When I started playing 9-string guitar, I was trying out a couple of tunings until I found what I consider best for me: BEBEADGBE (7 string standard + drop E, as many 8-string players are using it, + another B, the same as on a 5-string bass). This tuning is merging the best parts of a 5-string...
There had been a thread with a similar name a couple of years ago. And I remember many discussing — and being sure — that 9 string guitars would be 8 strings with an additional high a (or g string) when they become more "mainstream". Now we have the RG9 for the masses (I own one myself) and its...
Hey guys, we're a 9 string guitar band operating in the middle east. We just got our new Agile 30" baby seal clubs and they are awesome! We've been reading around on this site and others that a lot of people think a 9 string would entirely change the roll of a bassist in a composition. We have a...