Sunday, March 09, 2008

John's 8-String Guitar-Bass is Nearly Complete

John's 8-String Guitar-Bass is nearly complete! With that enormous 8-string fingerboard and bridge the baritone size body starts to look even a little petite! The 7th string will be a .070 gauge and tune to A or B, and the 8th string will be a .100 gauge tuned to an E one octave below the 6th string...so it's a bass and a guitar in one! John had a very nice special request for this instrument. He requested a very thin non-gloss open pore finish that would look as much like bare wood as possible, and Addam Stark did a really great job making it happen. I really like the way it looks and feels. Since getting it back from Addam I've glued on the bridge, installed the frets and attached the neck. Comin' up soon, John! :)

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