Members dparr Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by Viesczy This place is so old with guys hating on 8 strings! There are few things as grandiose as flying over an arpeggio that uses all 7 or 8 strings and several position shifts. Gives us more of a piano like range to show off our technical and melodic abilities. How is more of anything bad? Derek From a Chapman Stick players point of view..... 8 strings ain't near enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 now for the most important question regarding 8 string players. what about Ray, RAZORBLADERAY?!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kerouac Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by Viesczy This place is so old with guys hating on 8 strings! There are few things as grandiose as flying over an arpeggio that uses all 7 or 8 strings and several position shifts. Gives us more of a piano like range to show off our technical and melodic abilities. How is more of anything bad? Derek Here's some herpes and some AIDS. More of a {censored}ty thing is just more {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linthat22 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by -Assy- the subtle sound effect over this is making me lol so {censored}ing hard me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linthat22 Posted November 27, 2012 Members Share Posted November 27, 2012 Originally Posted by Viesczy This place is so old with guys hating on 8 strings! There are few things as grandiose as flying over an arpeggio that uses all 7 or 8 strings and several position shifts. Gives us more of a piano like range to show off our technical and melodic abilities. How is more of anything bad? Derek I don't consider myself old, but you have to admit that when 7 string guitars got popular, you didn't hear the same bland whale farts. Especially when you compare the {censored} we hear out of the 95% of the examples out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hrafnkel Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 Originally Posted by linthat22 I don't consider myself old, but you have to admit that when 7 string guitars got popular, you didn't hear the same bland whale farts. Especially when you compare the {censored} we hear out of the 95% of the examples out there. I guess my memory differs, with regards to that. I remember lots of 7 string whale farts when they first took off, especially with the nu-metal kiddies. If anything it was arguably {censored}tier with 7's, if you can imagine anything {censored}tier than djent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members cavemanic Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 The thing is 7 strings you can still make sound defined, tight and aggressiveFear factory demanufacture sounds like a chain saw and the low b has just as much definition and attack as an e stringYou can't do it with the 8, it's to low... Eventually there has to be a point how low a guitar can go and it's well past it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrispsullivan Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 That guy really ripped up those bottom four strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HKSblade1 Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 Originally Posted by madrigal77 I'm pretty sure if you miced a whales asshole and waited for it to fart, it would sound like 99% of what 8 string players sound like LOL !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HKSblade1 Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 This place is so old with guys hating on 8 strings! There are few things as grandiose as flying over an arpeggio that uses all 7 or 8 strings and several position shifts. Gives us more of a piano like range to show off our technical and melodic abilities. How is more of anything bad?Derek Its just there's a difference between a piano baritone sound used sparingly vs an 8 string going djent djent djent djent wallo wallo wallo djent djent djent djent wallo wallo wallo wallo wallawallwallawalla djent djent dooooooooooooooooooooooowwwww on mainly the heaviest two strings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rock Hardness Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 Its just there's a difference between a piano baritone sound used sparingly vs an 8 string going djent djent djent djent wallo wallo wallo djent djent djent djent wallo wallo wallo wallo wallawallwallawalla djent djent dooooooooooooooooooooooowwwww on mainly the heaviest two strings Less gain would help, I think At that pitch, it's a {censored}ing bass. There, I said it. Now, make it fit!!! Does a Double Bass play cello parts? Does a bassoon play clarinet parts? Context is key. Perhaps a dual amp setup - Marshall-Mesa-Orange-Whatever/Ampeg SVT? Actually...that would KILL!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members linthat22 Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 Less gain would help, I think At that pitch, it's a {censored}ing bass. There, I said it. Now, make it fit!!! Does a Double Bass play cello parts? Does a bassoon play clarinet parts? Context is key. Perhaps a dual amp setup - Marshall-Mesa-Orange-Whatever/Ampeg SVT? Actually...that would KILL!!!!! Ahem, Whitechapel, ahem cough cough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeerBaron Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 The wood, from which the 8 strings are made of, must be like :confused::confused::confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SilenceSketches Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 I like Vildhjarta's use of the 8 string, uses a lot more than just the low strings event though it has djenty moments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Viesczy Posted November 28, 2012 Members Share Posted November 28, 2012 I'm prolly one of the oldest guys on the board (41) and I barely touch my 6s any longer. Everything is on ERGs for me, I can play everything that I used to play on 6s on the ERG but with a greater range of available notes. Typically it is the musician and not the musical intstrument. Are there some pieces on 7 or 8s that sound like excrement? Sure are, but the same can be said for music written for and played only on 6 strings. AC/DC's entire catalog comes to immediately to my mind! Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cavemanic Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 The wood, from which the 8 strings are made of, must be like :confused::: well it could be all the fancy exotic woods they use which help 'complex chords ring out with utmost clarity' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrisjd Posted November 29, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 These were actually pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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