No he didnt. He also actually just received a custom Aristide 8 too. He just uses them for twitch streams and warmup stuff. Live as of a month ago was still all epiphone.
Here's to hoping the next albums better. Saw the astonishing live and It was very boring. Also as far as vocals go, the shattered fortress shows with MP and haken were very nice and refreshing vocal wise.
I've heard very good things about them. I wonder if you got unlucky or it was because it was a floor model or something. I saw them about a month back and he used both his epi sigs (7 string black, 6 string snofall) for the whole set.
Try finding one of the 2014 schecter banshees with the nazgul sentients. Used should be right in your price range, beautiful flame, 26.5 scale length, ebony fretboard, and coil taps. Really no tradeoffs in this one imo
Also check your pickup height. I know that the way my schecter came to me, the bridge pickup was close to the strings when i would pick hard I would push the low B into the pickup.
Second this. A used Banshee is a great idea. I recently found one of the 2014 passive models brand new for $800 with excellent features and QC. Since they're 4 years old you could probably find a decent one for in your budget.
Hey guys, this is not only my first post, but also my first 7 string. I can now finally play some Dream Theater and Trivium songs that I haven't been able to before. Anyways I was able to find this one new even though I believe this particular model was only produced in 2014. Only thing really...