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DREAM THEATER LYRICS Images And Words" (1992)

1. Pull Me Under

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Moore]

Lost in the sky

Clouds roll by

and I roll with them

Arrows fly

Seas increase

and then fall again

This world is spinning around me

This world is spinning without me

Every day send future to past

Every breath leaves me one less

to my last

Watch the sparrow falling

Gives new meaning to it all

If not today nor yet tomorrow

then some other day

I'll take seven lives for one

And then my only father's son

As sure as I did ever love him

I am not afraid

This world is spinning around me

The whole world keeps

spinning around me

All life is future to past

Every breath leaves me one less

to my last

Pull me under Pull me under

Pull me under I'm not afraid

All that I feel is honor and spite

All I can do is set it right

Dust fills my eyes

Clouds roll by

and I roll with them

Centuries cry

Orders fly

and I fall again

This world is spinning inside me

The whole world is

spinning inside of me

Every day sends future to past

Every step brings me closer

to my last

Pull me under Pull me under

Pull me under I'm not afraid

Living my life too much in

the sun

Only until your will is done

2. Another Day

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Petrucci]

Live another day

Climb a little higher

Find another reason to stay

Ashes in your hands

Mercy in your eyes

If you're searching for a silent

sky...

You won't find it here

Look another way

You won't find it here

So die another day

The coldness of this words

The message in his silence,

"Face the candle to the

wind..."

This distance in my voice

Isn't leaving you a choice

So if you're looking for a time

to run away...

You won't find it here

Look another way

You won't find it here

So try another day

They took pictures of our

dreams

Ran to hide behind the stairs

And said maybe when it's right

for you, they'll fall

But if they don't come down

Resist the need to pull them in

And throw them away

Better to save the mystery

Than surrender to the secret

You won't find it here

Look another way

You won't find it here

So try another day

3. Take The Time

[Images and Words: Dream Theater]

Just let me catch my breath...

I've heard the promises

I've seen the mistakes

I've had my fair share of tough

breaks

I need a new voice, a new law,

a new way

Take the time, reevaluate

It's time to pick up the pieces,

Go back to square one

I think it's time for a change

There is something that I feel

To be something that is real

I feel the heat within my mind

And craft new changes with

my eyes

Giving freely wandering

promises

A place with decisions I'll

fashion

I won't waste another breath

You can feel the waves coming on

(It's time to take the time)

Let them destroy you or carry

you on

(It's time to take the time)

You're fighting the weight of

the world

But no one can save you this

time

Close your eyes

You can find all you need in

your mind

The unbroken spirit

Obscured and disquiet

Finds clearness this trial

demands

And at the end of this day sighs

an anxious relief

For the fortune lies still in his

hands

If there's pensive fear, a

wasted year

A man must learn to cope

If his obsession's real,

Suppression that he feels must

turn to hope

Life is no more assuring than

love

(It's time to take the time)

There are no answers from

voices above

(It's time to take the time)

You're fighting the weight of

the world

And no one can save you this

time

Close your eyes

You can find all you need in

your mind

I close my eyes

And feel the water rise around

me

Drown the bead of time

Let my senses fall away

I can see much clearer now,

I'm blind

Find all you need in your mind

If you take the time

4. Surrounded

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Moore]

Morning comes too early

and nighttime falls too late

And sometimes all I want to do

is wait

The shadow I've been hiding in

has fled from me today

I know it's easier to walk away

than look it in the eye

But I will raise a shelter to the sky

and here beneath this

star tonight I'll lie

She will slowly yield the light

As I awaken from the longest

night

Dreams are shaking

Set sirens waking up tired eyes

With the light the memories

all rush into his head

By a candle stands a mirror

Of his heart and soul she

dances

She was dancing thru the night

above his bed

And walking to the window

he throws the shutters out

against the wall

And from an ivory tower hears

her call

"Let light surround you"

