discussion about extended range guitars in music

what are your opinions on extended ranged guitars in music

AKA... 7 strings, 8 strings, etc

5 strings on the bass... etc

here are songs with 8 string guitars

115 by Kevin Sherwood (AKa... cod zombies)

basically any song by meshuggah

do you think its cool?? uncool?? necessary?? un necessary?? genius?? or completly stupid??

badass? or just ass??

is it an addition to the guitar? or just a gimick?

give me your thoughts

(a photo of my beautiful 8 string guitar)

maybe ill show you guys how this beast sounds, we'll see