I've just begun building a seven-string guitar for Rune Mandelid, a very creative and highly accomplished jazz musician from Norway. The instrument will have a heavy gauge seventh string. Rune's target tuning, from low to high, is A-DGCFAE, and so we've agreed upon a multi-scale design, with the 7th string having a scale length of 28.25", the 1st string having a scale length of 26.25", and bridge, frets, and nut "fanned" out so that everything is kept in proportion. Confused yet? Here's a picture of an 8-string instrument that I built for Jim Saxa with the same design concept. The top on this instrument will be Adirondack spruce, and the back and sides are Honduran mahogany. I'll also be building a nylon string "twin" with the same specifications for Rune. What fun! Thanks, Rune! :)
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