A Ten String Guitar

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Steadfastly

Discussion Starter · Nov 12, 2017

How do you wrap your head and/or hands around this thing? Even though I have large hands, I would have a big problem with a fretboard this size. Your thoughts?

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EchoWD40

· #2 · Nov 12, 2017

Looks pretty reasonable for non traditional players who are used to things like a Chapman stick

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Scotty

· #3 · Nov 12, 2017

I will spend my entire life attempting to master just 6 strings let alone 10

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cheezyridr

· #4 · Nov 12, 2017

tosin abasi would know exactly what to do with it.

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vadsy

· #5 · Nov 12, 2017

Needs a whammy bar

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Granny Gremlin

· #6 · Nov 12, 2017

(that goes double for chapman sticks).

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J-75

· #7 · Nov 13, 2017

Barre chords would require a calculator.

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Steadfastly

Discussion Starter · #8 · Nov 13, 2017

And how about memorizing that fretboard?

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JazzyT

· #9 · Nov 13, 2017

Copy sez the lower 3 strings are tuned like a bass (EAD) and the upper 7 like a 7-string (BEADGBE). Mmm, mmm, shreddy goodness.

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Wardo

· #10 · Nov 13, 2017

The fret board reminds me of the 401 when it’s all jammed up which is most of the time.

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GUInessTARS

· #11 · Nov 13, 2017

My first thought was, "pffft, why?'.
Then I thought, maybe it isn't for old guys like me,
playing crunchy Les Prs's through Marshall boogie's.
Maybe the new guys of guitar will be women playing these through computers.

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GUInessTARS

· #12 · Nov 13, 2017

And that will be a good thing.

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albert

· #13 · Nov 13, 2017

I just got a 10 string Ramirez 1a classical guitar and it is a challenge adjusting to the wider neck. My thumb keeps searching for the right bass string. The extra 4 strings are tuned one step lower from the adjacent one. For acoustic they make a very I interesting sound with the extra sympathetic resonance. And I don't have to retune for the lower D tuning. This makes sense to me in an acoustic guitar, I'm not too certain about a 10 string electric guitar. But then I don't know much about electric guitars to begin with.

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Chito

· #14 · Nov 13, 2017

Here's a video...

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JazzyT

· #15 · Nov 13, 2017

albert said:
I just got a 10 string Ramirez 1a classical guitar and it is a challenge adjusting to the wider neck. My thumb keeps searching for the right bass string. The extra 4 strings are tuned one step lower from the adjacent one. For acoustic they make a very I interesting sound with the extra sympathetic resonance. And I don't have to retune for the lower D tuning. This makes sense to me in an acoustic guitar, I'm not too certain about a 10 string electric guitar. But then I don't know much about electric guitars to begin with.

As mentioned the bottom three strings are tuned EAD like a bass,

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sulphur

· #16 · Nov 13, 2017

Here's a 9 string in action...

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zontar

· #17 · Nov 13, 2017

Hey--if you can wrap your head & hand around it--go for it.
7 strings are too many for me.
I could play a 10 string if it was 4 double courses & 2 single courses...

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· #18 · Nov 13, 2017

zontar said:
I could play a 10 string if it was 4 double courses & 2 single courses...

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Mooh

· #19 · Nov 13, 2017

Steadfastly said:
And how about memorizing that fretboard?

Not hard if one already knows the guitar. 4 string bass is only an octave lower and usually additional strings will be tuned in 4ths or 5ths. The real difficulty in my limited experience with such guitars is keeping track of which string is which on the fly.

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Bubb

· #20 · Nov 13, 2017

Chito said:
Here's a video...

That's Perf !

He's an online acquaintance of mine on another forum.
Wicked good guitar player,not just 10 string acoustic.
I even did a little cyberjam with him and drummer.

Perf is touring right now with the singer from the current Foreigner line up

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