What is the Maximum Number of Strings That a Guitar has Ever Had?

Question:12
more than twelve strings
or less than six
its not a guitar anymore
im talking about guitars, not basses, so don't say they can have four

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 12
more than twelve strings
or less than six
its not a guitar anymore
im talking about guitars, not basses, so don't say they can have four

12 I believe.

Either 12 or 24. It depends on the type of guitar ~ as to whether your counting the type with the two fingerboards! However, there are other 'guitar like instruments' which I understand have a few more ~ and I think somewhere around 30.

Sash.

Most I know of is a 12 string

I am prety sure it was 16.

Does the number of gutair strings change? If so, SINCE WHEN!

I've seen 6,7,8, and 12 stringed guitars. Also the harp guitar has around 18 strings. Check out Andy McKee playing a hard guitar on "You Tube. com"

All i know is a 12 string guitar (acoustic and electric guitar). If more than 12 string, it might be a harp.

there is a guitar that has 42 strings ( i think), its played by Pat Methany , and its still a guitar for those who wouldn't consider it as a guitar.

amazing right!!!!!!!!!!

The 42-string "Picasso" guitar, custom built for Pat Metheny is a fully playable, acoustically sound instrument. It's beautifully crafted also, though as its name implies, it's pretty abstract. It has a single sound chamber but the strings are suspended over at least three different necks of different scale lengths. Metheny has recorded with it on at least three albums.

Several companies, including Gibson and [I think] Lyon & Healy marketed "harp" guitars back in the early 1900s. They featured a standard fingerboard with the traditional 6 strings, and an additional 7 strings, suspended across open space, which could be tuned to add extended bass range or chordal support. Again, Metheny recorded with one on one or two albums, most notably New Chautauqua.

Pictures of harp guitars may be seen on the website for Elderly Instruments www.elderly.com [I think].

I've seen photos in a book of the Picasso guitar, but I'm not sure where you'd find it online.