Well, do you need a 9th string? Majority of us would be bent on adding a thicker, bottom end but let's embrace the fact that adding a thinner plain string would work as well. There's no established conventions here, you go with your needs. Also, are strings for a 9-string guitar readily available off the shelves? From the 8-string experience, strings were hard to come by till much later when more manufacturers are into the 8. Even at the initial stages, they got it wrong (D'Addario).
The guitars above represent a firm performer differing in their respective turfs. The Schecter is active with a non-bolt neck while the Ibanez is its complete opposite. I'm one to embrace a fresh outlook in music but such a deviation would only be meaningful with complementaries; amps, effects, drivers, etc. should be moving along with this development because as it is with the 8 experience, there's just too much waiting.
I have tried the C9 when it was still around at Davis GMC but wasn't moved to buy it simply because it doesn't sound convincing with the amps it was plugged into (I'm not exclusively talking about distortion, here. Cleans are also acquired taste with a 9).
Anyway, are they gonna add more strings so that guitars would spill into the chapman stick territory? Hmm...
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Similarly, its sounded aweful at that amp setup. But looking forward, believe it be the next popular model after the 8s.
i believe otherwise. i think many people will make the 8 a standard in low, droning bass stuff. as it is now, metal bands which would have benefited from low peddle notes did not embrace the 8. they either stayed with their 7s or kept their 6s detuned.
Back to the old sckool!
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