It's been a long, long time

He's had a while to think it over

In the end he only sees the

change

Light to dark

Dark to light

Light to dark

Dark to light

Heaven must be more than this

When angels waken with a kiss

Sacred hearts won't take the

pain

But mine will never be the same

He stands before the window

His shadow slowly fading from

the wall

And from an ivory tower hears

her call

"Let the light surround you"

Once lost but I was found

When I heard the stained glass

shatter all around me

I sent the spirits tumbling

down the hill

But I will hold this one on high

above me still

She whispers words to clear my mind

I once could see but now at last

I'm blind

I know it's easier to walk away

than look it in the eye

But I had given all that

I could take

And now I've only habits left

to break

Tonight I'll still be lying here

Surrounded in all the light

5. Metropolis - Part I - "The Miracle And The Sleeper"

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Petrucci]

The smile of dawn

Arrived early May

She carried a gift from her

home

The night shed a tear

To tell her of fear

And of sorrow and pain

She'll never outgrow

Death is the first dance, eternal

There's no more freedom

The both of you will be

confined to this mind

I was told there's miracle for

each day that I try

I was told there's a new love

that's born for each one that

has died

I was told there'd be no one to

call on when I feel alone and

afraid

I was told if you dream of the

next world

You'll find yourself swimming

in a lake of fire

As a child, I thought I could

live without pain without

sorrow

As a man I've found it's all

caught up with me

I'm asleep yet I'm so afraid

Somewhere like a scene from a

memory

There's a picture worth a

thousand words

Eluding stares from faces

before me

It hides away and will never be

heard of again

Deceit is the second without end

The city's cold blood teaches us

to survive

Just keep my heart in your eyes

and we'll stay alive

The third arrives...

Before the leaves have fallen

Before we lock the doors

There must be the third and

last dance

This one will last forever

Metropolis watches and

thoughtfully smiles

She's taken you to your home

It can only take place

When the struggle between

our children has ended

Now the Miracle and the

Sleeper know that the third

is love

Love is the Dance of Eternity

6. Under A Glass Moon

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Petrucci]

Tell me

Remind me

Chase the water racing from

the sky

Always beside me

Taste the memories running

from my eyes

Nervous flashlights scan my

dreams

Liquid shadows silence their

screams

I smile at the moon

Chasing water from the sky

I argue with the clouds

Stealing beauty from my eyes

Outside the soundness of your

mind

Bathing your soul in silver tears

Beneath a blackened summer sky

Praying for time to disappear

Beneath a summer sky

Under glass moonlight

Night awaits the lamb's arrival

Liquid shadows crawl

Silver teardrops fall

The bride subsides to her

survival

By your hand

I've awakened

Bear this honor in my name

7. Wait For Sleep

[Images and Words: Moore]

Standing by the window

Eyes upon the moon

Hoping that the memory

will leave his spirit soon

She shuts the doors and lights

And lays her body on the bed

Where images and words are

running deep

She has too much pride to pull

the sheets above her head

So quietly she lays and waits

for sleep

She stares at the ceiling

And tries not to think

And pictures the chains

She's been trying to link again

But the feeling is gone

And water can't cover her

memory

And ashes can't answer her

pain

God give me the power to take

breath from a breeze

And call life from a cold metal

frame

In with the ashes

Or up with the smoke from the

fire

With wings up in heaven

Or here, lying in bed

Palm of her hand to my head

Now and forever curled in my

heart

And the heart of the world

8. Learning To Live

[Images: Dream Theater]

[Words: Myung]

