Crescent2k6
Well-Known Member
I will have pics soon I promise! they just aren't uploaded yet.
So yeah I got my first 8 in the mail yesterday, the ESP SC-608B. It's quite a beautiful guitar, the best way to describe the neck is a flat schecter shape. The idiots over at ESP threw a set of 10's on with a low 68, which is flabby as all hell, but I have a set of 9's with a low 74 on the way. First thing I did was throw on a cotton cliplock strap, and then plugged it into my B-52 AT-100 and B-52 cab loaded with V-30's (also known as a poor mans mesa triple rec). It sounded decent, I couldn't complain but it was nothing special. The 8th string was muddy as can be but I blamed that on the flabby string. Played it all day yesterday and then this morning was in the mall and walked by radio shack, and saw that they had a pack of 5 9v connectors for 2 bucks, and I was like what the heck might as well try the 18v mod. Well after I opened it up and got started i thought as long as i'm in it's guts i might as well add the third battery and go nuts with 27v's. I plugged it in and played a low F# power chord... and the gates of hell opened up lol. It was unbelievably clear, and so powerful, not the dry clippy sound i was used to. It was like my b52 was transformed into 2 Mesa full stacks. I don't know how to describe how amazing the sound is now. Highs are clear and have "emotion", lows are amazingly chunky and deep and clear. It's like someone took a comforter off the front of my amp I love it. I highly recommend trying it it took me about 15 minutes to do and i suck horribly at soldering. Pics soon!
So yeah I got my first 8 in the mail yesterday, the ESP SC-608B. It's quite a beautiful guitar, the best way to describe the neck is a flat schecter shape. The idiots over at ESP threw a set of 10's on with a low 68, which is flabby as all hell, but I have a set of 9's with a low 74 on the way. First thing I did was throw on a cotton cliplock strap, and then plugged it into my B-52 AT-100 and B-52 cab loaded with V-30's (also known as a poor mans mesa triple rec). It sounded decent, I couldn't complain but it was nothing special. The 8th string was muddy as can be but I blamed that on the flabby string. Played it all day yesterday and then this morning was in the mall and walked by radio shack, and saw that they had a pack of 5 9v connectors for 2 bucks, and I was like what the heck might as well try the 18v mod. Well after I opened it up and got started i thought as long as i'm in it's guts i might as well add the third battery and go nuts with 27v's. I plugged it in and played a low F# power chord... and the gates of hell opened up lol. It was unbelievably clear, and so powerful, not the dry clippy sound i was used to. It was like my b52 was transformed into 2 Mesa full stacks. I don't know how to describe how amazing the sound is now. Highs are clear and have "emotion", lows are amazingly chunky and deep and clear. It's like someone took a comforter off the front of my amp I love it. I highly recommend trying it it took me about 15 minutes to do and i suck horribly at soldering. Pics soon!