I initially thought that as well, but yes its a scarf joint. I do like that the stain on the headstock/body is not on the neck though, its much more comfortable to use. The finish transition at the scarf joint is ugly though IMO.
I've been using 90-62-46-36-26w-16-13-095 from Stringjoy. Pretty much a custom light top heavy bottom set, which works well for our tuning of DADGCFAD. I just wrote a track only using 7 strings where I drop the low A a half step to G# and tune everything else a half step up, so I had that in...
Hey guys- We are a new progressive metal band from Portland, OR, and recently released our first single with vocals. Fans of Periphery, After the Burial, Born of Osiris, Volumes, and Meshuggah would dig our sound.
The music was all written on 8-string guitars (Carvin DC800, Jackson B8, and...
I do plan to swap those out eventually, and thanks for the info about the tuners, I did not know they were branded Gotoh tuners. I noticed that some drilling would be required if I were to swap them out with hipshot tuners because the peg hole is in a different location. I'll look into Gotoh...
Thanks for listening man, and yeah we filmed that at this creepy 'Witch's Castle' along this dense hiking path outside Portland.
We actually put out our first single with vocals yesterday, give it a listen if you are interested!
Absolutely. I am considering picking up another one in the Au natural oil finish to have a backup for when my band goes live, that finish looks stellar in my opinion as well!
Hey guys, I purchased this Jackson USA B8 Deluxe used about 6 months ago, and I am finally getting around to posting some pictures/videos of it. I can't say enough good things about it; it really has become my favorite guitar that I own and has pretty much become my main axe.
This particular...
Hey guys, so I purchased this DC800 used on reverb.com almost a year ago, and am finally getting around to posting some pictures and videos of it.
I primarily play progressive metal but dabble with other genres as well, and I typically use a higher-gain djent type rhythm tone on my axe-fx...
Hello, we are a new progressive metal band from Portland, OR and recently put out an instrumental single and guitar playthrough video of the track 'Subconscious' from our upcoming debut album 'The Arcadian Parallel'. We are currently in the studio finishing up vocals for another single, and we...