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(More customer reviews)I've used the 6 string version of this guitar for years. I've gigged it as a "Hawaiian" musician all around San Diego. I always regarded the 6 string guitar as an excellent guitar.
In time though I came to realize that to really explore the instrument you need the other 2 strings. With 6 strings I found myself constantly using work-arounds to compensate for the missing lower strings... which can be confusing on the gig as it's not always intuitive where these notes are. With 8 strings you have two complete strings courses so that your straight bar positions cover nearly 2 octaves.
I use A6 tuning, no variation, so the upper 4 strings are one octave higher than the bottom four. The intervals are the same as C6 with a hi G string, so the transition - should I ever need to play in C6 - is very simple.
The neck is a little wider and thus the guitar is heavier, but this guitar is otherwise identical to the 6 stringer. The finish is superb. String spacing is a little wider than older lap steels but very comfortable. The single coil pickup is responsive and articulate. The Kluson tuners (well, Gotoh Klusons) are quality and the buttons are metal rather than plastic... although I have nothing against plastic buttons.
My only complaint: the "fretboard" (which incidentally features actual frets) only extends to the 19th fret. Often I have to go above that which can be a pain, but you'd be surprised how quickly you get used to it. Still. To the good folks at Goldtone: I realize this is supposed to be a somewhat-identical copy of the Oahu Tonemaster... but I don't think the Tonemaster ever came with 8 strings. So in this case it is permissible to use an extended fretboard, at least to the 24th fret. At least think about it.
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