New 9 String Acoustic Guitar

[rick36]

Here is Taylor guitars' new 9 String 35th Anniversary GS guitar:

http://www.taylorguitars.com/guitars/li ... y/9String/

Along the same line as the Mcguinn 7 String, but adding a D octave and doubled B string. I'm really interested in hearing this on on some Byrds tunes! The 6 string GS is a fine Guitar.

[kiramdear]

Very interesting. Though I'm not really keen on Taylors in general, I've never seen a design quite like it and am curious to try one out.

[jps]

Alvarez did something similar many years ago, so Taylor missed the boat!

[jimk]

I don't really think I'd go for it. If I wanted a third acoustic guitar, I'd just go spring for a standard 12 string.
JimK

[beatlefreak]

I have to agree. If I want a twelve string sound, I'll buy a twelve string.

[rick36]

Still, I find it interesting that McGuinn now favors his 7 String Martin (as opposed to his 12 String) for live performances...

[doctorwho]

It's not acoustic, and it's only a 10-string, but I picked up this oddball Bunker a while back:

Bunker Custom "ProStar" 10-string

The octave strings are set up like a Rickenbacker, so it does have a similar chime to it. I really can't find the utility in having the two lower non-octaved strings, though.

[jimk]

Speaking of which...I have an odd-ball acoustic instrument which is a reproduction of an 18th century parlor instrument. It has 10 strings; the two bass strings are single, and the others are paired and tuned in unison. The tuning is a C major chord thus; C, E, GG, cc, ee, gg. Banjo chords work wonderfully as you might imagine. And it was traditionally finger picked.

With its pear shaped body, it resembles a modern cittern, but it has a 42cm scale length, which is shorter than a cittern. It's sometimes referred to today as an English guitar. But it isn't at all like a guitar. Interestingly, there's a Portuguese folk instrument that's just like it and as I understand it, still played today. I have pictures of it on my MySpace page.

JimK

[doctorwho]

Speaking of which...I have an odd-ball acoustic instrument which is a reproduction of an 18th century parlor instrument. It has 10 strings; the two bass strings are single, and the others are paired and tuned in unison. The tuning is a C major chord thus; C, E, GG, cc, ee, gg. Banjo chords work wonderfully as you might imagine. And it was traditionally finger picked.

With its pear shaped body, it resembles a modern cittern, but it has a 42cm scale length, which is shorter than a cittern. It's sometimes referred to today as an English guitar. But it isn't at all like a guitar. Interestingly, there's a Portuguese folk instrument that's just like it and as I understand it, still played today. I have pictures of it on my MySpace page.

JimK

Cool! I bet it has a nice mellow sound to it, too ...

[kiramdear]

Jim, can you take a pic for us with your spiffy new Kodak? It sounds very interesting.

[jimk]

Will this do? It's a reasonable representation of the instrument from the cover of my CD.




JimK

[jimk]

I'd like to recommend that this entire thread be relocated to another, more appropriate section of the RRF. Although it's an interesting discussion, and one I'd like to see continue, its relationship to the Byrds is tangential at best, in my honest opinion. So I think I'm going to attempt to move it to The Others.
(Which will give me time to figure out how to work the software on that spiffy new camera. )

JimK

[jimk]

Here are the pix of the English guittar[sic] I promised
JimK

[jingle_jangle]

It's not acoustic, and it's only a 10-string, but I picked up this oddball Bunker a while back:

P1010012.JPG

The octave strings are set up like a Rickenbacker, so it does have a similar chime to it. I really can't find the utility in having the two lower non-octaved strings, though.

Howcum it's not on a guitar stand?

[doctorwho]

Maybe, it prefers to sit, not stand?