I got a 74 up top right now, Meshuggah uses 30 scales though. 74 works great on a 28.6. It will have a little bit of slack to it but I got used to it in like a day. Sounds like you would want something between 74-78 for perfection though
I've only had my 8 for a little while and it's changed the way I think about guitars. Just holding my 8 I feel extremely bad ass and awesome. Never got that feeling holding my Fender Starcaster...
I Got a 28.6 inch this week too and my current strings are 9-12-15-22-30-40-54-74 When I had my 6 string my strings were pretty tight 12-56 in standard I'm finding the current strings on my 8 pretty good. They could be a bit more tight but I'm liking them. Really flexible and not much to...
If you're into really heavy stuff blackouts would be a great choice. They'll do the job.Emg 808/808x are great too. Either way you can't go wrong, Go with whatever you find sounds better. Just look up some videos and what not
Wow, I was thinking of getting stickers to put on my new guitar, but that's a great point. I think I'll just hang in there and try and get used to using the side markers. My postures just awful when I play guitar
I use eernie balls 12-56 and I find they have a really good tone for about 5 days. More specifically I find my G to sound like shit after about 2 weeks so I change em every 3-4 weeks ish. The e tends to snap after about 5-6 though. I play roughly 2-4 hours a day everyday