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- Octave4Plus™ are the plain
steel strings that can tune
to the open string notes you've always wanted to tune
to, but could never attain with conventional strings.
Octave 4 begins with C4, or middle C, 261.63 Hz. The
high E on the 24"-26" scale electric guitar is E4,
329.62 Hz. This has been the highest pitch for a
guitar's open strings . Some have tuned up to F4, F#4
and G4, the upper octave G on the electric 12-string guitar.
Some claim to have reached G#4, 415.30 Hz. Have you
ever tried to reach A440 only to have that string snap?
When bassist Garry Goodman conceived of a single course
12-string matching the range of a grand piano, he had
to develop a string that could tune to Ab4 at the 32"
scale. One of the by-products resulting from Garry's research and
development of the Ab4 string for the 32" scale is the A440 string
- for the 26" - 30" scale. He discovered other tunings for other
instruments were now possible.
Here are some of the open notes now attainable with
the
Octave4Plus™ string for non-fanned fret instruments:
A 440 for the 24"-30" scale (Bb4-C5 too!)
Ab4 for the 32" scale
G4, 392 Hz, for the 34" scale
F#4 for the 36" scale
At this time, these strings are hand wound and also
available for the Floyd Rose system.
Some of the new tunings the Octave4Plus™ strings
- make possible are:
3 octave tuning for the 4x3 12-string bass and sub bass
C5 all octave tuning for the 12-string electric guitar
B string in octaves for regular electric 12-string guitar tuning
High A for 7- and 8-string electric guitars
E4 for the 36" scale bass guitar
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- All strings are handmade when you
order.
- Please
allow 2 to 6 weeks turnaround.
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Look for Octave4Plus™
in Guitar Player and Bass Player Magazines.
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