For some reason I always took to slightly unusual instruments. More strings = better. I had been fooling around on a Schecter Blackjack 7 for a while. While trying to make sense of that added low B-string I thought that for a classical guitar a low B-string could be really useful – especially for solo performances. After a quick search on eBay I ended up with this Giannini 7 string classical. For a long time after I had received this I hardly touched any of my other guitars. The fact that the string spacing is the same as on a normal classical guitar makes this very useable for finger picking (even though the neck does get a bit wide).
It’s no surprise that all of a sudden my favorite chord switched from being an open Em11 to an open Bm11 and most of the new tunes started or ended there.
This guitar did come with an on-board pickup system but either it didn’t work right or just sucked out of the box. I never got a good amplified sound out of it. In 2010, after some internet research I had it retroffited with a K&K pickup. It does sound better now through an amp but I prefer my Frameworks 7 classical in loud situations.
Just like my other Giannini this one smells really good!