However many players bought it for the body shape or electrics and simply removed the extra strings.

At the end of the trip, we actually had extra string.

The extra string on Pizzarelli's guitar provides him with a bass line during performances.

The most obvious difference, apart from the extra string, is the use of through-neck construction.

Often but not always, a second neck, parallel to the fretboard, carries these extra strings.

Music specifically arranged for the instrument can make use of the extra strings directly, thus:

New music specifically written for the ten-string guitar can make use of the extra strings however the composer might wish.

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

Did Bleeker have an extra string to his kite after all?

He had to spring for an extra string of lights, but at least he helped us decorate it.