Nine-string guitars seem to break the metalsphere. Rob Scallon knows this all too well: an original 9-string guitar composition he published in December that boasted it used all 9 strings (unlike so ...

Since 9-string guitars are making people very stangry these days, Internet Guitar Guy Rob Scallon — who covered Slayer’s “Angel of Death” on the banjo and Cannibal Corpse’s “Frantic Disembowelment” on ...

The melding of 12 string and 6 string electric SGs into one instrument resulted in something that's been described as the coolest guitar in rock, the Gibson EDS 1275. Now techs at PRS have taken a ...

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When Chris Haskett, former member of Rollins Band and gun for hire by Bowie, Reeves Gabrel, Jah Wobble and more, wanted a guitar with the low strings coursed like a 12-string and the high strings left ...

A guitar without strings is much less useful than one with them - though you may be able to use an acoustic model as a percussion instrument. It’s important, then, to get the best strings for your ...

One of guitar playing’s simplest joys comes in ringing out a big, open chord and letting the guitar’s strings and tonewoods work their magic. Now imagine that joy, doubled. The best 12-string guitars ...

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