Members Freeman Keller Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 ... how about 18? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150543293570&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kujozilla Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 ...awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 I bet that's fun to strum. What combination of strings does it use for the octaves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Joshua Borsack Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 The original owner spent the first 5 years tuning it, played it for 10 minutes and then decided to sell it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluzboy Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 Imagine the tension on that neck!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 The tuners should be color-coded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitnoob Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 Imagine the tension on that neck!!! That was my first thought -- about 450lbs. Probably not lightly braced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 WOW. The neck looks very thin too. Would love to hear how it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted January 20, 2011 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 I'm going to build one for TAH and a reso version for Neal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 I'm going to build one for TAH and a reso version for Neal Owned one many years ago...kinda cool sounding, but I eventually decided that 12-strings were plenty. Sold it to a a friend, Johnny Bencomo, out in Arizona, who loves it. Can't recall the name of the guy who built it, but seem to recall he worked w/ Unicorn Mandolins, at that point out of Albequerque, NM. Here's a picture of Johnny w/ it: Kept mine strung .010/.018w/.045w, .008/.015/32w, .012/.012/24w, .009/.009./.018w/.014/.014/.014, .009/.009/.009...tuned down two half steps (D G C F A D) w/ 3 octaves on the lowest pair, two octaves on the middle pair and unison on the highest pair. I suppose the builder got the idea from Smith, because I think I saw that GP article some months prior to buying it...or perhaps it was a simultaneous mental aberation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kujozilla Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 simultaneous mental abortion. Fixed? Yes? No? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 Jumping Jeoshaphat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 The git itself is rather ugly, IMO, but I'd adore 18 strings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 Fixed? Yes? No? Truly a judgement call, kudo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Buck62 Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 It's nice having more strings to work with... [video=youtube;Cvar4ZsqsEo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jdolan121 Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 The git itself is rather ugly, IMO, but I'd adore 18 strings! I have a hard enough time handling 6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seagullplayer77 Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 Ugly as sin, but an interesting concept. I like the one that TAH posted much better ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sixgunner455 Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 I love how he says that it's in great shape except for the crack by the bridge - oh, you mean the canyon-sized split in the soundboard to the right of the top seam? That crack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neal Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 I'm going to build one for TAH and a reso version for Neal Can you imagine changing tunings on the fly..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 Dammit....now I can't get thoughts of a 18-er outa my head - especially a nice big dread or jumbo with no cutaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 Can you imagine changing tunings on the fly..... I'd save string replacement until a break...with 17 others singing, one broken string wasn't too obvious. And, as I recall, it was always one or the other of the octave 3rds or (rarely) the 2nd octave low E (actually a D)...don't recall any others giving out before it was time to change 'em. Only real problem I ever had w/ it was finding a capo that would work on all the strings...finally found a Hamilton that had some sort of medical tubing put over the cushion bar, kinda like this pic. When Johnny saw it for the first time, his eyes got really big and then he spent the next 8 months trying to talk me out of it...and eventually succeeded. Last played it about a year ago...neck still straight, action still comfortable. Builder did a pretty good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted January 21, 2011 Members Share Posted January 21, 2011 I'd save string replacement until a break...with 17 others singing, one broken string wasn't too obvious. And, as I recall, it was always one or the other of the octave 3rds or (rarely) the 2nd octave low E (actually a D)...don't recall any others giving out before it was time to change 'em. Only real problem I ever had w/ it was finding a capo that would work on all the strings...finally found a Hamilton that had some sort of medical tubing put over the cushion bar, kinda like this pic. When Johnny saw it for the first time, his eyes got really big and then he spent the next 8 months trying to talk me out of it... and eventually succeeded. Last played it about a year ago...neck still straight, action still comfortable. Builder did a pretty good job. Lucky guy! Only way I'll probably wind up with one is to stuff the coffee can until it bursts at the seams, then have one built. Betcha Mr. Binh would have a great time building one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 22, 2011 Members Share Posted January 22, 2011 Lucky guy! Only way I'll probably wind up with one is to stuff the coffee can until it bursts at the seams, then have one built. Betcha Mr. Binh would have a great time building one. I bet Mr. Binh's version would be pretty cool...and a decent bargain! I gave $1200 for mine in 1979 and sold it about 2 years later for the equivalent of $1k (cash and trade-in). It was a good strummer but worfthless for playing lead lines...and it was very neck heavy, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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