Slackmaster2K
Gone
Ok, so I had this old twelve string laying around and it really didn't hold twelve strings very well...so I turned it into a 6 string for a while...but that was annoying.
The interesting thing about a 12 string guitar is that the neck is usually just the right width for 7 strings. So I went to the music store and bought a piece of bone, then proceeded to file it down, which is NOT an easy task. I also had to groove out the saddle a bit to get the strings to seperate.
Long story short, I now I have a 7 string acoustic. I bought a set of medium acoustic strings and one light acoustic bass string for the low end...I think it was a 0.65.
Now, when you start getting that low on a guitar...chords *kinda* start falling apart....but I blame some of it on the low string. If I tune the low string to a B then it seems to hold a note and chords sound ok. However, if I try to step it down to an A, it all falls apart pretty badly.
Without spending a fortune on various strings, has anyone ever done this? I've never seen a 7 string acoustic but they must exist. I'm not sure if I can buy strings for it so if you have a custom setup then I'd be interested in hearing what you've done.
Man, it is cool though. Now I can play acoustic version of Korn songs...hahah...yeah
Slackmaster 2000
The interesting thing about a 12 string guitar is that the neck is usually just the right width for 7 strings. So I went to the music store and bought a piece of bone, then proceeded to file it down, which is NOT an easy task. I also had to groove out the saddle a bit to get the strings to seperate.
Long story short, I now I have a 7 string acoustic. I bought a set of medium acoustic strings and one light acoustic bass string for the low end...I think it was a 0.65.
Now, when you start getting that low on a guitar...chords *kinda* start falling apart....but I blame some of it on the low string. If I tune the low string to a B then it seems to hold a note and chords sound ok. However, if I try to step it down to an A, it all falls apart pretty badly.
Without spending a fortune on various strings, has anyone ever done this? I've never seen a 7 string acoustic but they must exist. I'm not sure if I can buy strings for it so if you have a custom setup then I'd be interested in hearing what you've done.
Man, it is cool though. Now I can play acoustic version of Korn songs...hahah...yeah
Slackmaster 2000