"The Root" is a mid-tempo heartbreak song with the bass line and guitar solo played simultaneously by Hunter on an eight-string guitar.

Charlie Hunter, playing his eight-string guitar in tunes that twist and turn over their danceable beat, will also have a guest singer, Norah Jones.

Since its 2002 album Nothing, Meshuggah has used downtuned eight-string guitars.

József Eötvös for two eight-string guitars (2002)

Mr. Galbraith plays an eight-string guitar of his own design that significantly increases the instrument's range and capabilities.

One of Mr. Galbraith's trademarks is an eight-string guitar in which the upper and lower ranges are extended.

Other artists go a step further, by using an eight-string guitar with two extra low strings.

An eight-string guitar is a guitar with two more strings than the usual six, or the Russian guitar's seven.

The eight-string guitar allows a wider range, or non-standard tunings (such as major-thirds tuning), or both.

Later he developed an eight-string guitar for José Tomás.