craigb

kennywtelejazz
After hearing this fella , I may just have to go into hiding
 

 

That's like a perfect audio resume to send to prospective bands that says "What do you need, lead guitar, rhythm guitar or bass?  I can do all of those for all of these styles!"  Plus he made it sound musical and not like some guitar wanking exercise like too many do. 

He is very good for sure
I've already nabbed his audio track and I've been playing along with him at a much slower speed on a few sections .
Say , did I mention a much slower speed ?
 
 
 

craigb
In the comments for the above video I saw the name "Tosin Abasi" and did a quick search for him.  DON'T DO IT KENNY! 

Hey Craig ,
Ooopppss  ,  I already took a large bite out of that Apple
"Tosin Abasi" is one of the first 8 string players I started checking out seriously ....
Since I haven't been thrown out of The Garden of Musical Paradise yet ...So far so good ? ...I figure .
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 
 

Congrats, Kenny!    As a recent first-time seven string owner, I completely get everything you've described.   It is a bit disconcerting when the strings aren't where they usually fall, huh.   
 
 
 

stevec
Congrats, Kenny!    As a recent first-time seven string owner, I completely get everything you've described.   It is a bit disconcerting when the strings aren't where they usually fall, huh.   
 
 
 

Hi Steve ! ,
 
Thanks for the Congrat
 
Good luck too you on your 7 string playing . For a player of your caliber , it can be a whole new playground .
 
+1 on having a lot of huh moments .
 
Trying to play finger style on an 8 string right now is absolutely Crazy for me at times ...
I've literally have had to stop everything while playing and crank my neck over just to find my G string for both my left and right hand 
Whew , at least that don't happen when I use a pick ...
 
Then I may get Lucky and start playing something that I think is hip .
When that happens , I'm like Wow where did that come from ? How did I do that ?
I go to figure it out (what I just played ) , and then I forget it instantly on the spot ..
 
Now I personally know what it feels like , to feel just like a Jason Bourne on the guitar
 
all the best,
 
Kenny

For anyone who is interested , here's a quick little down and dirty clip of the 8 string ...
This was done as an experiment in time stretching audio ...
it is in 3 sections ...also this is a dry work file ..no verbs no nothing ..played over a static drum loop
 
The first section is what I stretched my playing to , the second section is the speed I actually played my 8 string guitar at , and the third section is just a repeat of section one ....
FWIW , I'm trying to do more of a finger style solo guitar thing ...Charley Hunter and all the 8 string  big boys have nothing to worry about ............YET.............he he he 
Any way there are no overdubs here . section 2  is  the type of speed I can play my 8 string w out crashing and burning ( too BAD )
 
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13405315
 
all the best ,
Kenny
 

Very good stuff there Kenny and tasty chops.....that 8 string has opened a whole new dimension for you. Would love to hear the finished version of this.
 
I can imagine you soon to be doing stuff like this......
 

Anyone in PDX this is a really nice PRS 7-string.  It's been on awhile so probably could get it for less.  I mean, who doesn't want a PRS with birds?!  I apologize if this should be in the deals forum, thought it'd be relevant to the subject at hand.
 
http://portland.craigslis...sc/msg/5645686979.html

Looks nice.  That reminds me, I really need to get my last custom sent to me so I can start playing again!

Mesh
Very good stuff there Kenny and tasty chops.....that 8 string has opened a whole new dimension for you. Would love to hear the finished version of this.
 
I can imagine you soon to be doing stuff like this......
 

Hi Mesh ,
I'm glad you like the little 8 string clip I posted that one because I have a thread upstairs where I'm trying to learn how to use SONAR's ability to stretch audio , warp tempo , and a few other feature & doodads that SONAR can do very well. All the things that I need to learn real bad....
Yes , the 8 string has opened up a whole world of new playing dimensions for me  .
I picked up a six string only once just the other day since I got the 8 string .
I couldn't play $hit on it it felt like I had went back to playing on my Uke
I had to put that bad boy back in the case and said Ef it ...there wasn't enough strings on it and I couldn't play anything I wanted to play anymore ...my feelings on that may change at some point ..in the mean time I'm sticking with the 8 .
 
Nice video you posted ...I jumped around a little bit and plan on giving it a whole listen when I have the time .
Before Stanley was famous , he used to come in all the time and play for us. The us being the store employees at Sam Ash Music in NYC ...I was in the GTR Dept at S ..Ash before jumping ship over to Manny's Music ..
Stanley would do that at least once or twice a week for a while . At the time he was playing out on the streets of NYC and he may of had a CD of sorts out at that point of his career ...promo ? or self produced ?
We used to love when he came in to play for us in the store  , all our heads would get blow by the way he played.
We all knew he was gonna make it someday
 

eph221
Anyone in PDX this is a really nice PRS 7-string.  It's been on awhile so probably could get it for less.  I mean, who doesn't want a PRS with birds?!  I apologize if this should be in the deals forum, thought it'd be relevant to the subject at hand.

 I've seen that add ....it has been up for a while ...The guy wants too much ,I'm not interested ...thank you anyway ...

craigb
Looks nice.  That reminds me, I really need to get my last custom sent to me so I can start playing again!

"Kenfuscious say "
A new room mates extra guitar to play in the hand beats a high priced unfinished custom in the shop ...
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 
 

Kenfuscious is wise!  Still working on (slowly) getting to that point.  He does have some rather nice guitars and he can't play them all at once, right? 
 
Ironically, my four-day move from hell left my hands aching, stiff and, occasionally, numb, THEN I began helping a friend remodel his house so he can sell it.  Today's the last day and my hands are so tortured that I can barely move them and the fingers are so chewed up that the fingerprint reader on my phone won't match them!  LOL.

Congratulation man! I have also a 8 string, Ibanez that is. My favorite 8 string players ae those in animals as leaders. Tosin Abasi is extreme! Javier Reyes has some solo stuff too that's great