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got any contact/web for this builder?


which part in KL? i must make a visit there sometime..

 

[fretless6]

how do u decide on the specs?? on experience??

I pretty much designed the entire guitar and selected all the wood choices, scale length, etc. Did alot of research along with prior experience of ordering custom instruments.

What pickup you are using? is it specially used for 8 string?

In the photos, it's a set of Seymour Duncans that I ordered for this guitar. However, I didn't quite find the sound that suitable. The output wasn't high enough, and it sounded too twangy. Much more like a single coil than a humbucker.

Since then I've swapped em out for a pair of old passive EMG HZ pickups from one of my beaten up basses. Much higher output, and a crunchier tone. As I suspected, the EMG passives are voiced very much like guitar pickups, as it sounded terribly muddy on my bass

Anyway u can visit the builder's site at www.gimmusic.com, he's located in KL.

Also, I've recorded a lil demo clip of this guitar. I haven't really written anything specifically for the 8 string. This is a very old riff that I wrote ages ago, found it lying around in my harddisk, so I just re-recorded it with this guitar.

Click here to listen

 

[thor666]

Wah. Awesome clip.

 

[fretless6]

Pardon the bend that is very obviously out lol, I didn't bother to do another take on that :mrgreen:

 

[penta-tonic]

hey james. nice man. haha now for video. i wanna see that monster in action.

 

[fretless6]

hey james. nice man. haha now for video. i wanna see that monster in action.

Lemme go for a makeover first? :mrgreen: