Our many stringed beauties

Malkav

Here's a recent pic of my bassists main bass and my 8 string, done in a romantic black and white ? If you look closely you'll see our drummers handicap passes next to them ?

ActionArnie

Was this photo taken in Japan?

BMU

I like.

AlanRatcliffe

I've got three of someone else's many stringed beauties here at the moment - I'll try post pics later...

Malkav

ActionArnie wrote Was this photo taken in Japan?

Nope, we did our band photoshoot thingy in a quarry where we set up a post-apocalyptic theme with an old couch and a ton of old broken server boxes and components, there was even a rocking horse that we kept putting headphones on ?

The quarry is out in the Northern Suburbs somewhere, I don't really know where anything is in this country so I'm just not too sure where it was exactly. ?

arjunmenon

Nice! 8)

IINM, the quarry is the Ciolli Bros. one near Atlas Gardens just off the N7.

Jack-Flash-Jr

All those strings are making me dizzy ?

AlanRatcliffe

Here ya go - more multi-stringed beauties:

Bouzouki (8-string) in front, mandolin left (8-string) and charango (10-string) ? The Charango is particularly interesting, as it's made from an armadillo shell. This one even still has part of the head and hair on...

raithza

Alan Ratcliffe wrote charango (10-string) ? The Charango is particularly interesting, as it's made from an armadillo shell. This one even still has part of the head and hair on...

It may have 10 strings and be made from a dead animal... BUT CAN IT DJENT!?!?!? ding ding boing chugga boing chug ding boing

Norman86

i only see 8 strings on the armadillo?? ?

jonotem

Alan Ratcliffe wrote it's made from an armadillo shell. This one even still has part of the head and hair on...

Never ever in a million years would I have looked at an armadillo and think "Hey, maybe I can make an instrument outta that thing..."
Creative people hey... who'd a thought...

AlanRatcliffe

raithza wrote It may have 10 strings and be made from a dead animal... BUT CAN IT DJENT!?!?!?

Better - watch at about 0:45:

Malkav

raithza wrote BUT CAN IT DJENT!?!?!?

I lol'd pretty damn hard when I read that ?

EDIT: Also all the old ancestor guitars are super cool, and it's pretty funny that so many of them have more than 6 strings considering how people now think that anything over 6 is either niche or unnecessary ?

The dead armadillo Charango thing is epically metal, I mean what could be more br00tal then clubbing some small animal only to kill it and hollow out it's insides ?...

(I mean this as a joke, in no way do I want to advocate animal violence/abuse - it's sick don't do it.)

AlanRatcliffe

Chad Adam Browne wrote it's pretty funny that so many of them have more than 6 strings considering how people now think that anything over 6 is either niche or unnecessary ?

You'll notice they are all double courses of strings. In the dark days before amplification they had to add on more strings if they wanted more volume or to thicken up the tone. It was either that or add in more musos to double up parts - and you know how hard it can be to get even three people together at the same time for a practice or gig... ?

Charlie4

"Man I get such a sweet tone out of my armadillo, that thing sings". ?

singemonkey

Charlie4 wrote "Man I get such a sweet tone out of my armadillo, that thing sings". ?

It's hypocritical, I know, as I thrill to a new leather cuitar strap. But I can't stand the site of an armadillo turned into a guitar body. Like a child's skull made into a mandolin. Or fuzzy slippers made out of real, hollowed out kittens. ☹

Highway-Chile

singemonkey wroteBut I can't stand the site of an armadillo turned into a guitar body.

Yeah I know, poor lil' cute critter...... plus, I'd just hate all those spiky hairs sticking into my belly and even worse, messin' up the fabric on my best sleeveless spandex stage shirt, the one with the yellow and black stripes and the matching spandex armulet. I'm callin' BS on that one. ?

Alan Ratcliffe wroteand you know how hard it can be to get even three people together at the same time for a practice or gig...

Wow.....that happens in SA as well? I thought that was something that only went on in LA.

Averatu

Will the armadillo djent? Even thou some of my favorite bands play 8 string, just thinking about it gives me ein grosse kopfschmerz!!

5mjacbyr

Awesome guitar! Aside from the armidillo, I've heard nothing but great things about the RG2228. I have a an Agile Multi scale 8 string, I'll post a picture here later this evening.
I'm super happy to see some Djent going down in SA. ? And to all the six stringers I don't think 8 is too many, I think 6 is too few! ? just teasing, ( I know I'm going to get flamed for that)

P.S. Do you have the stock 808's in there? or the 808x's? or Blackouts? How do you like them? I know a lot of people seem to prefer the Seymour Duncan Blackouts to the EMG's.

Malkav

5mjacbyr wrote P.S. Do you have the stock 808's in there? or the 808x's? or Blackouts? How do you like them? I know a lot of people seem to prefer the Seymour Duncan Blackouts to the EMG's.

I have the 808's, they sound like ass...

I'd prefer the 808X's for the headroom but if I'm gonna buy new pickups for her then they're not gonna be EMGs...

The Blackouts are nice except I've found them to be a little higher output than I've ever favoured, my neighbour has an Agile Intrepid 727 with Blackouts and that thing is super powerful.

I'd like to get the new Dimarzio passive 8 string pickups, the D-Activator 8, cause in general I just prefer passive pickups (Dimarzio mainly) and I can't justify BKPs ?

It's awesome that you have a multi-scale, I've been dying to give one a try lately, even considering building my own 8 string (27,5 - 25,5). My biggest concern with fanned fretting though is where to get the pickups from, I've seen alot of people use EMGs but as I stated earlier, I hate active pickups ?

Yeah the whole djent appearing in S.A thing is really cool, seeing as normally we're 3 years behind the rest of the world, but I think the internet is helping with regards to keeping the world on the same page ? I don't know where you're from but in Cape Town I know quite a few people who love the style ?

Also I have to whole heartedly agree on your point about 6s, I just don't see a use for them anymore. If it's not a 7 string it actually looks kinda weird to me, and if I have to play it I just feel like I'm not playing a real instrument. Even Teles with the enormous baseball bat necks feel tiny to me now, heck coming off my 8 onto my 7 makes my 7 feel dinky. I get that some people are cool on 6s but to me they're just awkward ?