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BattleAngel
08-29-2007, 02:37 PM
http://www.edroman.com/customshop/images/ABS_BB94_950.jpg
http://www.jacksonguitars.com/resources/custshoparchives/images/full/spitz10str.jpg
VegasGreg
08-29-2007, 02:47 PM
That's a cool piece.

I know BC Rich does them. In fact, they have an import Bich that is very nice.

I had one of the original USA Biches in a 10 string version in the early 80's. Great guitar.

I file that one under "Another one I wish I never got rid of"
K-Line
08-29-2007, 07:11 PM
Me only gots 5 fingers......
Old Tele man
08-29-2007, 08:04 PM
...a 12-string on a diet (or 'string' budget)?
phantasm
08-30-2007, 07:29 AM
Don't the Rich's have the lower strings doubled? That would make more sense to me.
bailnout
08-30-2007, 07:33 AM
Don't the Rich's have the lower strings doubled? That would make more sense to me.

No, they are like a 12 string with the octaves for the A and low E removed.
bailnout
08-30-2007, 07:37 AM
By the way, that setup sounds brutal in a drop D or drop D 1/2 step down through a cranked high gain amp. When I had a '79 Bich 10-string I used to do session work with it for rhythms and it sounded somewhere on the bigger side of huge. The Bich had a DiMarzio Super Distortion (of course from back in the day) with a preamp that ran on TWO 9v batteries. Maple neck through Koa body wings...just a ridiculously good sounding guitar.
PFCG
08-30-2007, 01:49 PM
yeah the bich was the first guitar like that was it not?
GuitarDiscountCenter
08-30-2007, 04:49 PM
yeah the bich was the first guitar like that was it not?

Framus put out 9 string guitars in the 1960s, BC Rich might be the first production guitar with 10 stings.
PFCG
08-30-2007, 08:09 PM
ah, well i was close, that was just a guess on my part.
KRosser
08-31-2007, 02:44 AM
...a 12-string on a diet (or 'string' budget)?

A 12-string after taxes.....
PFCG
08-31-2007, 09:24 AM
damn uncle sam!
stringulator
08-31-2007, 05:17 PM
I think Neal Moser, who originally designed the 10-string Bich, has started building vintage Koa topped 10-string Biches again

http://www.nealmoser.com/store/images/1_m-10-4_11-06.jpg
bailnout
09-04-2007, 10:06 AM
I think Neal Moser, who originally designed the 10-string Bich, has started building vintage Koa topped 10-string Biches again

http://www.nealmoser.com/store/images/1_m-10-4_11-06.jpg

Yea, saw a couple at NAMM. Stunning work. I'd take a Moser over a Jackson any day.