi output active humbuckers while everyone was running around with guitars equipped with some vintage (for us now) pups.

[Alex]

What I don't understand is the need to add more strings to an already quite broad fingerboard. Why not instead an extended scale 7 or 8 string and some extra high frets?

[Toe-Knee]

What I don't understand is the need to add more strings to an already quite broad fingerboard. Why not instead an extended scale 7 or 8 string and some extra high frets?

Its the desire for Rhunk*. Extra low notes for cr@ppy music that isn't really music.

*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g9_wsAZP4g

[Lucas]

What I don't understand is the need to add more strings to an already quite broad fingerboard. Why not instead an extended scale 7 or 8 string and some extra high frets?

an extended scale would make a sense. Only played 7 string so far, and it was quite strange for a guy who has been playing standard 6 strings for 15 years. Nevermind 8 or 9 strings, and there`s an axe with 10 now! you have to have hands of a size of gorilla or something.

[lyonk55]

Yep. Skervesen have also made one (and I think have a couple of orders) 10 string multi-scale with Bareknuckles. I'm guessing they're just going to be special orders for customs like that; I can't see them becoming regular models...

...but as I typed that I remembered Ibanez now makes three 9 string models and the Prestige ones have Bareknuckle "Canine" pickups. So if they're already in a production guitar and have an official name, then maybe they are up for grabs.

[FELINEGUITARS]

What I don't understand is the need to add more strings to an already quite broad fingerboard. Why not instead an extended scale 7 or 8 string and some extra high frets?

an extended scale would make a sense. Only played 7 string so far, and it was quite strange for a guy who has been playing standard 6 strings for 15 years. Nevermind 8 or 9 strings, and there`s an axe with 10 now! you have to have hands of a size of gorilla or something.

Sounds like complete ass!
I imagine that singers will have to have their tongues removed to sing to this stuff and make songs that only blue whales can hear

[littleredguitars2]

Yep. Skervesen have also made one (and I think have a couple of orders) 10 string multi-scale with Bareknuckles. I'm guessing they're just going to be special orders for customs like that; I can't see them becoming regular models...

...but as I typed that I remembered Ibanez now makes three 9 string models and the Prestige ones have Bareknuckle "Canine" pickups. So if they're already in a production guitar and have an official name, then maybe they are up for grabs.

yeah i also remember hearing that, yet having really seen much about them

[Dave Sloven]

Sounds like complete ass!

+1

I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that.

Other than to win some kind of 'my dick's bigger than yours' contest.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yeah - sorry to be harsh , but I have strong felings about the guitar having evolved to match the range of the human voice.
This is one of the reasons that we can find some solos etc emotional as they are using similar notes that occur in humans when upset or euphoric.

Taking things lower with 7 strings was maybe an interesting departure, and 8 was really for guys wanting to explore subsonic territories, but it is proving very difficult to find singers who can sing as opposed to grunt or shout over songs(?) writen and based around such detuned motifs.

It does get into a silly "my band is more metal or brutal than your band" thing, and without much sense as few cabs handle the extra low end and most club's PA systems wouldn't handle it well.

It'll certainly piss off parents - - so maybe that is the only incentive that teenagers need to love it, as it must be way harder to annoy parents with your music if they grew up listening to punk and metal.

[Alex]

Meshuggah, who you could kind of blame of starting all of this, use 30" scale guitars. I think it would make more sense to go that way than to add more low strings.

And Felineguitars is absolutely right that the real problems start when trying to amplify it and mix it in a band context. I think Meshuggah didn't even have a bass player on one of their newer albums.

[Sarkasis]

You all sound like grumpy old men.