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Well here's one you don't see every day! Rarely seen 7 string version of the AS1000 up at GC for $399...if anyone's looking to get their jazz on.

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Agile ... 8008696.gc

Rare indeed! I'm guessing this was a custom order.

Why would jazz players want such a miscarriage?
All the 7 string jazz guitars I have ever seen had a high A 7th string.

dabbler wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:22 pm Rare indeed! I'm guessing this was a custom order.

Nope, it was a regular production model:

https://www.rondomusic.com/as1000727white1.html

mickey wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 12:27 pm Why would jazz players want such a miscarriage?
All the 7 string jazz guitars I have ever seen had a high A 7th string.

Can't say as I am the furthest thing from a jazz player...but here is a video of one with this exact model:

He doesn't even use all the strings, does he? I dont' get 7 strings for that kind of music.

Razzle wrote: ↑Fri May 27, 2022 3:04 pm He doesn't even use all the strings, does he? I dont' get 7 strings for that kind of music.

I mean...it's less than a 2 min video. Plenty of videos out there of people more than making the most of the extra string for this style.

@Razzle Can confirm that some Jazz cats play 7 strings. I was a bit surprised when I first heard, but then realized that there's always been a sizable group of Jazz players willing to stray from the hollowbody single pickup Jazz boxes and the style associated with it. In fact, I'd argue Jazz was originally quite radical... so it's pretty disappointing that people can make it sound boring and dull.