Brief & Accurate Description of gear/guitar: 1999 (vin checked will edit and post vin tomorrow) Gibson Goth V. It's got some dings and stuff from the previous owner. I've never gigged with it, I seldom play it anymore. I don't really want to part with it, but I don't want to hold on to it just...
They have already added the 7 string and the 27 fret fairly quickly for how long the guitar has been out. Who knows what they might do down the road. Would be nice, but I still prefer the whole strat shape over the ridiculous shapes. V's are cool in my book though. And I'd love a Caparison.
If I go with an 8 I plan to add the high A (or whatever tuning I use really) and just have it tuned to low B or Bb for the most part. That's all I need.
I think they are starting to catch on a lot more with popularity and what with more production models coming out, but my interest in them has nothing to do with fad/hype. Being very lead playing and looking to try something new (to me), the idea of an 8 string has caught my mind. I love 7...
Aw haha. If it makes you feel any better it was just a spider III 1x12. :) Muhammad's guitar would be bitchin' but I do kind of prefer standard/strat shaped guitars (or I'd take an Explorer/V). I don't know if I would rock the 7 string Xiphos but I'm sure I'd take one hands down if it was 8 string.
I almost bought a regular xiphos when they first came out (I preordered a black one but ended up picking up an rg550). The trem was definitely a turn off for me, I love my Edge II though, go figure. I'd like a bolt-on prestige xiphos, I could easy rock one.