Josh Smith (Northlane) confirms new sig guitar in works

[Jeffrey Bain]

Got to meet Northlane and Erra for VIP here in Vancouver . Josh was cool . I asked if he was using his seafoam B7 and he said just wait and walks away . We were backstage before the gig . Few minutes goes by and he comes back with his guitar and hands me it , says check it out and play it if you want .

I had pictures on an old phone that got lost , but man that was a cool experience . I can confirm everyone in that band are all top tier guys . Josh was sick , I didn't even ask to see it , he brought it out . Dudes a fine lad .

All I can say is the strings he uses are fucking FAAAATTT . Stoked his production model is based off that one . The OG was cool as fuck !

that's pretty fuckin rad. Sounds like a cool dude. Always sick to get your hands on someone you appreciates guitar. Sharing a common bond!

 

[gunch]

Are there 2 different Chris Broderick Soloist shapes? Did I ask this before? Is this The Matrix?

 

[RobDobble6S7]

Josh showed the full model on his instagram story a while back. I remembered about it and searched up this thread hoping I missed something... apparently not

 

[Dave Death]

Josh showed the full model on his instagram story a while back. I remembered about it and searched up this thread hoping I missed something... apparently not

You mean this?

 

[Lada The Great]

You mean this?

Nah, that is his custom shop Jackson. The production sig is somewhat similar to his vanilla shake custom in specs but the color will be blue.

 

[RobDobble6S7]

You mean this?

Nope, he showed the actual production model on a story, it wasn't in any posts.

 

[mastapimp]

You mean this?

He talked about this guitar a year and a half back on this post: https://www.sevenstring.org/threads/ngd-jackson-cs-lava-crackle.343761/

 

[JimF]

I told myself I didn't need another 7...
Looks like I'll be getting one of these regardless! The San Dimas headstock tipped me over the edge into guitargasm.

 

[Jeffrey Bain]

His baby blue B7 had me gassing super hard back in the day, and I don't play 7 strings lol:

His other custom swirl B7 was pretty sweet too:

Little sidetrack but the swirl reminds me a bit of the guy from Thornhill's guitar:

I know they're both from Australia so could be the same refinisher? ET Guitars for anyone interested: https://www.facebook.com/1211842412...abel-rgixl7-black-and-turqu/2388218311197632/

 

[RobDobble6S7]

His baby blue B7 had me gassing super hard back in the day, and I don't play 7 strings lol:

His other custom swirl B7 was pretty sweet too:

Little sidetrack but the swirl reminds me a bit of the guy from Thornhill's guitar:

I know they're both from Australia so could be the same refinisher? ET Guitars for anyone interested: https://www.facebook.com/1211842412...abel-rgixl7-black-and-turqu/2388218311197632/

Not sure but it's more likely josh got his done at Harron Custom Guitars, got it like that from the shop, or just did it himself like he did with his baby blue one.

 

[DropQb]

He shared this to his story recently. There was also a hipshot version. I didn’t get a pic of that one though. I’m already saving up for it as it has basically all the specs I could want out of a production 7 string. If Jackson ever releases a production model of the crackle 29.5” model, I’d buy that in a heart beat too.

 

[RobDobble6S7]

He shared this to his story recently. There was also a hipshot version. I didn’t get a pic of that one though. I’m already saving up for it as it has basically all the specs I could want out of a production 7 string. If Jackson ever releases a production model of the crackle 29.5” model, I’d buy that in a heart beat too.

NGL this is kinda fugly. Wonder if it's a bad angle or what but something is off. Thanks for posting!

 

[IbbyAddict]

NGL this is kinda fugly. Wonder if it's a bad angle or what but something is off. Thanks for posting!

that angle makes it look like its an aliexpress copy of the original - no doubt it looks better in real life.

 

[The Blue Ghost]

This is making GAS for a blue/white/black swirled 7 with white pickups so hard. Damn.

 

[Mattykoda]

I think it’s a combination of the single coil, soloist body and headstock. It’s new, blue and badass. I have no need for a 27” but I plan on getting one of these. The specs are outstanding and the knobs placed out of the way are perfect.

 

[aWoodenShip]

NGL this is kinda fugly. Wonder if it's a bad angle or what but something is off. Thanks for posting!

Definitely agree. I think it should have been the B7 shape.

 

[Adieu]

That’s an excellent point that I hadn’t considered when it comes to scale length. With regards to 3 piece vs 1 piece, I actually prefer 3 piece for for the extra stiffness and for the lack of a hump that can develop over time in the fretboard at the 1st fret with scarf joints.

Scarf joints are unrelated to the piece count of a neck. They're just a way to make an angled headstock cheaper by reducing lumber waste and dimensional prerequisites.

 

[cardinal]

Soloist with the Strat head is killer.

 

[EarlWellington]

Not sure but it's more likely josh got his done at Harron Custom Guitars, got it like that from the shop, or just did it himself like he did with his baby blue one.

ET Guitars made Josh's first signature guitar (the Katana... of which there was a swirl option available)

 

[JimF]

He shared this to his story recently. There was also a hipshot version. I didn’t get a pic of that one though. I’m already saving up for it as it has basically all the specs I could want out of a production 7 string. If Jackson ever releases a production model of the crackle 29.5” model, I’d buy that in a heart beat too.

Do we think this is a prototype of the production run? Wonder why its not seafoam...
Unless its just a new custom shop?