The Robert Conti Model 8-String Electric Guitar uses two additional strings in the low-end so that guitarist may play their own bass lines. The two extra strings also enrich the overall sound of the guitar even when the bass strings are not played. The Conti has a contoured maple top over a mahogany body, white binding on the body periphery, headstock and fingerboard and multi-laminated maple neck with ebony fingerboard and abalone block inlay. There is a single Bartolini Humbucker and gold hardware.