There was no time for pain

No energy for anger

The sightlessness of hatred

slips away

Walking through winter streets

alone

He stops and take a breath

With confidence and self-

control

I look at the world and see no

understanding

I'm waiting to find some sense

of strength

I'm begging you from the

bottom of my heart to show

me understanding

I need to live life

Like some people never will

So find me kindness

Find me beauty

Find me truth

When temptation brings me to

my knees

And I lay here drained of

strength

Show me kindness

Show me beauty

Show me truth

The way your heart sounds

makes all the difference

It's what decides if you'll endure

the pain that we all feel

The way your heart beats

makes all the difference

In learning to live

Here before me is my soul

I'm learning to live

I won't give up

Till I've no more to give

Listening to the city

Whispering its violence

I set out watching from above

The 90s bring new questions

New solutions to be found

I fell in love to be let down

Once again we dance in the

crowd

At times a step away

From a common fear that's all

spread out

It won't listen to what you say

Once you're touched you stand

alone

To face the bitter fight

Once I reached for love

And now I reach for life

Another chance to lift my life

Free the sensation in my heart

To ride the wings of dreams

into changing horizons

It brings inner peace within my

mind,

As I'm lifted from where I've

spilt my life

I hear an innocent voice

I hear kindness, beauty and

truth

The way your heart sounds

makes all the difference

It's what decides if you'll endure

the pain that we all feel

The way your heart beats

makes all the difference

In learning to live

Spread before you is your soul

So forever hold the dreams

within our hearts

Through nature's inflexible

grace

I'm learning to live

DREAM THEATER LYRICS "When Dream And Day Unite" (1989)

1. A Fortune In Lies[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

"For the first time in a long time

...everything was right in my

world... and then I woke up.

I can remember when,

In the unity of our five-day sessions

Not even once did we hear the siren

song

What kind of imagination

Asleep in some lyrical coma

Who's vain futile memory

Could have been so wrong

You can make a fortune in lies

You can keep a giant alive

You can ride the red

Until everybody smiles

A trifling euphoria

was such an untimely religion

maybe your life can explain

the reason for my indecision

Here is a poor man

the heart of this monster creation

He said we both will be heroes

and I was led into temptation

You can make a fortune in lies

You can keep a giant alive

You can ride the red

Until everybody smiles

Can you show me your gold

and your silver?

A hero in frozen water

Now you've made a fortune in lies

and you kept a giant alive

You rode the red

You rode the red

2. Status Seeker[music by Dream Theater]

[lyrics by Dominici and Petrucci]

Heart sick at the sight of the

Status Seeker

In a sense I'm not beyond reproach

the aspiration to drop a name

When any rose might smell the same

Maybe you'll figure it out someday

"I want to know you now...

You know I've always believed in you."

Nothing is sacred...

You draw the bottom line

with a dollar sign

Change of opinion...

At the drop of a dime

Graceless intrusion...

Are you sanctified in your

judgment of me?

All that I deserve is what you were

unable to see

In a garden where the seeds were

spilled

I favored the few that stood strong

in the sun

As I reached for the profit of my prize

I found I had trampled the forgotten

ones

Nothing is sacred...

You draw the bottom line

with a dollar sign

Change of opinion...

At the drop of a dime

Graceless intrusion...

Are you sanctified in your

judgment of me?

All that I deserve is what you were

unable to see

You're running in circles

And I'm turning away

You refused to believe

Now I'm turning away

Nothing is sacred...

You draw the bottom line

with a dollar sign

Change of opinion...

At the drop of a dime

Graceless intrusion...

Are you sanctified in your

judgment of me?

All that I deserve is what you were

unable to see

You're running in circles

And I'm turning away

You refused to believe

Now I'm turning away

3. The Ytse Jam[Instrumental]

[music by Moore, Myung, Petrucci and Portnoy]

4. The Killing Hand[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

[I. The Observance]

An Angel's kiss now fallen

Descending scarlet cuts the sky

Faded names left on the wall

Honor the fighting leave life to

die

Remembered is the sacrifice but

No praisal of blood still flowing

Who were the leaders?

what controlled the Killing Hand

that caused this mouthing?

Crossing over...

[II. Ancient Renewal]

Lowered deep into the sea

Being a waits to cleanse his soul

senses weakening time is still

Motionless by stiffening cold

The wheels race back and

Scorch his mind

Travelling all to find the land

Revelation warms a touch

And now he will begin to

Understand

[III. The Stray Seed]

Extended a view to yesterday

Manifestation for none the same

Walking amidst a frightening still

No sound, no smoke, no scorching

Flames

He is risen...

