Balaguer teams up with The Acacia Strain's Devin Shidaker for the Tartarus DS7 7-string and DS8 8-string

Mahogany bodies, five-piece maple necks and Shidaker signature Guitarmony Cauterizer pickups are highlights of these new djent-ready beauties
(Image credit: Balaguer Guitars)

Balaguer Guitars has teamed up with The Acacia Strain's Devin Shidaker to announce the Tartarus DS7 and DS8.

Seven- and eight-string guitars respectively, the DS7 and DS8 are new takes on the company's existing Tartarus electric guitar model, which launched around Halloween last year.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.