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Posted by Francis X. on April 27, 2001 at 00:07:25:
In Reply to: Re: 8-strings posted by Stewart McKinsey on April 26, 2001 at 11:27:10:
: well, you need to be more specific. are you talking about the 8-strings with doubled strings, an octave apart, or are you talking about the 8-strings which have the individual strings, like F# - F natural or B to B flat?
Dear Stew:I am speaking of basses with double courses,tuned E-A-D-G with pairs of strings in octaves. The first one I saw was made by Hagstrom back in the 1970's. Carol Robelli(SamAsh)and Dean recently offered 8-strings;I wanted to see if anyone thought they were worth using,or if an octave doubling stomp box would do the same thing.
Francis X.Urso