Sipping his poison the raven sings

Yet another to add more bodies

fallen

King from below

this one controls

the Killing Hand that caused this

mourning

Is it all over?

[IV. Thorns]

Evil genius this secret plan

Mercy dealt with the losing hand

Will he ever fall?

Can he end it all?

Our savior must make his stand

Only a Propher of years to come

Wanting mortality I'm all alone

He heard my voice

It was my choice

I've stopped the Killing Hand

[V. Exodus]

When I go back again

Will it be the same?

I've stopped the cries

But now they know my name

The sea is calling me

my spirit must return

As I get closer,

was it really worth

what I have learned?

I'm in the valley

And the saddened chimes I hear

Race towards the wall to find

one more name appears

No one is left now

my one and only land

I laugh at what I've done

I am the Killing Hand

5. Light Fuse And Get Away[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore]

Would you like to sit and talk to me

about the way things change so

suddenly

when your senses come and the feeling

goes?

can you remember feeling much

too close?

Stop your hands from shaking.

Look at me.

Are your senses racing endlessly

tracing

past impressions? So were mine.

Have you ever been used

or will this be the first time?

It's come so clear to me

Light fuse and get away

No gain, no pain

It's a fatal game

and the true lose everything

I can see

what trust and loyalty have done

for me

falling miles from the mark

with a thirst for revenge

and a dangerous heart

I've tried to wash from memory

feelings of betrayal and the incidents

that plague me since I lost my sense

of innocence

A history of changes now I'm loving

now I'm losing keeps me constantly

in fear of hearing "I can't see where

this is going"

You lie alone with the memory

feeling the ceiling and walls closing

in on

Your Conscience - my ally

the guilt - your affliction

from preying on praise as you fed

an attention addiction

Someone told me

Light fuse and get away

No gain, no pain

and when it's lust to dust you can

crawl from the wreckage

I can see

what trust and loyalty have done

for me

lying bleeding in the dark

with a thirst for revenge

and a dangerous heart

It's come so clear to me

Light fuse and get away

No gain, no pain

It's a fatal game

and the true lose everything

I can see

what trust and loyalty have done

for me

falling miles from the mark

with a thirst for revenge

and a dangerous heart

6. Afterlife[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Dominici]

I touched with one

who made me run

away from my own soul...

In this world with its

many illusions

We are moving like mice through a

maze

And now I find

what's left behind

has served to make me whole

full of doubt, deception, and delusion

seeking purpose to all earthly days

I search within

beneath a skin

that bears both pleasure and pain

In a world full of constant confusion

I will not be a par to the craze

In the Afterlife

will dark be bright?

will cold be warm?

will the day have no night?

In the Afterlife?

will the blind have sight?

In the Afterlife

Behind closed eyes

some comfort lies

In knowing the truth never spoken

Through this world with us

hidden conclusion

we'll keep moving like mice through

a maze

In the Afterlife

will dark be bright?

will cold be warm?

will the day have no night?

In the Afterlife?

will the blind have sight?

In the Afterlife

In the Afterlife

will dark be bright?

will cold be warm?

will the day have no night?

In the Afterlife?

will the blind have sight?

In the Afterlife

7. The Ones Who Help To Set The Sun[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Petrucci]

Watching my window I was led like a

child

As the roadway lamplights

misguided my mind through the night

a shadow of limits

We were racing the rain

my hands held the wheel

My eyes tried to hold their place

there must have been a time

when I thought that you were

watching

It had to be when my senses lost

control

I thought I'd slipped away

I thought I could still feel us

moving

It must have been a cloud

no bigger than a man's hand

Every reason I risk my life

To come back to you

Is locked behind your door

You're my immunity

Outside I watched you burn

Heavy hearts were bleeding

A cry for help, a familiar voice

My melting hands streaked the glass

As I walked away

I wondered what had really

happened

had I run out of time

did I push myself too far

As my last step fell

I felt my hands upon the wheel

had I come back to life

or did I ever leave at all

In higher lives

We seem to be

always a moment too late

We're past the time

when we looked on

Now we're

THE ONES WHO HELP TO

SET THE SUN

this time for real

I locked the door behind me

My mind was still a wreck

from what I saw

For when my hands are still

I'll recognize the message

never again will my senses lose

control

In higher lives

We seem to be

Always a moment too late

We're past the time

when we looked on

Now we're

THE ONES WHO HELP TO

SET THE SUN

8. Only A Matter Of Time[music by Dream Theater, lyrics by Moore]

A suited man smiled said:

"It's just a matter of time

You can have the world at your feet

by tomorrow

just sign on this line."

