8 string as your only guitar?

[heineken_fretwalker]

For awhile I had my 8 as my only guitar, and I did just fine. Like Origin, I like to use a bunch of different tunings, and I could achieve most of them quite easily with my anaconda.

 

[saovi]

10-46 then a 64 and last an 80.

Nice. Right now I'm using 10-42 and 64 with 74 last but I think your tuning would work better when dropping the tuning a full step - where do you get your strings?

I agree that you're best off fully diving into 8 string and learning to utilize it completely - otherwise, a 7 string might be a better choice. I still have an old 6 string baritone with heavier gauge strings that I use because it has a BKP cold sweat in the bridge. (I'm still on the fence of whether to switch out the active EMG808s with passive BKP Painkillers 8s on my Hellraiser - anybody brave soul try it?)

 

[Philligan]

(I'm still on the fence of whether to switch out the active EMG808s with passive BKP Painkillers 8s on my Hellraiser - anybody brave soul try it?)

These guys did. They both have videos floating around, too. I really like the look of the second one.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/ex...r-damien-elite-8-half-passive-conversion.html

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/extended-range-guitars/109075-pics-schecter-c8-passives.html

 

[saovi]

Thanks bro, sounds sick - I like the eq spike in the mids. Not sure about the pup rings though hmmm

 

[Coalesce42]

Nice. Right now I'm using 10-42 and 64 with 74 last but I think your tuning would work better when dropping the tuning a full step - where do you get your strings?

I have not zeroed in on a particular set of strings I like for my 8 but I get Earnie ball slinkies and then I buy the 64 and 80 separate. The 80 is a bass string actually. But with the Peavey 6505 it works good.