Tosin Abasi – 8 String Guitar

In his first lesson with jamplay.com, Tosin discusses the 8 string guitar. He talks playing, setup and stylistic approach to what he considers "a guitar with lots of strings." Visit jamplay,com for Tosin's entire artist series.

January 29, 2010 | Filed Under lessons

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24 Responses to “Tosin Abasi – 8 String Guitar”

  1. sportsportsport on January 28th, 2010 3:35 pm

    “I drop my 8th string down” haha…. 8th

  2. AidenLS on January 28th, 2010 3:50 pm

    this dude is really good

  3. conroy91 on January 28th, 2010 3:52 pm

    ridiculously cool lesson, i dont have one but just the possibilities make me salivate ;)

  4. webdesignbr on January 28th, 2010 4:18 pm

    really good !

  5. LordOfThisWorld74 on January 28th, 2010 4:19 pm

    Haha this man can play

  6. bicmed88 on January 28th, 2010 5:19 pm

    i really want an 8 string now because of him, hes inspirational!

  7. JessJessism on January 28th, 2010 5:54 pm

    4:16n was tight

  8. glassmoon0fo on January 28th, 2010 6:54 pm

    christ almight this guys talent is endless. that lick at 4:10 or so is “Soraya” and i had NO idea it was played on 1 guitar 0_o

  9. endoftheline9 on January 28th, 2010 7:10 pm

    Uh… two more “low”strings.

  10. saxophonefreak101 on January 28th, 2010 7:12 pm

    @FullSolo fat

  11. JamPlayDotCom on January 28th, 2010 9:11 pm

    The 7th and 8th strings are lower register strings. The standard 8 string tuning has those additional strings tuned in 3rds like a standard six string. However Tosin tunes his 7th string a 5th below the 6th and his 8th string an octave below his 6th. That allows him to add roots and 5ths from within the same six string positions.

  12. endoftheline9 on January 28th, 2010 9:36 pm

    yes, I know, I was just replying to the guy who asked if he had two more “fat” strings or two more “skinny” strings.

  13. HowdyAntti69 on January 29th, 2010 5:46 am

    Amazing.

  14. chiefindisguise on January 29th, 2010 6:01 am

    Visionary.

  15. berkeleyoverdrive on January 29th, 2010 6:25 am

    I write most of my music in Dropped-D … would it be unreasonable to assume that the low F# wouldn’t flub out if I tuned it down to D (two full steps lower)? It would be the ultimate convenience to have the full bass range for Dropped-D tuned rock or metal, all on one instrument…

  16. deviloogy on January 29th, 2010 7:06 am

    Tosin’s a genius. Nuff said.

  17. JamPlayDotCom on January 29th, 2010 8:40 am

    Yeah I meant to comment under that. Thought I did, but apparently not.

  18. thumbvideos123 on January 29th, 2010 8:46 am

    tosin is a genius. i love metal, but i admire he doesn’t neccesarily have to use distortion for an 8 string. his approach is unique to anything i’ve ever seen.

  19. RyanCmetal on January 29th, 2010 9:05 am

    Abasi is beast

  20. XxSconeManxX on January 29th, 2010 9:33 am

    This dude is absolutely incredible musician, I wonder if he still uses his custom 8 string though…I guess the ibanez is a bit better for touring.

  21. JamPlayDotCom on January 29th, 2010 10:25 am

    He does have his other guitar. He claimed his Ibanez was a little flat without much brilliance comparably speaking.

  22. glassmoon0fo on January 29th, 2010 1:17 pm

    you’d definately need a 30” scale to tune that low and have any definition. i’d recomment an Agile 8 string, they come in the 30” scale and dont cost a rediculous amount.

  23. cockknockery on January 29th, 2010 2:27 pm

    i like this guy

  24. niloc141414 on January 29th, 2010 2:32 pm

    tosin is great. i remember getting so stoked on his guitar playing in his old band Reflux.

    awesome.

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