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Post by bluesbottle on May 20, 2008 20:57:15 GMT
There is a seven string National on Ebay at present.
It looks to have two top E strings presumably in an effort to accentuate this string for solos??
I would have thought however, that it would have been better to place the two strings close like a 12 string guitar.
Has anyone played oe of these?
I am wondering whether it would be worthwhie adding an extra string for slide work. It would be easy enough to do.
Brian
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 8:47:30 GMT
Hey Brian
I know Australian luthiers Ellis guitars make an 8 string, its signature model for James Michael Thompson, it has the unison e string like a twelve string. It sounds and looks awesome but $6000 AUD is a bit out of my price range...sadly
Dustin
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2008 8:49:21 GMT
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Post by ronnie7 on Jul 10, 2008 16:41:55 GMT
Many years ago there was a white blues player (he's still around) called Spider John Koerner. He played 7-string Nationals. He used to drill a hole in the head for the extra string, and fit an octave above the G string. I did it to an old Levin Goliath an' it made a pretty cool sound.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 10, 2008 17:32:00 GMT
Spider John Koerner is a great artist. Koerner, Ray & Glover, were very influential in their day. Blues Rags & Hollers!
Mike Cooper is a first generation British blues musician and in the early days was influenced by John Koerner. Mike fitted extra strings to his style 1 National Tricone. I guess he drilled the holes himself & fitted the tuners.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Gerry C on Jul 11, 2008 13:47:33 GMT
Michael, I couldn't agree more about KR&G. I recently bought the 2 CD reissue of Blues Rags and Hollers and More... and was amazed at how great it still sounds (I had vinyl copies back in the day.) It's very sad that Snaker Ray is no longer with us but Spider and Little Sun are still going. I recently found my copy of Glover's book on blues harp and it's wonderful - not least for the agonisingly hip "Hey man, you dig?" writing! Great artists and a great band, though oddly there are very few tracks on the first two albums when they all play together.
Cheerily,
Gerry C
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Post by Michael Messer on Jul 11, 2008 14:14:52 GMT
The eight string Ellis guitar is quite a machine. Well it looks like a Tricone!
Shine On
Michael
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