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I absolutely love my M80M, but this... this is GLORIOUS. Never had an issue with breaking the high E (or any string) on mine. The other thing you need to watch is that the locking nut (unless it's a different material on the M8M) is made of fairly rubbish cast metal and if you do up the...

The neck on the Ibanez M80M is not so much like the Wizard necks. Down near the headstock, it's notably round and thicker than the Wizard necks and becomes flatter as you go towards the bridge. I'd call it a C shape that flattens out to a D shape. I like it more than any other 8 string neck I've...

I think buying one of the cheaper options like RG8/Schechter and then working out what you do and don't like about it is a good way to start. I bought an old Schechter C8 Hellraiser. Turns out 26.5" scale length was not to my liking, also don't really love active pickups. Second go around was...

I went right from playing 6 strings to 8 strings. Bit of an adjustment period, but not too bad. I can happily play either and switch between them with mnimal drama. So I thought I should buy a 7 to bridge the gap, or... something. I ended up buying an Ormbsy HypeGTR. Lovely instrument. I loved...

After playing EBEADGBE basically the entire time since I started playing 8 string, I decided to change it up a bit. I'm really enjoying F#BEADF#BE at the moment. B standard 6 string in the middle, with a low string and a high string. I'm really enjoying the chord voicings I'm finding with the...

Never finding enough time to play 8 string. The endless tirade of idiot opinions any time a 6+ string guitar is mentioned outside of an ERG specific context.

Do you have your hot and ground reversed at the output jack? Have you wired the coils of the humbuckers in parallel? Have you raised the pickups close enough to the strings? Are your solder connections well done?

I had a similar issue with the nut on my M80M recently - except in my case, the top of the thread actually broke away entirely. The thread on the original screws on my guitar was 8mm long. I was able to pick up some 10mm M4 screws, which reached far enough into the nut baseplate to grab it...

That's a smart way of thinking about it. This time around, I just tightened them with the screwdriver (couldn't find hex head bolts that were long enough) until I met the first bit of resistance and gave just a little push after that. It's staying in tune just as well as when I was cranking...

I learned a harsh lesson about this guitar last weekend. Folks, don't do up the hex bolts on your locking nut pressure pads too tight. I've long been under the mistaken impression that they should be rather tight. As a result, I have had a chunk of the crappy, die cast metal that the nut is...

Cortisone once or twice, yeah - it can be useful to interrupt the cycle of inflammation - but cortisone repeatedly is just bad news. If you're having it repeatedly for the same thing, then you're just band-aiding the problem and not fixing it.

I have used a few different brands, including buying regular 6 string sets and separate low strings and have never run across a string that was too short. Not sure if I have tried EB. If you're not sure what gauges to try as a starting point - take a look at the ibanez M8M page. That guitar...

Wow, apparently I missed this the first time around. That's one of the coolest 8 strings I have seen. Love the shape, the multiscale, and the wood selection is SO on point.

If you can pick up a second hand Ormsby within your budget, you should absolutely jump on it. They are well made guitars and feel lovely to play. I had a seven for a while and only sold it because apparently my brain can deal with six strings, or eight strings - but not seven strings lol.

I could not agree more. It is a hard instrument to come to grips with. There is not a lot of precedent for ways to use it outside of djent riffing, so it can be hard to find your way if that's not your approach. In the end, it might not be your thing - but I agree with the suggestions above to...

So I restrung this week and went a little heavier than usual - with an 84 on the low end. I don't know what experiences others have had with big string gauges on this instrument - but the 84 ONLY JUST fit into the saddle. Like... width wise. I had real trouble getting enough string into the...

Even though I seem to be incapable of dealing with anything other than drop E on an 8 string, and it was unworkable on that guitar - I still find myself wishing I hadn't sold the damn thing. It really was a great guitar.

I had one of the older 26.5" C8 Hellraiser Specials and if it weren't for the shorter scale length, I'd still have it. Scale length aside, it was one of the nicer guitars I've had the pleasure of owning. The neck was a bit on the chunky side, but definitely not in a bad way. The Hipshot bridge...

I can happily go back and forth between my standard scale 6 strings and my 29.4" 8 string without much bother. The 6 does feel like a toy for a hot minute when you first switch back, but it isn't terrible. I also have a short scale 6, a bass VI and a regular 4 string bass that all get played...

From my understanding of both of those instruments, that's not exactly a high bar. :lol: