Unusual eight-string guitars give the most rich texture of sound. Electric guitar, acoustic and other 8 strings guitars have unique testers in low registers, they are created for Heavy Metal. From the article you will learn how to choose such models and how to play them.
Description
The eight-stand guitar is a tool for heavy rock. Additional strings significantly expand the sound range to the bottom - what is needed for Jazz, Heavy Metal and other brutal music.
Therefore, the system of such a guitar is different. In the classic it looks like this: "Mi", "SI", "Sol", "Rea", "La", "Mi". And in the 8-string in the lower case, sheets "Fa Diez" and "SI" are added. Typically, notes are located in such a row: F #, B, E, A, D, G, B, E (Fa Diez, SI, "MI," La "," Rea "," Salt "," SI "," Mi ").
The best on it is the electrical effects and djent (string strikes). You can change chords and add new sounds to the compositions - all thanks to the 2nd additional strings.
Compared to the usual 6-string, such guitars have a number of features.
- Pickups should be more powerful - The number of strings and octave has become greater. Frequently installed Hambaker - High Frequency Sampler.
- The width of the grid is increased - It is 54-55 mm.
- Length of the sounding part of the string - Merezura - It is 26-29 inches (660-749 mm). It stabilizes the system that strives to go to the bass zone due to an additional string. Often these guitars put multimenenizur - so low strings are stronger. At the same time, the frets are lying diagonally.
For the first time, guitars with 8 strings appeared in the XIX century in the musicians Luigi Lenyani and Julio Reong. In XX, they played classical music and jazz. True, they were considered unusual tools and rarely used them.
In 1980-1990, such guitars met in Meshuggah groups (Sweden), Emperor (Norway), Fear Factory (USA) and others. Classic guitarists played on them - Alexander Vinograd (Ukraine), Livio Hyanola (Italy), Paul Galbreit (Scotland) and some others.
Finally, in 2007, the "Meshuggah" group from Sweden drew attention to the instrument. The musicians were looking for something special for creating heavy riffs. Found - so far they actively use this 8-string tool. Moreover, the popularity of this group led to the creation of an IBanez RG2228 electricity series.
By the way, people who listen to heavy rock, very high intelligence. And those who play it, IQ even higher. This is a good reason to choose an 8-string guitar, and we will help you in this.
Review models
Manufacturers produce many guitars, characterized and sounding, and price. We will talk about the most attractive of them (according to our subjective opinion).
- Guitar electro-acoustic Baton Rouge AR11C / ACE-8. The material of the grid is a red tree, and the deck is made of a solid Canadian cedar. Pickups - Baton Rouge BR-2P from Shadow, the number of lands - 20. Designed for the right hand. Costs about 30,000 rubles.
- Acoustic Alvarez ABT60CE-8BK. It is made from Sithin spruce. Preliminary amplification system - L. R. Baggs, Equalizer - Staage Pro, pickup - LR Baggs StagePro (with tuner). Its cost is about 50,000 rubles.
- Electric guitar SCECTER DAMIEN ELITE 8. The body is made of mahogany, and a vulture is made of maple with rosewood overlays. Scheme of pickups - H-H from EMG, there are volume controls and tone. The number of lads is 24, and their size is X-JUMBO. It is valued above - about 55,000 rubles.
- Schecter Stiletto Studio-8 Stiletto Studio-8 Bas Guitar. It is made of fiery maple, and a vulture from a multilayer walnut with a lining from a rosewood. It uses freight 24 x-jumbo, and the menzura is 34 inches (863 mm). There are volume and mixing regulators, and another 3-band EMG equalizer. Its cost - approximately 65,000 rubles.
- Electric guitar ESP HRF NT8B BK. The housing is made of alder, and a vulture of 3 pieces of maple. Installed SEYMOUR DUNCAN AHB-1-8 Phase 2 Blackouts Suiter Set. There are volume controls and timbre. Its price is approximately 160,000 rubles.
Of course, there are still many guitars who have not entered our list. But this does not mean that they are bad.
If you liked any model, then boldly buy. But make sure your choice is competent.
How to choose?
The easiest way to do with buying in the store. But if you are new, then it will be hard to choose the guitar. Better contact a specialist for help. The best option is a guitarist teacher.
But if you came alone - do not be mistaken. Most of the problems can be revealed if you carefully inspect the product. Especially budget - in it, the quality of assembly and settings affect the sound is stronger than the case material.
- Vulture is obliged to be straight. To check this, take the guitar as a gun, and inspect it the side line. If it is straight - everything is fine.
- Cracks and scratches are not allowed. Swims of varnish and non-bogged housing joints should not be. The product must be qualitatively painted and polished.
- Twist the slices - they must rotate smoothly and silently.
- Make sure the strings do not go beyond the plane of the grid. Especially extreme.
- All strings should sound approximately an equal period of time.
- For smartphones there are special programs that verify the sound of each string. It is advisable to use them. Here they can declare - it is necessary to set up, and everything will become excellent. Perhaps, but it is better that the guitar is initially configured.
With online stores a little more complicated. Here you will have to hope for the honesty of the seller. However, if he has a high rating and many orders, nothing to worry about.
Advice! No one is insured against damage during delivery. Therefore, always remove the unpacking guitar on the video, preferably on the camera or a good smartphone.
Remove the guitar from all sides with one double. Special attention - joints and faces, it is they suffer most often.
Try not to save, especially if you are engaged in music professionally. A good guitar with high-quality sound is obliged to be expensive. But if you are just starting your Musician's path, then you should not buy a status tool. At first, I will not see the difference, but you will feel the difference in price at once (50,000 or 160,000). Use a dear learning tool is a pity, and after all, to conquer the musical Everest - our next goal.
How to learn to play?
The 8-string guitar is more complicated in mastering than 6- and 7-string. Therefore, first it is better to learn how to play "Classics", and then move on 8 strings. But you have to change the style of thinking, since the bottom string is no longer "mi", but "Fa Diez".
Do special exercises.
- Learn to keep the guitar in a new way. The thumb should be at the bottom of the griff - so you will reach up to an extreme string.
- Clearly temper all the notes. Remember me easier if playing "mi" on different freaks and strings alternately. After that, you can go to other notes.
After that, you can start rehearsing. The goal is to learn how to doge (string strikes). For solo versions, tapping tapping (light beats on the strings on the grief between the lads). After that, you can move to chords in the Gamme "Faise Minor".
