Having a 7-string handmade / custom-built.

[bostjan]

when it comes to a 7 string guitar alder body is much more balanced than basswood. fingerboard doesnt contribute but its more of what your fingers like. Maple neck would be a great combo with the alder body. As far as pickups if you like his ibanez tone then yes Steve special and air norton but for his newer tone D Sonic and Air Norton pickups. But your stuck with the D Sonic when it comes to a custom 7 string.

Blaze 7, according to DiMarzio, is basically a Steve's Special 7. Also, they do make an Air Norton 7, and it kicks ass.

 

[shishin]

dpm, I can't find any pictures of guitars you've made. Where might I find some?

 

[Elysian]

dpm, I can't find any pictures of guitars you've made. Where might I find some?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7422464468

 

[dpm]

Elysian beat me to it That's the first Oni, and so far the only one but there are more on the way. I got your email and will reply later tonight, it's 3:20pm Saturday here, so maybe another 6 hours-ish.
I'm not keen on showing pre-Oni stuff because it's work I've done for another employer and I really want Oni to succeed on it's own merits. Not only that but I don't have many decent photos here

 

[JPMDan]

Blaze 7, according to DiMarzio, is basically a Steve's Special 7. Also, they do make an Air Norton 7, and it kicks ass.

I hate blaze pickups they sound muddy.

 

[bostjan]

I hate blaze pickups they sound muddy.

I think the New7's sound muddy, and are often mistaken with the Blaze pickups, but I think the Blazes actually sound pretty good. Just my opinion, though.

I still prefer the Evo 7 for a nice punch, and I'm still waiting for my D Sonic 7.

 

[dpm]

I can't stand the Blaze or Steve's Special, but Petrucci gets a great sound from them. I think his amps are an extremely big part of that, and of course his technique.

 

[JPMDan]

holy crap dude you still havent got your DS7? it's lost in the mail

 

[bostjan]

Well, I'll give it 'til tuesday, then I'll just order them through someone else. I'd like to keep the people I work with happy, though. I just know that their lazy asses take forever to place orders. I made a huge order, too, to save them on shipping. Today they actually told me they weren't going to order any books for students until they had over $200 in merch from the same distributer. Weak. They do sell a lot of books, though, so maybe that'll only take a week.

 

[petrucci_dude]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Basswood and Alder seems like a good option too, I just always thought they were budget woods? Obviously not if the pro's use 'em, so that's cool!

Yeah I was thinking of getting the DiMarzio pups cos I don't think I'll have the money to spend on the Bareknuckle ones.

Oh, and eaeolian, it's me! The same one.

 

[dpm]

Scott, Bare Knuckle's cost roughly the same as DiMarzio's in Australia. We get ripped in a big way on US products. So turn that frown upside down

 

[b3n]

I hate blaze pickups they sound muddy.

I have a blaze in the neck of my mahogany custom and get a really nice creamy lead tone out of it. I wouldn't use it for distorted rhythms though...it does muddy up a bit but hey...that's what the bridge pup (evo7) is for

 

[petrucci_dude]

Scott, Bare Knuckle's cost roughly the same as DiMarzio's in Australia. We get ripped in a big way on US products. So turn that frown upside down

YESSSS!!

I thought you said they were 300 pound each or something?... Someone told me they were. LOL!!

 

[JPMDan]

I was talking to Tim over at bare knuckle and he told me for a miracle man and Cold Sweat Calibrated Set would be 300 US dollars.

 

[petrucci_dude]

Yeah I checked my emails and I found out that it would be 300 pounds for the Lundgren 8 string calibrated set. My mistake hahaha...

 

[Elysian]

Thanks for the replies guys.

Basswood and Alder seems like a good option too, I just always thought they were budget woods? Obviously not if the pro's use 'em, so that's cool!

Yeah I was thinking of getting the DiMarzio pups cos I don't think I'll have the money to spend on the Bareknuckle ones.

Oh, and eaeolian, it's me! The same one.

basswood is definately a low budget wood... alder on the other hand, its not the most expensive wood, but its still a very nice tone wood, and nice to work with, i prefer it to all other woods i've worked on

 

[Metal Ken]

Basswood depends. There's basswood in EBMM Jp7's & UV's among other things. I'd imagine they'd have a much nicer cut of basswood in a 1500$ EBMM than in a 250$ Rg 320 or something.

 

[Elysian]

Basswood depends. There's basswood in EBMM Jp7's & UV's among other things. I'd imagine they'd have a much nicer cut of basswood in a 1500$ EBMM than in a 250$ Rg 320 or something.

they might be made with less peices(never taken the finish off a UV) but basswood is basswood, its pretty consistently bad lol

 

[Mark. A]

Basswood is nice, I quite like the tone achievable, but then again I do have an EMG lol.

As for Alder, probably my favorite, light weight and unbelievable tone.

\m/

 

[Elysian]

emg's can make plywood useable i know, i have a friend with a plywood warlock with emg's