hurricane hugo Posted February 5, 2017 Author Share Posted February 5, 2017 There's an 18-string acoustic back on page 5 of this thread. Here's an 18-string electric to go along with it: [video:youtube] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbqbob Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Electrical Guitar Company is rockin' it aluminum-style: http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z119/SpammerOvTheGods/chrometone_zps28825e7e.jpg That is the first time I have ever seen EGC guitars. I checked out their web site and am impressed. I'm a wood lover when it comes to guitars but that aluminum guitar is VERY nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Wow, Wandre! Upper bout suggests an Eastman El Rey, sound holes suggest Gretsch or Rickenbacker cat's eyes, truly unique pickup, tailpiece sorta like a Guild harp style, & tuning head from Mars. https://reverb.com/item/4281992-wandre-blue-jeans-red-trilam-1965?utm_campaign=fd5fe4d438-rn170217_jimmymain&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=0_5889ed6702-fd5fe4d438-62883813 Quote Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 ^ not my thing, but it's really cute. this is more my speed: [video:youtube] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Here's where you go to get your weird on: https://reverb.com/news/the-10-weirdest-guitars-on-reverb-right-now?utm_campaign=d6b2dfd753-rn170328_dealsp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=0_5889ed6702-d6b2dfd753-62883813 Quote Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Cool stuff Scott. I think they all look like you need a strap in order to hold them though LOL! I liked the tuning concept on #6 but out of all of them, I would go for the Acoustic Whammy #3 (even though I probably could do without the whammy LOL!)...Very cool Artsy Fartsy look! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted March 31, 2017 Author Share Posted March 31, 2017 dude, that Arobass is calling my name! Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Fraser Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Recognizing the strong affiliation between the Martin brand & the Felix The Cat narrative: https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/msg/6044130837.html Quote Scott Fraser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/News/en-us/roy-rogers-martin-406.aspx <---Roy Rogers had a lot of kid's cowboy graphic guitars on the market. He also had very nice Martin he spruced up [pun intended] that has become legendary... Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Fred Carlson's back in WGA - FF to last minute 45 of this video! [video:youtube] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Not as weird as some, but I thought I'd share this vid of the Titan* KR-1 because I'm thinking I'ma get me one, some day: [video:youtube] * a subsidiary of Kauer guitars Quote Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 so pretty: Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 An acoustic 7? Unusual! Quote Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 8 if you count the drone... Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Oops, missed that'n! Quote Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I would have thought the 7th would be a drone anyway. But now an EIGHTH? They're gettin' purt near AUTOHARP territory, ain't they? Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @ Danny, I missed it too at first as I was just looking at the headstock, then I skipped down to the pin bridge and thought, that's a lot of pins? Then I came up to that drone tuner because I couldn't see that very light drone string at first and thought that fretboard is awfully wide...when I found that drone tuner, I thought of a 5string banjo LOL! @ Fang, usually on the 7 strings, the added string is a low B. I'm guessing the added plain drone string below it will be tuned to a E, B, G or a D or maybe even what ever key your playing in? I'm sticking with 6 so I don't get lost LOL! Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 This one goes to 11 . . . Godin Glissentar. A solid-body Electric Lute, essentially. Quote "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 [font:Comic Sans MS]^ another instrument that's calling my name.[/font] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @ Fang, usually on the 7 strings, the added string is a low B. I'm guessing the added plain drone string below it will be tuned to a E, B, G or a D or maybe even what ever key your playing in? I'm sticking with 6 so I don't get lost LOL! For some reason, 7-string Acoustic Guitars were, or still are, seen in Russian music, tuned to D-B-G-D-B-G-D, low to high(?), although it looks like it would be easier to tune D-G-B-D-G-B-D, low to high, at least with anything resembling standard string gauges. Not sure what kind of string set they use for that tuning? Quote "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm assuming string manufacturers make sets specifically for 7-string guitars? Otherwise re-stringing them could be a bitch. But I also dunno... Can you STILL buy seperate strings? Or has that changed... And besides; Concerning that 7-string with a drone: What guage would you use for that? Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 I'm assuming string manufacturers make sets specifically for 7-string guitars? Otherwise re-stringing them could be a bitch. But I also dunno... Can you STILL buy seperate strings? Or has that changed... And besides; Concerning that 7-string with a drone: What guage would you use for that? Whitefang @Whitefang - there are lots of 7-string sets available for Electric Guitars, haven't really checked into string sets for 7-string Acoustics, but I expect they're available, as well. You can certainly buy single strings, in almost any gauge you or I can think of, and players who use alternate tunings often rely on assembling their own string sets, to get the string tension and tone they want. As for that drone 8th string; it really depends on how the Guitar is tuned. My guess would be a low "G", but that guess is based on my tuning my 7th string down to "B". Quote "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @ Fang, usually on the 7 strings, the added string is a low B. I'm guessing the added plain drone string below it will be tuned to a E, B, G or a D or maybe even what ever key your playing in? I'm sticking with 6 so I don't get lost LOL! For some reason, 7-string Acoustic Guitars were, or still are, seen in Russian music, tuned to D-B-G-D-B-G-D, low to high(?), although it looks like it would be easier to tune D-G-B-D-G-B-D, low to high, at least with anything resembling standard string gauges. Not sure what kind of string set they use for that tuning? We have a community access channel run by a local school district that is essentially a highbrow version of MTV's original format: 24/7 videos of classical music, ballet, theater & film excerpts, etc. I've gotten to see several performers using 8-string classical guitars (no drone strings). Quote Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @ Fang, usually on the 7 strings, the added string is a low B. I'm guessing the added plain drone string below it will be tuned to a E, B, G or a D or maybe even what ever key your playing in? I'm sticking with 6 so I don't get lost LOL! For some reason, 7-string Acoustic Guitars were, or still are, seen in Russian music, tuned to D-B-G-D-B-G-D, low to high(?), although it looks like it would be easier to tune D-G-B-D-G-B-D, low to high, at least with anything resembling standard string gauges. Not sure what kind of string set they use for that tuning? Don't know about them Russian's music and their DBGDBGD tuning, but they seem to be everywhere else in the news these days LOL! But, GBDGBD are the notes for a popular 5string banjo tuning with a drone string and GBDGBD is also a Dobro tuning. So, using altered tunings, I think a good drone could duplicate any of those notes and I'll throw in an E as some Dobro players use a low E with the GBD. For gauge on dobro, I use 17-56. Although I have no idea and will let the experts chime in, for a drone string, I'm guessing about an 11 for the drone. So I can get up to the high E or G and still get down low for a low D or B match up without getting too much slack? ps. +1, singles are easy to get, especially the plain strings, so you could customize depending on what genre you are into... Quote Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winston Psmith Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Although I have no idea and will let the experts chime in, for a drone string, I'm guessing about an 11 for the drone. So I can get up to the high E or G and still get down low for a low D or B match up without getting too much slack? My mistake, in thinking that 8th string had to be a lower Drone tone. Looking at the photo again, I'd have to agree with Larryz; whatever the string gauge is, it looks to be about the same gauge as the 1st string, a .011, or something close. Quote "Monsters are real, and Ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win." Stephen King http://www.novparolo.com https://thewinstonpsmithproject.bandcamp.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 [font:Comic Sans MS]a bit of info on that 8-string: the maker's name is either Patros or Petros, and the guitar was made in 1980. Elderly Instruments has it for sale, and they're located in Lansing, MI. No idea what the price is. [/font] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Thanks for the info. Like I said, I've ENOUGH of a time just dealing with SIX strings, so it's not really applicable to me. And since I never NEEDED to buy a single string for nearly 50 years, I'm obviously WAY out of touch with the market these days. Whitefang Quote I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted May 26, 2017 Author Share Posted May 26, 2017 [font:Comic Sans MS]more harp guitar prettiness:[/font] [video:youtube] [font:Comic Sans MS]nylon string![/font] [video:youtube] Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannyalcatraz Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Jake Kindlesparker ceramic guitar! http://www.guitarworld.com/gear-electrics-viral-videos/crazy-vintage-ceramic-guitar-mystery-no-moreheres-who-made-it/29468 Quote Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: âNinety percent of everything is crapâ My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted June 1, 2017 Author Share Posted June 1, 2017 this has landed at my FLMS Quote http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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