Ibanez 8 and comfortability

[Briggs]

as it is, my rg7321 is comfy...

but, this new 8 string looks great but, do I need big hands to play it?

thats an aweful wide neck.

 

[Nik]

Try a 6-string bass. If you can play that comfortably, you shouldn't have problems with an 8-string.

I have medium-sized hands, and I can play my dad's 6-string Douglas fine, so as long as you don't have small hands, it shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Hexer]

I played my friends 6-string soundgear bass a few times and I actually found the neck to be not much wider than my RG7620s...
depends how high up the neck you are playing though the width-difference is bigger on the bass

 

[Spoongirl]

I can't even think about putting my little hands on that neck.

 

[Nik]

I played my friends 6-string soundgear bass a few times and I actually found the neck to be not much wider than my RG7620s...
depends how high up the neck you are playing though the width-difference is bigger on the bass

That's true as well; On a 6-string bass, I can play comfortably on the low B string all the way up to the 17th fret or so. Beyond that, though, the neck starts getting uncomfortably huge.

Also, you can pretty much forget about thumb-over-the-fretboard playing.

 

[777]

anybody know what scale it is yet . im hoping for 27 or 30

 

[THE VILE]

I have a felling it will be 28"

 

[Kagami]

It's going to be 29.25" just to throw everyone off

 

[Rick]

It's going to be 29.25" just to throw everyone off

Or 29.5.

 

[metalfiend666]

As someone who's actually played 8 strings it really is a minimal difference compared with the width of a 7 string, less than the difference from a 6 to a 7. Unless you're struggling to reach the low B on a 7 you'll be able to play an 8. Now, whether you can cope with the scale length is another kettle of fish...

 

[RaCh]

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[Gabe777]

you forget about the zoom difference, ibanez has different zoom on every picture to fit a certain area on the website so judging scale by merely looking at the picture is not accurate. you would probably have to message Jay on the ibanez forums for the info

 

[Durero]

Even someone with small hands should have no problem if they use the classical guitar hand position - neck up high, wrist below neck, and thumb behind neck.
my 2¢

 

[metalfiend666]

I don't think anyone will know the true scale until NAMM.

 

[Rick]

I don't think anyone will know the true scale until NAMM.

The mystery continues.

 

[Ishan]

30", I'm quite sure of it

 

[XEN]

I know, if 20 of us bet $100 apiece on what the scale length will be, then the winner can buy an 8 from Mike Sherman!

 

[Nik]

you forget about the zoom difference, ibanez has different zoom on every picture to fit a certain area on the website so judging scale by merely looking at the picture is not accurate. you would probably have to message Jay on the ibanez forums for the info

Wow, I was wondering why the guitar had a 3.25" scale, I guess it's because it's just a small picture of the guitar








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Anyway, the Ibanez 8 in those pics does NOT look like a 30" guitar. Look at pictures of Meshuggah's 30" 8-strings and notice how far back the bridge is recessed in order to attain the 30" scale. In these production 8 photos, the bridge isn't as far back, leading me to believe that the production 8 will either be a 28 5/8 or 27" scale.

EDIT: Yup, that's case. Scroll down here:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/showthread.php?t=15728&page=42

 

[Pauly]

As someone who's actually played 8 strings it really is a minimal difference compared with the width of a 7 string, less than the difference from a 6 to a 7. Unless you're struggling to reach the low B on a 7 you'll be able to play an 8. Now, whether you can cope with the scale length is another kettle of fish...

Me wanty fanned fretty.

 

[Gabe777]

Wow, I was wondering why the guitar had a 3.25" scale, I guess it's because it's just a small picture of the guitar








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haha shiet