Down Up Dick
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Well, I finally got around to getting an eight string. I traded my sixer in for it! The trade cost me a bit, but it's really beautiful (high gloss - mahogany I think) hangin' on the wall. Even if I never learn to play it well, it'll be nice to look at. Sorta like a girlie pic.
Eight stringers have a chime that I like, but the strings are still stretchin' so it's difficult to tell what it sounds like yet. My plan is to try a slide for some blues (like a twelve string), but . . . we'll see. I was never happy with the Ohana sixer. I didn't like the difference in strings, though it was okay to strum accompaniments with. I also didn't like that it was solid mahogany and more susceptible to crackin', warpin', etc. The eighter is plywood which I prefer. I don't have pics yet, but I don't know if I'll be able to figger out how to post them anyway.
And now, my UAS is cured! I'm clean, clean, clean!--except for a little BAS . . .
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Eight stringers have a chime that I like, but the strings are still stretchin' so it's difficult to tell what it sounds like yet. My plan is to try a slide for some blues (like a twelve string), but . . . we'll see. I was never happy with the Ohana sixer. I didn't like the difference in strings, though it was okay to strum accompaniments with. I also didn't like that it was solid mahogany and more susceptible to crackin', warpin', etc. The eighter is plywood which I prefer. I don't have pics yet, but I don't know if I'll be able to figger out how to post them anyway.
And now, my UAS is cured! I'm clean, clean, clean!--except for a little BAS . . .
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