Ben Edom acoustic 7-string fingerstyle guitarist

Khono No. 8

My Kohno No. 8 has been with me since 1973 when I bought it with my earnings in my first job after school from a very reputable store in London. They told me that it had had one careful owner, Cliff Richard; but I've never got round to asking the man himself. This is my old girlfriend of a guitar and has seen many other guitars (and relationships!) come and go. It has a warm, full sound from the Rosewood and Spruce body, particularly in the bass strings and it has formed much of my technique over the years since I've played almost every style of music on it. I use the Kohno in standard tuning and occasionally drop-D and I've found the strings that best suit the guitar to be D'Addario Pro Arte composites (normal tension).

You can hear the Kohno on tracks 2, 6, 9 and as backing on 13 on my album Spindrift.


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