25.5" means you should tune it with a high A
Yeah, you just had to say that, didn't you? Good thing I don't have $4K.
Jackson 8 String (4+4) Custom Shop on eBay
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Yeah, you just had to say that, didn't you? Good thing I don't have $4K.
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If you're comparing the shitty nut on Schecters, LTDs, and Agiles (let's be real, they're far from great, and that's coming from a guy who has owned two out of three there), quit while you're ahead.
QFT.
Sepultorture
Murder Machine
sick, but i'd pass on a 25.5 8 string, the gauge would be too big for my liking
MTech
Banned
I don't get all the fuss on it... I can agree with both sides of what people are saying about the guitar yet it also made me wonder a few things.
First thought: that's pretty damn nice looking, yet extremely simple/plain guitar.
2nd Thought: Thank god it doesn't have that gigantic inline headstock.
3rd: IDK How much I'd like the neck profile form the description... though I have played necks like that on 6's that I loved..but this description makes it sound very unproportioned.
4: Thick neck on one side, so thin a truss rod won't go in the middle...so then a Offset truss rod?? This to me just screams neck twisting problems down the road... I even showed it to a tech friend who's also in a national touring band and he said the exact same thing w/o me even mentioning that thought.
5: $4000?!?! I'm more one to agree with everybody who said they could get something with more/better specs to their likings from other companies for less.. Yea people are bringing up apples to oranges saying agile/schecter... but I bet you could get a KxK for the same or less.... and if Bernie built a Jekyll to the exact specs of this guitar it'd only cost $3000 and come with the same quality G&G case..and even if you got a highly figured Maple Top it still wouldn't even be $3400. Sure you can argue it's available now, but that's because its sat around for practically a year... and if you ordered something from a custom shop be it KXK/Rico/Mayones or even ESP they'd all probably get done faster than it'd take Jackson to complete.
First thought: that's pretty damn nice looking, yet extremely simple/plain guitar.
2nd Thought: Thank god it doesn't have that gigantic inline headstock.
3rd: IDK How much I'd like the neck profile form the description... though I have played necks like that on 6's that I loved..but this description makes it sound very unproportioned.
4: Thick neck on one side, so thin a truss rod won't go in the middle...so then a Offset truss rod?? This to me just screams neck twisting problems down the road... I even showed it to a tech friend who's also in a national touring band and he said the exact same thing w/o me even mentioning that thought.
5: $4000?!?! I'm more one to agree with everybody who said they could get something with more/better specs to their likings from other companies for less.. Yea people are bringing up apples to oranges saying agile/schecter... but I bet you could get a KxK for the same or less.... and if Bernie built a Jekyll to the exact specs of this guitar it'd only cost $3000 and come with the same quality G&G case..and even if you got a highly figured Maple Top it still wouldn't even be $3400. Sure you can argue it's available now, but that's because its sat around for practically a year... and if you ordered something from a custom shop be it KXK/Rico/Mayones or even ESP they'd all probably get done faster than it'd take Jackson to complete.
My Grape 8 wasn't $4k including custom hardware, BKPs, and G&G case
Granted there was a discount because it was a prototype, but still...
Also tuning was rock solid... if your tuning isn't stable on a locking tuner / hipshot bridge guitar there's something wrong.
MTech
Banned
My Grape 8 wasn't $4k including custom hardware, BKPs, and G&G case
I HATE purple yet I LOVE that guitar
Miijk
Walking E-string
Wow! The Jackson is stunning, was actually thinking of a 8 string in that manner yesterday! This just makes me want a custom jackson 8!
Give me! NOW! :'(
The Jackson is stunning, was actually thinking of a 8 string in that manner yesterday! This just makes me want a custom jackson 8! Give me! NOW! :'(
leonardo7
Banned
SOLD
Damn AlainSOLD
leonardo7
Banned
Ive turned into quite the whore myself. I really hope its better quality than the Agile I tried out yesterday
leonardo7
Banned
Anyone wanna trade a Jackson for an Agile? Seriously though, I should have this beast by weeks end hopefully and will definitely be posting a NGD on this one. Ive got a surprise to go with the NGD too! It shall be pretty epic indeed. I decided that I dont care about the scale length. Im gonna use this to write riffs on and it will be easier to do with the shorter scale. Steve at CMC is a really nice guy and easy to deal with. Im gonna put in a long scale Jackson CS 8 order with him next week. I guess even though its not on the site, its possible now. Epic NGD shall ensue within a week or so.
Sepultorture
Murder Machine
I should also add that their 7 string in line point headstocks look like a joke, but this looks absolutely perfect and matches perfectly, makes an amazing 8 string headstock, like it was meant for it.
Church2224
Guitar Whore
I have talked to Steve at CMC multiple times. I ordered my last Jackson from him and I did not like the string through body, I told him and he said if i wanted to return it it would be fine, and he would pay back the shipping and he would shop me the FR version for a 100 dollar discount! I also did the specs for a decked out Jackson Sl2h- MAH and he said he would give me a sweet deal on it.
Steve will talk to you like a friend, not like a client, overall one of the nicest guys to talk to. A few of the guys I talk to over at JCF have bought Jacksons from him and all say the same thing, one of the greatest guys out there to get a guitar from.
I want to get a Mcnaught from him too...
You will not be disappointed man, even if you are Steve will make sure he gets it right for ya.
Decipher
Ibanez Enthusiast
I gotta say, I'm an Ibanez player....... But this Jackson has my interest! Honest to god, if this were a production model, I would look extremely deep into the wallet for it. I absolutely love the SLS headstock and I think it suits this one perfectly.
Tristoner7
Well-Known Member
Looks killer, if it had a reverse SLS headstock like on the Broderick Soloists, I'd be all over it.
Fred the Shred
Shrederick
My Grape 8 wasn't $4k including custom hardware, BKPs, and G&G case
...it will be mine anyway.
The treble side of the neck has graphite reinforcement to prevent twisting.
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