Hold tight... limelight!

Approaching the paramount

with the sun in our eyes

fearing family ties, legalies,

compromise

In a dimly lit room with a stool as his

stage

a dream-stricken prince of a pauper's

descent

haunts the eavesdropping silence

that presses his window

as he sweats a performance

to an audience that ticks on the wall

To the practical observer

It's just a matter of time

"You can deviate from the com-

monplace

only to fall back in line."

I understand mine's a risky plan

and your system can't miss

But is security after all a cause

or symptom of happiness?

Brave, yet afraid, his eyes on horizon

in a steady-set gaze

a mariner soon from an open cocoon

takes a moment to summon his courage

to stifle his grave apprehension and

trembling, approaches the surf

A father's benediction as his hopeful

son departs

to brave the sea of rage and conquer

at all costs

lingers in his memory

and visions still surviving in a logic-

proof shell

that should have been held sacred, safe

and hidden well

are compromised in usury

with every rising sun that yields no

sight of land

the hesitation cultivates within the

tired man

and rumors spread of mutiny

and though the time will come when

dream and day unite

tonight the only consolation causing

him to fight

in fearless faith in destiny

Even when plans fall to pieces

I can still find the courage

with promise I've found in my faith

Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep

and at odds with our senses we'll climb

But if faith is the answer, we're already

reached it

And if spirit's a sign

then it's only a matter of time

Liquid Tension Experiment

Foreign Band With a name this one ....????

Band Experiment Indeed this is not too highlighted among the media. but if we know the personnel from Liquid Tension Experiment would you all be surprised.

Liquid Tension Experiment is a side project created by Mike Portnoy along with John Petrucci (guitar), Jordan Rudess (keyboards). At that time Jordan was not a member of Dream Theater.

with presenting the music game genre Progressive metal, Instrumental rock, Jazz fusion Technical / Progressive Rock / Metal without vocals we would call this the instrumental techniques which have a high.




1. Acid Rain
2. Paradigm Shiff
3. Biaxident
4. Universal Mind
5. Kindred Spirits
6. Osmosis
7. Another Dimension
8. When the Water Breaks
9. 914
10. Freedom of Speech
11. State of Grace
12. Hourglass
13. The Stretch
14. Chewbacca
15. Chris and Kevin's Excellent Adventure

Types


Paul Reed Smith Standard 22

Solid bodySolid body electric guitars have no hollow internal cavity to accommodate vibration and no sound holes such as those used to amplify string vibrations in acoustic guitars. Solid body instruments are generally made up of hardwood with a lacquer coating. The wood is dried for 3 to 6 months in heated storage before being cut to shape. The sound that is audible in music featuring electric guitars is produced by pickups on the guitar that convert the string vibrations into an electrical signal. The signal is then fed to an amplifier (or amp) and speaker.
One of the first solid body guitars was invented by Les Paul. Gibson did not present their 'Les Paul' guitar prototypes to the public, as they did not believe it would catch on. The first mass-produced solid-body guitar was Fender's Broadcaster (later to become the 'Telecaster') first made in 1948, five years after Les Paul made his prototype. The Gibson Les Paul appeared soon after to compete with the Broadcaster.

