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1. Article · Aug 2, 2026 · Mike Stringer

   “This is not a tuning I use often, but it turned out to be perfect here”: Spiritbox’s Mike Stringer on how extended-range guitars open up new chord voicing possibilities (opens the original)

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   One of the great benefits of playing 7- and 8-string guitars in various tunings is that they continually inspire me to discover cool and unusual chords and voicings. A great example of this is the song Keep Sweet, which I recorded with Spiritbox for 2025’s Tsunami Sea. For this track, I play a 7-string guitar tuned to drop-A, transposed down a whole step, what’s often referred to as “drop-G” tuning (low to high: G, D, G, C, F, A, D). This is not a tuning I use often, but it turned out to be perf

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2. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Mike Stringer

   “I look at it as a cool tool that can enable me to compose riffs lower than anything else I’ve ever played”: Mike Stringer on how 8-string guitars take him outside his comfort zone in search of creative dissonance (opens the original)

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   Although the 7-string guitar is my go-to instrument for virtually all of the music I write for Spiritbox, there have been instances where I was inspired to expand my range to 8-string guitar. Even though I’m not all that familiar with the 8-string, I look at it as a cool tool that can enable me to compose riffs that are lower than anything else I’ve ever played. To that end, I used an 8-string to come up with something powerful, to serve as the opening track to our 2025 album Tsunami Sea, Fata M

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