At Last! There's A Seventeen String Guitar

What a time to be alive!!!

October 19, 2017

The people over at Gear Gods yesterday alerted the world to the existence of a 17-string guitar. This instrument was conjured into being by Olson Guitarworks and was commissioned by guitar YouTuber Jared Dines for his upcoming Djent 2017 video. No footage of this glorious testament to man's unquenchable desire to reach for greatness exists yet, but the ridiculously low quality photos below should satiate you for now:

Jared Dines makes some pretty accurate metal-related parody videos, btw, you should get to know:

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