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The "right" tuning is probably whatever makes it easier to play whatever you are doing. My brother plays a lot of classical on a 7-string, and usually the low note is a C, so that he can hit an open note or grab a low one that's in the right key for what he's playing. At the minute he's in a...

One of my girlfriends loved this song, and had a habit of listening to songs she in a loop for hours at a time.... oh and they actually toured with BrokenCyde, which is ... something.

I'm still trying to get a mic, but the other effects are pretty sweet: frequency analyzer adds all kinds of harsh ring-modulation stuff, and the dimension is pretty sweet: its a chorus that makes things sound big, but stays out of the way (not too modulation-y): i think only the old Yamama...

I'm in the same situation, wondering if I should get a 6 and detune it, give up on F#, or keep saving. Has anyone played the raven west bass? Is is the same as the Woodo seven stringer? Woodo Guitars Raven west one looks interesting esp. for the price, but I'm not really digging the inlay...

I have an Interceptor Pro 8 (bolt-on) and Intrepid Pro 8. Before that, I basically refused to play anything that wasn't a shredneck, I esp like my 80s Kramer and Charvel. I actually laughed when I played a Schecter in GC, who would want a metal guitar with such a ridiculous neck? Basically...

I got a pretty cold response to my craigslist ad which specifically mentioned "I want to play eight string in a band like (... tech death ..)" and all the responses were like "umm, do you have any other guitars" : one was from a bassist who seemed to be afraid of being lost in mud. I wonder...

I was super-excited when those came out, I thought "gibson finally gets it..". How's the neck, any faster than the usual LP neck?

This thread is making me wonder, how many heads have pre and post-gain EQs? What comes to my mind are the Mesa's with the graphic EQ, which I think you can switch to pre or post-gain, or the ISP Theta head, which has "preamp" and "channel" EQs which I think do the same thing. Seems on paper...

One technical problem with multiple EQs is that every stage introduces some degree of phase shift, its just not mathematically possible to build a filter without it. This is something hi-fi / recording folks would worry about, with the thinking to limit to as few EQ stages as possible: if that...

Oh, I had an NGD, but just some blurry iPhone pics.. I need to get some better ones taken, maybe even a review once I get it dialed in.

I have one of those, in 27" and natural. Was the bridge problem noticeable right away, or only after adjusting/intonating it? Mine seems fine, though there is a little room behind the neck. I did finally drop my action down and it plays a lot nicer, but its still not perfect, hoping a trussrod...

Was listening to some Borknagar and thinking the bass sounded fretless. Wondering what he played, I did some googling, and ... Omg. (didn't look like this has been posted yet). And if you want to see build pics : New basses!!! - Erik Tiwaz's MySpace Blog |

Just came across a long article about Pig Destroyer, in the Washington Post of all places. Mostly a profile of Scott Hull, and the writer is shocked to learn that metalheads are actually really nice people. I thought it was interesting, and there are some shots of their practice space, he's...

There have been a few styles of Kahler locknut, including the behind the bridge one, one that was like a floyd nut but with flip-up (no wrench) clips to lock the strings.. on the eight string, its just like a floyd nut. My Interceptor has one.

Brief & Accurate Description of gear/guitar: Ada Microcab speaker simulator. Was using it with a MP-1 (now sold). If you haven't heard of it, its an old-school speaker cabinet / mic simulator, all analog. You can plug a head or preamp (even a pedal will work) and take all the fizz and edge off...

Just came across this while browsing Rondo's six-string bass selection. Same HXB, but with a 30" scale .. and while there is an argument for long scales/tension, it occurred to me that this is one string and $1200 dollars away from the Ibanez SR7VIISC, and might make a cool tapping instrument...

This post is about the more common kind of eight-string bass, the kind with octave pairs of strings. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried tuning the bass strings standard, but then raising the octave strings up an additional fifth: so you play two notes, which are an octave+fifth apart. The...

I've wanted one of those for years. Sometimes I want to build a metal version : same 30" scale, Kahler instead of the fender trem, and EMGs instead of the single coils. But practically, since I've switched to eight strings, there is probably not much of a point, although this would be a badass...

Those look incredible, and I'm already glancing around the room to decide which guitars I can live without...

I'm using the D'Addario light 7 set with a 0.072 added on the low F#, and it sounds great, especially improving on the low end over the stock strings, now its clear and tight (no buzz). Before I was playing 0.10-0.46 (Ernie Ball slinky) in standard turning on 25.5" : the Intrepid feels similar...