New ADG owner

[rockola]

As some of you may remember, I used to tap on a dedicated tapping instrument, then switched over to regular 6-string electric guitar for a short while.

I recently had the opportunity to try a 10-string Austin Douglas in the tuning I was already familiar with, i.e. crossed 4ths melody, inverted 5ths bass. After a short negotiation a fool and his money were soon parted, and I became the proud owner of a beautiful mahogany 10-string ADG. I've only had this instrument for a few days now, of which a large part was spent in a cramped coach class airplane seat, so I'm not very familiar with it yet, but I'm hoping to get acquainted with the instrument very soon. I'll let you all know my experiences with the ADG in a short while. So far it looks extremely promising :D

[wmlusk]

Congratulations on your purchase.

What does this mean for your custom instrument? Are you going to use the 4ths/5ths or move to an uncrossed style.

[rockola]

The custom instrument project is still in the works. As it will be an 8-string all 4ths instrument it will be quite different from this one. Plus, it will take quite some time until it's finished.

I am planning to also get an uncrossed instrument in all 4ths at some point in time, however in my opinion you really need 6 strings for a 4ths bass, so it would need to be a 12-string. For now I'm happy with the 10-string, though.