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homemade 8 string!

Postby telboy » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:49 pm

finally got round to finishing off a few little bits n bobs...strung her up and gave her a blast, had hank playing at work so sat down for 5 mins during my teabreak...heres a short vid, theres plenty of bum notes etc but i think it came out ok? sounds quite nice too for an old plank of wood :)

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Re: homemade 8 string!

Postby Uncle Roy » Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:04 pm

Nice job Tel Boy, well done. :D sounds nice.
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Re: homemade 8 string!

Postby Basil Henriques » Fri May 04, 2012 8:49 pm

What's happened to the video ? :?: :?:
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Re: homemade 8 string!

Postby telboy » Sat May 05, 2012 8:54 am

Basil Henriques wrote:What's happened to the video ? :?: :?:


oh bugger! i had a clear out of old pics n stuff on PB it's been moved....try this[hopefully]

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ive put a few together...there's lots of bum notes and repeat runs, but hey we gotta start somewhere right? :(
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Re: homemade 8 string!

Postby acerod » Sun May 06, 2012 12:04 am

Dats niiiice. Wot tuning are you using? :?:
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Re: homemade 8 string!

Postby telboy » Sun May 06, 2012 4:19 pm

cheers mate, starting to get the sound im after, just ned to learn the tunes and play the right notes :) on the 6 string its C6 [low CEGACE high] on the 8 string its E6 http://www.scribd.com/doc/16618979/Stee ... -Don-Helms
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