11 string touch guitar by Xen Guitars

[ixlramp]

From their Facebook page:

XSI 11 Touch Guitar
Tuned D#-E with re-entry and inversion points
Lowest note is an F# ABOVE low E on a standard 6 string guitar
Specs:
30” scale, 27 frets
Walnut body with flame maple top
Headstock with matching cap
Walnut and Mac ebony neck
Mac ebony fingerboard
Lace X-Bar/Deathbar 5.0 combo
Vol/vol/tone with three way switch
Phase switches
Killswitch
Kalium strings
Hipshot hardware

1. 10.5 E
2. 12.5 B
3. 17 G
4. 22p D
5. 13 A
6. 23 E
7. 31 B
8. 41 F#
9. 29 C#
10. 16 G#
11. 11 D#

 

[c7spheres]

Nice, I'd like to mess around on it but I don't think I'd ever get into it enough to really explore what it's capable of. Odd that it only has 2 higher notes than a normal 6 string and doesn't even go to low E. I wonder what the reasoning is behind this tuning, I'm guessing gigantic chords. It must work out nice for 2 handed tap techniques I guess. I'll stick to my 7 string though.

 

[Dayn]

I think I saw this video in one of your other threads, but if it plays like this, then that'd explain it. Although the scale lengths are massively different.



Unfortunately, now I want something like that.

 

[xwmucradiox]

Need to see someone play this to understand why you would want an 11-string touch instrument with less range than a 6 string.

 

[MaxOfMetal]

Need to see someone play this to understand why you would want an 11-string touch instrument with less range than a 6 string.

Maybe for something closer to what Stanley Jordan does?

He sometimes sets up multiple 6-strings on stage, not for the overall range, but to be able to play two parts on what would be the same area on a single guitar.

 

[xwmucradiox]

Maybe for something closer to what Stanley Jordan does?

He sometimes sets up multiple 6-strings on stage, not for the overall range, but to be able to play two parts on what would be the same area on a single guitar.

That seems possible. The tuning listed is just an 11-string extension of standard tuning with 4ths going down over and over but all within a 3 octave range. Maybe its just to be able to shred endlessly without ever hitting a low note lol.

 

[xwmucradiox]

I see now that this guitar was finished over a year ago and the photos are from 2018. I wonder if the owner has made any videos playing it?

 

[Randy]

Not sure if pickups or harmonica.