Solo Flights is the title of a recording by Chet Atkins. Side one of this album features Atkins' experiment with the "Octabass Guitar" wherein he replaced the two lower strings (the E and A strings) with heavier gauges in order to drop an octave and create a fuller sound.
This album was re-issued on CD for the first time in Japan only on April 22, 2009
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