I'm not entirely sure, but if the gain is really that ridiculous on this thing then there's something wrong here ... could be my tube bias, tubes, emg batteries or even cables.
So I recently pulled the trigger on a Bugera 6262 head and (as mad as this sounds) it doesn't have enough gain for me (despite all the reviews saying it has "more than you'll ever need.") Either that or the head didn't come perfectly biased or the tubes are already dead.
So I'm looking to boost...
I can pretty much see it being a disadvantage in every way for all the techniques you know on a regular scale guitar ... I can imagine sweep picking patterns being the most fucked up.
lmao, I've done some searching around about all the 8s on the market and all I read are horror stories , so I made my own thread so I could get some great advice!
It was a Hellrasier C-8 and with all the fret buzz on it I can only assume it had uneven frets or a bump in the neck. I had it set up for free in the guitar shop I bought it from and it still wasn't right so I got my money back. As for action, I like it extremely low, like a credit card width...
I only speak from personal experience, 4 different guitar techs told me that if I wanted the low action I'm going for then I need a scale longer than 26.5"
On top of all that the guitar was also defective and got sent back.
As I stated in other threads, the scale length was part of my problem, 4 different guitar techs explained to me that having low action across the board with a 26.5" scale isn't possible with a 0.80 or lower and I just don't want to use strings that thick.
On top of all this, the guitar was...
Perhaps I was trying to fix the wrong thing, but I cannot imagine a 25.5" 8 string with a 0.80 having anywhere near the right tension for a F# ... I'd really love to see it for myself.
The Schecters 26.5" scale couldn't handle the action I wanted across the board without buzzing like crazy, 4...
Too late, it's refunded. The guitar was balls and defective on top of that ... I would never buy a Schecter 8 string, the scale is the wrong size among other things.
Just my 2 cents for you people out there in the market for an 8.