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    Schecter KM-7 (Keith Merrow) Signature Thread

    Sure. The distance from the end of the fingerboard and the 1st fret's crown is shorter than the distance from the crown of the 1st to the crown of the 2nd fret. Even with the fingerboard shortened as is traditional to accommodate compensated nuts, the distance from the end of the fingerboard to...
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    Schecter KM-7 (Keith Merrow) Signature Thread

    Did more precise measurements and the nut to first fret interval on my MkII was actually even shorter than I realized--34.5 mm. I cut a 2.8 mm ebony shim from a ukelele saddle, including proper radius, and glued it onto the nut shelf. The result doesn't look too bad IMO--just need to dye the...
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    Schecter KM-7 (Keith Merrow) Signature Thread

    I just got a KM-7 MK-II... It's fundamentally flawed, but an otherwise great guitar. Distance from 1st to 2nd and nut to 1st is 35.2 mm for both. If this were a non-compensated guitar, nut to 1st should be 37.3 mm, and compensated should be something more like 36.2 mm. I'm going to make a 2 mm...
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    The problem with the G string

    I noticed that I had no issues bending to 1-1/2 steps on the D string (a .036 tuned to C in this case--27 lbs) so I slapped on a .024w B (A). I could not practically bend to a full step with it. :/ I am close to concluding that there is ALWAYS compromise with the G string, unless it's tuned...
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    The problem with the G string

    Yeah, it's pretty common. I just wish I could find some shredders who use wound Gs. (Yes, lots of Jazz guys do who can certainly shred, but I'm concerned about ever getting used to replicating tone-wide vibrato, and I already know 1-1/2 step bends are impossible, at least with this .018w tuned...
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    The problem with the G string

    I just put on a wound G string and man does my junk look amazing. Pics incoming. But really, I switched to a .018w I'd had lying around for years. The sound is flawless, particularly on the neck pickup which suffers worst with a warbly plain G. The problem is I can't bend 1-1/2 steps, and not...
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    The problem with the G string

    I started tuning to D standard ~20 years ago. It's still, in theory, my favorite tuning, but a few years ago the sound of plain steel strings above .017" started bothering me. Now I can't bare to play them and even the .017" (and .016) is starting to bother me. I recently bought some NYXLs to...
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    Headless build underway! - lush Purple burst content!

    What a shitty outcome. You must be heartbroken that your control cavity full of Chinese ketamine (in a very convincing 'guitar' delivery vehicle) is now being enjoyed by some thief at Parcelforce. I bet they crammed at least 150g in there. Sorry... I guess I'm more used to reading about...
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    NGD: She Suhr is purdy

    Has there ever been a situation where a reverse headstock hasn't been a plus? No. No there has not.
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    Both returned guitars have now been resold at full price. :P Now the wait begins before they're returned to stock again and sold again and...
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    Headless build underway! - lush Purple burst content!

    It's easy and inexpensive to start doing your own leveling, crowning, dressing. Get a cheap Chinese guitar or some beat-to-shit used guitar with .5mm divots in the frets and get started. You don't need a ridiculously overpriced StewMac beam--there are some great wood radius blocks on eBay. In...
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    Kerry King signature ESP flying V from the 90's

    Why don't I have shit like this just lying around my house?
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    Well, it's Tuesday evening, a full 7 days since my sales guy told me he would try to fix the fact that the two returned defect guitars were re-listed as 'new' at full price. Both are still available as 'new' at full price. I'm going to assume that is standard operating procedure at Sweetwater as...
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    Headless build underway! - lush Purple burst content!

    I was with you until you said that... Don't minimize the significance of the right to healthcare until you live somewhere which doesn't recognize it. For many Americans, sickness equates to long-term financial ruin, denial of a life-saving operation until you're too sick for it to make any...
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    Anyone Here Ever Give Up Playing Entirely? Or Thinking Of Quitting?

    I played very little from the time I was 20 to 23. I'd played consistently from the time I was 10, then a luthier broke the news to me that my "custom" (a Carvin DC-127) I had been in denial about for years was truly an irredeemable, nigh unplayable piece of shit fit only to take the place of...
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    There's always the advice in your signature. ;) Edit: I forgot to mention something strange about the returned guitars. When I chose my MPB, I picked one that was 8 lbs, 6 oz (I find heavier guitars generally have better sustain), the heaviest available which also had what I thought was the...
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    Don't give the flat finish guitars too much credit, eightsixboy--if they had a clear coat of satin on top, they wouldn't be so bad. I know the finishes technically do have satin poly in them (mixed with the paint), but I feel like calling them "satin" leads people to assume there's a proper...
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    Thanks! This will be a great guitar once I fix the ridiculous radius mismatch. I feel bad for kids who get this guitar and wonder how the hell Jeff Loomis shreds on it--his tech can switch out the 10" nut and shim the 10" trem... I do get the impression I should have been in the market for an...
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    The binding on my Hellraiser wasn't perfect either. This is a bit worse, probably from the PLEK tech dressing the ends (he did a good job of it, just a little collateral damage because he probably has a quota and couldn't spend more time on it--his employer's fault). I'm really okay with it...
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    NGD: ROFLsome Ibanez RG652AHM Prestige

    Both guitars are still listed as new. Yesterday shortly after my post my sales guy said he thought it was a system mistake and would get it sorted out. Guess I'll keep watching but I'm kind of tired at this point and could really use a break to, you know, actually play. Happy Conclusion I just...


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