10-string Bass Guitars
10-string basses incorporate a high b and low B string (like that of a regular 5-string bass, but double stringed). Dean Guitars perhaps make the most affordable commercially available 10-string bass. Michael Manring plays a 10-string bass made by Zon Guitars. He uses a variety of tunings, but rarely uses octaves, instead preferring 3rds, 4ths and 5ths.
- high b, low B
- high e, low E
- high a, low A
- high d, low D
- high g, low G
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