String-through body
When discussing electric guitar construction, the term string-through body is used to describe a type of solid body electric guitar body in which the strings are threaded through holes drilled into the bottom of the guitar body. The strings are typically held in place using metal ferrules screwed or glued into the holes.
The advantages of a string-through body mostly relate to improvements in a guitar's sustain and timbre. It is also by nature impossible to install a tremolo arm and have the string ends anchored through the body. Tremolo systems change string tension by changing the physical length of the string. This requires the end of the string to be anchored to the (tremolo) bridge unit directly, instead of to the wood of the body. [A talented guitar luthier or repair person is certainly capable of installing a tremolo bridge on this type of guitar, however, this is rarely done as it eliminates whatever tonal benefits are provided by the string-through body system and permanently degrades the value and collectability of the original instrument.]
Examples of string-through bodies on guitars include the Fender Telecaster Thinline and Telecaster Deluxe.


Semi-acoustic

                                                                                   An Epiphone brand semi-acoustic hollow-body guitar.

                                                  
These guitars have a hollow body and electronic pickups mounted on its body. They work in a similar way to solid body electric guitars except that because the hollow body also vibrates, the pickups convert a combination of string and body vibration into an electrical signal. A variant form, the semi-hollow body guitar, strikes a balance between the characteristics of solid-body and hollow-body guitars. Advocates of semi-hollow-body guitars[who?] argue that they have greater resonance and sustain than true solid-body guitars, as a solid wood body. Several metal bodies were made in the 1950s by violin and cello makers. In the 1970s, John Veleno made a polished aluminum guitar. Liquid Metal Guitars makes a metal body guitar made out of a solid block of aluminum and then chrome or gold-plates the instrument. Many guitars otherwise sold as solid-bodied instruments, such as the Gibson Les Paul or the PRS Singlecut, are built with "weight relief" holes bored into the body which affect the sound of the instrument. The Les Paul Supreme edition is currently described by the manufacturer as a "chambered" instrument, with a weight relief system designed to positively affect the sound.


Electric acoustic
Some steel-string acoustic guitars are fitted with pickups purely as an alternative to using a separate microphone. They may also be fitted with a piezoelectric pickup under the bridge, attached to the bridge mounting plate, or with a low mass microphone (usually a condenser mic) inside the body of the guitar that will convert the vibrations in the body into electronic signals, or even combinations of these types of pickups, with an integral mixer/preamp/graphic equalizer. These are called electric acoustic guitars, and are regarded as acoustic guitars rather than electric guitars because the pickups do not produce a signal directly from the vibration of the strings, but rather from the vibration of the guitar top or body. These should not be confused with semi-acoustic guitars, which have pickups of the type found on solid body electric guitars.
String, bridge, and neck variants
Although rare, the one-string guitar is sometimes heard, particularly in Delta blues, where improvised folk instruments were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Eddie "One String" Jones had some regional success with a Mississippi blues musician Lonnie Pitchford played a similar, homemade instrument. In a more contemporary style, Little Willie Joe, the inventor of the Unitar, had a rhythm and blues instrumental hit in the 1950s with "Twitchy", recorded with the Rene Hall Orchestra. The best-known exponent of the four-string guitar, often called the tenor guitar was Tiny Grimes, who played on 52nd Street with the beboppers and played a major role in the Prestige Blues Swingers. Grimes' guitar omitted the bottom two strings. Deron Miller of CKY only uses four strings, but plays a six string guitar with the two highest strings removed. Many banjo players use this tuning: DGBE, mostly in Dixieland. Guitar players find this an easier transition than learning plectrum or tenor tuning.


Seven-string
Most Seven-string guitars add a low "B" string below the low "E". Both electric and classical guitars exist designed for this tuning. A high "A" string above the high "E" instead of the low "B" is sometimes used. Another less common seven-string arrangement is a second G string situated beside the standard G string and tuned an octave higher, in the same manner as a twelve-stringed guitar (see below). Jazz guitarists using a seven-string include veteran jazz guitarists George Van Eps, Bucky Pizzarelli and his son John Pizzarelli.
Seven-string electric guitars were popularized among rock players in the 1980s by Steve Vai. Along with the Japanese guitar company Ibanez, Vai created the Universe series seven string guitars in the 1980s, with a double locking tremolo system for a seven string guitar. These models were based on Vai's six string signature series, the Ibanez Jem. Seven-string guitars experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 2000s, championed by Linkin Park, Slayer, KoRn, Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad, Nevermore, and other hard rock/metal bands. Metal musicians often prefer the seven-string guitar for its extended lower range. The seven-string guitar has also played an essential role in progressive metal rock, and is commonly used in bands such as Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation and by experimental guitarists such as Ben Levin.


