I wonder what playing that way would sound like, since the strings are all one one plane. You would only be able to really hit the top and bottom strings independently; on a violin or similar instrument you can normally only play on at most 2 strings at once, but you could hit all of them at once with this setup.

I know of it being used to get a nice droning/psychedelic sound out of your guitar, looks a bit fancier than using an e-bow.

HawkeyeNFO said:

at most 2 strings at once

It's actually possible to get non-rolled triple-stops if you put enough power into the bow. It's not super common, but it's very doable without any special preparation (other than practicing it, obv).

Gollgagh said:

It's actually possible to get non-rolled triple-stops if you put enough power into the bow. It's not super common, but it's very doable without any special preparation (other than practicing it, obv).

It's easier to hit 3 farther down from the bridge, but I can't recall off hand anything I've played that was written that way (mostly Baroque through Romantic period music though). Some of the modern period music I encountered way back in college symphony orchestra may have had stuff like that, but a lot of those were more minimalist. I'm only at the skill level where I can just barely do the Bach violin Partitas that have essentially 2 interleaved lines on double stops.