The Hagstrom 8-String Bass is an instrument that offers bass players a unique tool for creativity.Tuned normally in E-A-D-G (where each string is doubled with a octave string), who might consider alternative tunings to broaden a players musical horizons? This older video of Matt Turner with our older Hagstrom HB-8 shows us how he rediscovered his Hagstrom bass, swapped some strings and tuned it as a Mandolin (G-D-A-E). An interesting video showing how musicians will rediscover and reinvent their

Playing Bass on 8 String Guitar