Eight and nine-string
Eight-string electric guitars are rare, but not unused. One is played by Charlie Hunter (manufactured by Novax Guitars). The largest manufacturer of 8- to 14-strings is Warr Guitars. Their models are used by Trey Gunn (ex King Crimson) who has his own signature line from the company. Also, Mårten Hagström and Fredrik Thordendal of Meshuggah used 8-string guitars made by Nevborn Guitars and now guitars by Ibanez. Munky of nu metal band KoRn is also known to use seven-string Ibanez guitars and it is rumored that he is planning to release a K8 eight-string guitar similar to his K7 seven-string guitar. Stephen Carpenter of Deftones also switched from 7 to 8 string in 2008 and released his signature STEF B-8 with ESP Guitars. In 2008 Ibanez released the Ibanez RG2228-GK which is the first mass produced eight-string guitar. Jethro Tull's first album uses a nine-string guitar on one track. Minarik Guitars manufactures the "Inferno V" 9 stringed guitar that has the top three strings doubled up with strings that are an octave higher, like 12 stringed guitars. Bill Kelliher, guitarist for the heavy metal group Mastodon, worked with First Act on a custom mass-produced nine-string guitar.


Ten-string
B.C.Rich manufacture a ten-string six-course electric guitar known as the Bich, whose radical shape was specifically designed to allow the machine heads for the four secondary strings to be positioned on the body, avoiding the head-heaviness of many electric twelve-string guitars. However many players bought it for the body shape or electrics and simply removed the extra strings. The company recognized this and released six-string models of the Bich, but ten-string models also remain in production.
In October 2008, a ten-string electric jazz guitar by Mike Shishkov was demonstrated at the 3rd International Ten String Guitar Festival. This instrument was based on the ten-string extended-range classical guitar.


Twelve-string
Twelve string electric guitars feature six pairs of strings, usually with each pair tuned to the same note. The extra E, A, D, and G strings add a note one octave above, and the extra B and E strings are in unison. The pairs of strings are played together as one, so the technique and tuning are the same as a conventional guitar, although creating a much fuller tone. They are used almost solely to play harmony and rhythm. They are relatively common in folk rock music. Lead Belly is the folk artist most identified with the twelve-string guitar, usually acoustic with a pickup.
George Harrison of The Beatles and Roger McGuinn of The Byrds brought the electric twelve-string to notability in rock and roll. During the Beatles' first trip to the US, in February 1964, Harrison received a new "360/12" model guitar from the Rickenbacker company, a 12-string electric made to look onstage like a 6-string. He began using the 360 in the studio on Lennon's "You Can't Do That" and other songs. Roger McGuinn began using electric 12-string guitars to create the jangly sound of The Byrds. Another notable guitarist to utilize electric 12-string guitars is Jimmy Page, the guitarist with hard rock-heavy metal and rock group Led Zeppelin.


3rd bridge
The 3rd bridge guitar is an electric prepared guitar with an additional 3rd bridge. This can be a normal guitar with for instance a screwdriver placed under the strings, but can also be a custom made instrument. Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth plays with a 3rd bridge.


Double neck guitar

Double neck (or, less commonly, "twin-neck") guitars enable guitarists to play guitar and bass guitar or, more commonly, a six-string and twelve-string. An early user was John McLaughlin, but the double-neck guitar was popularized by Jimmy Page, who used a custom-made Gibson EDS-1275 to perform the "Stairway to Heaven" and "The Song Remains the Same", although "Stairway to Heaven" was actually recorded using a Fender Telecaster. Don Felder also used the Gibson EDS-1275 during the Hotel California tour.