11 string guitar!?

[Myles]

Reproduced from the minds of 19th Century musicians comes a guitar so crazy that it couldn't be properly constructed until 1997 and not perfected until this year.

What do you think?

 

[marnold]

"Ours go up to 11"

 

[Robert]

Wonder if one should play it in "D-minor, the saddest of all keys"?

 

[Nelskie]

Vitalmyles - You might want to check out the article in this month's "Guitar Player", which features an article on the winner of their 2005 Guitar Hero contest - Dominic Frasca (article is on pp. 48). He plays a wild 10-string Martin classical!! The mag also features a good interview w/ Paul McCartney, so it's definitely worth picking up.

 

[tremoloman]

"You know, just simple lines intertwining, you know, very much like - I'm really influenced by Mozart and Bach, and it's sort of in between those, really. It's like a Mach piece, really."

 

[Hophead]

Why bother???

 

[Myles]

Why bother???

I'd imagine its because invention inspires him more than music.

On the flip side of things, many people have a similar response as yours to things like 15 minute guitar solos.