ibanez RG8
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penta-tonic
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IMO just get a 7 string guitar la. the high A strung on that is near impossible to bend even when using a 0.08 string. unless it came with the novax fanned fret system a diff thing altogether. but im kinda digging the top.
unsane
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beautiful, where did you find those pics? imagine the nightmare tuning that thing with a floating bridge.
its strange though, most of the 8 strings ibanezes i've seen generally have two edge-fx bridges cut in half and grafted together, this one appears to have a custom fabricated 8 string trem. why would they even bother doing that with a lo-trs design though..
its strange though, most of the 8 strings ibanezes i've seen generally have two edge-fx bridges cut in half and grafted together, this one appears to have a custom fabricated 8 string trem. why would they even bother doing that with a lo-trs design though..
penta-tonic
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wow. wats anyone gonna do with an f#? ah well we will need someone to pioneer that kinda thing.
penta-tonic
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haha but that low prob wouldnt be my cup of cake. id leave that to the bass ahaha.
headwan
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1st thing -
thordendal dont use 8 string tat much during live performance
as seen during troy performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpjj29szuFo&search=meshuggah
secondly the reason they got an 8 string mainly becoz they are crazy.....hahah....nah.....because they like to tune their string damn low and every thing they do with their music according to them are just playing ard..for example their latest ep CATCH33 which was actually an experimentation not an album.....they used to have a nevborn guitar but it was tedious for them as they have to tune every time after a song and for this reason i suspect they went to approach Ibanez for help...
the nevborn guitar
# 8-string electric guitar, tuned F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb and Eb (low to high) or to customer's specs.
# 3-piece hard rock maple, graphite reinforced through-body neck, with an ebony 24-fret fingerboard.
# Alder body with a maple top.
# Extended scale length for a clear and defined low end with superb overtones.
# Features an ABM bridge with fine-tuners, and a locking nut.
# One custom-wound Lundgren humbucking pickup. [/img]
thordendal dont use 8 string tat much during live performance
as seen during troy performance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpjj29szuFo&search=meshuggah
secondly the reason they got an 8 string mainly becoz they are crazy.....hahah....nah.....because they like to tune their string damn low and every thing they do with their music according to them are just playing ard..for example their latest ep CATCH33 which was actually an experimentation not an album.....they used to have a nevborn guitar but it was tedious for them as they have to tune every time after a song and for this reason i suspect they went to approach Ibanez for help...
the nevborn guitar
# 8-string electric guitar, tuned F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb and Eb (low to high) or to customer's specs.
# 3-piece hard rock maple, graphite reinforced through-body neck, with an ebony 24-fret fingerboard.
# Alder body with a maple top.
# Extended scale length for a clear and defined low end with superb overtones.
# Features an ABM bridge with fine-tuners, and a locking nut.
# One custom-wound Lundgren humbucking pickup. [/img]
http://www.ibanez87.it/foto/modelli/mogar/rg-8/rg8-06.jpg
Compare this picture with this...
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/f_tr_e.jpg
Notice how the string locking screws go all the way through.
Compare that with the TRS.
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/trem_lotrs.jpg
and this...
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/trem_lotrs-2.jpg
I'm pretty sure it's not a TRS, it might be a variant of both the edge and the trs, from the looks of the trem arm holder.
Nice guitar by the way, is it going to be a production model?
Compare this picture with this...
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/f_tr_e.jpg
Notice how the string locking screws go all the way through.
Compare that with the TRS.
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/trem_lotrs.jpg
and this...
http://www.jemsite.com/jem/detail/trem_lotrs-2.jpg
I'm pretty sure it's not a TRS, it might be a variant of both the edge and the trs, from the looks of the trem arm holder.
Nice guitar by the way, is it going to be a production model?
Souljah, you are comparing to the Lo TRS... the RG8 has the TRS, not the lo profile TRS, so the string lock screws go all the way thru, like an OFR/Edge.
The Edge's baseplate is angled, very angled.... and thicker than that RG8's trem. Also, Edge saddles are more contoured...
There's rumors of a production 8 stringer. Vai took one from Ibanez custom shop says Mikey of Vai.com.
The Edge's baseplate is angled, very angled.... and thicker than that RG8's trem. Also, Edge saddles are more contoured...
There's rumors of a production 8 stringer. Vai took one from Ibanez custom shop says Mikey of Vai.com.
unsane
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even 7 strings have pretty much fallen from the popularity they had a few years ago, a production 8 string would pretty much be commercial suicide. very few people can actually utilize an 8 string properly, plus add to to the ridiculous amount it would probably cost.
and imagine the amount of meshuggah clone bands that would pop up..
and imagine the amount of meshuggah clone bands that would pop up..