dunno
Well-Known Member
Hey dudes.
I`m here for some input. I decided to get myself custom 8 string. But I would like to hear some input from you, since I always got great advices here. First I still can`t decide if it`s going to be 7 string or 8 string, but I`m leaning towards 8 right now, because this guitar will be replacing my RG2228.
Here are the specs I`m going for now:
mahagony body with maple top, 5-piece mahagony/wenge neck, ebony fretboard, single Seymour Duncan Invader pickup.
Body is going to be really thin, think blackmachine style.
Here`s a mockup of how the guitar is most probably going to look like:
So here`s what I`m going for soundwise. I want to find a balance, between having 8 strings and sound I need for my band. We play groovy goregrind and I`m going for huge wall of sound, the best example would be Ektomorf kind of crushing tone. I don`t really want super tight sound. I play through boosted triple recto, and that isn`t going to change in any close future. So I was thinking putting 25,5" neck there...I like how low F sounds on my K7 as well as drop A which I use in my band. My RG2228 has 27" neck, and while it sounded good on low F string, it was too tight on the rest. So what do you guys think?
I would mainly love input on wood combination, neck size and pickup choice for the sound I need. But if you have some input on guitar look, i`ll be glad to hear it.
Thanks.
I`m here for some input. I decided to get myself custom 8 string. But I would like to hear some input from you, since I always got great advices here. First I still can`t decide if it`s going to be 7 string or 8 string, but I`m leaning towards 8 right now, because this guitar will be replacing my RG2228.
Here are the specs I`m going for now:
mahagony body with maple top, 5-piece mahagony/wenge neck, ebony fretboard, single Seymour Duncan Invader pickup.
Body is going to be really thin, think blackmachine style.
Here`s a mockup of how the guitar is most probably going to look like:
So here`s what I`m going for soundwise. I want to find a balance, between having 8 strings and sound I need for my band. We play groovy goregrind and I`m going for huge wall of sound, the best example would be Ektomorf kind of crushing tone. I don`t really want super tight sound. I play through boosted triple recto, and that isn`t going to change in any close future. So I was thinking putting 25,5" neck there...I like how low F sounds on my K7 as well as drop A which I use in my band. My RG2228 has 27" neck, and while it sounded good on low F string, it was too tight on the rest. So what do you guys think?
I would mainly love input on wood combination, neck size and pickup choice for the sound I need. But if you have some input on guitar look, i`ll be glad to hear it.
Thanks.