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22 Responses to “Tosin Abasi – 8 String Guitar”

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   sportsportsport Says:
   28. January 2010 at 11:35 pm

   “I drop my 8th string down” haha…. 8th

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   AidenLS Says:
   28. January 2010 at 11:50 pm

   this dude is really good

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   conroy91 Says:
   28. January 2010 at 11:52 pm

   ridiculously cool lesson, i dont have one but just the possibilities make me salivate

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   webdesignbr Says:
   29. January 2010 at 12:18 am

   really good !

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   LordOfThisWorld74 Says:
   29. January 2010 at 12:19 am

   Haha this man can play

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   bicmed88 Says:
   29. January 2010 at 1:19 am

   i really want an 8 string now because of him, hes inspirational!

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   JessJessism Says:
   29. January 2010 at 1:54 am

   4:16n was tight

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   glassmoon0fo Says:
   29. January 2010 at 2:54 am

   christ almight this guys talent is endless. that lick at 4:10 or so is “Soraya” and i had NO idea it was played on 1 guitar 0_o

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   endoftheline9 Says:
   29. January 2010 at 3:10 am

   Uh… two more “low”strings.

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    saxophonefreak101 Says:
    29. January 2010 at 3:12 am

    @FullSolo fat

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    JamPlayDotCom Says:
    29. January 2010 at 5:11 am

    The 7th and 8th strings are lower register strings. The standard 8 string tuning has those additional strings tuned in 3rds like a standard six string. However Tosin tunes his 7th string a 5th below the 6th and his 8th string an octave below his 6th. That allows him to add roots and 5ths from within the same six string positions.

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    endoftheline9 Says:
    29. January 2010 at 5:36 am

    yes, I know, I was just replying to the guy who asked if he had two more “fat” strings or two more “skinny” strings.

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    HowdyAntti69 Says:
    29. January 2010 at 1:46 pm

    Amazing.

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    chiefindisguise Says:
    29. January 2010 at 2:01 pm

    Visionary.

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    berkeleyoverdrive Says:
    29. January 2010 at 2:25 pm

    I write most of my music in Dropped-D … would it be unreasonable to assume that the low F# wouldn’t flub out if I tuned it down to D (two full steps lower)? It would be the ultimate convenience to have the full bass range for Dropped-D tuned rock or metal, all on one instrument…

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    deviloogy Says:
    29. January 2010 at 3:06 pm

    Tosin’s a genius. Nuff said.

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    JamPlayDotCom Says:
    29. January 2010 at 4:40 pm

    Yeah I meant to comment under that. Thought I did, but apparently not.

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    thumbvideos123 Says:
    29. January 2010 at 4:46 pm

    tosin is a genius. i love metal, but i admire he doesn’t neccesarily have to use distortion for an 8 string. his approach is unique to anything i’ve ever seen.

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    RyanCmetal Says:
    29. January 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Abasi is beast

20. 
    XxSconeManxX Says:
    29. January 2010 at 5:33 pm

    This dude is absolutely incredible musician, I wonder if he still uses his custom 8 string though…I guess the ibanez is a bit better for touring.

21. 
    JamPlayDotCom Says:
    29. January 2010 at 6:25 pm

    He does have his other guitar. He claimed his Ibanez was a little flat without much brilliance comparably speaking.

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    glassmoon0fo Says:
    29. January 2010 at 9:17 pm

    you’d definately need a 30” scale to tune that low and have any definition. i’d recomment an Agile 8 string, they come in the 30” scale and dont cost a rediculous amount.

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