Capo plays a B note for any capo position at or below the seventh fret), and thus a performer does not need to adjust for or relearn the entire fretboard as they might with retuning. The scale length of the strings of an instrument affects the timbre of the strings, and thus the use of a capo may alter the tone of the instrument. Musicians also use capos to bring a guitar tuned below standard up to standard tuning. Manufacturers sometimes recommend tuning a twelve-string guitar a whole-step or more below standard to offset the additional stress of the additional strings.
Eight-string guitar EP "Decline & Fall". Guitarist Lucas Mann and Miles Dimitri Baker from the technical deathcore band Rings Of Saturn also using eight-string guitar, as well as their former member, Joel Omans. Eight-string guitar An eight-string guitar is a guitar with two more strings than the usual six, or one more than the Russian guitar's seven. Eight-string guitars are less common than six and seven-string guitars, but they are used by a few classical, jazz, and metal guitarists. The eight-string guitar allows a wider range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning), or both. Various non-standard guitars were made in the