So Synyster Gates from Ax7 Has a prototype 8 string

[ChubbyEwok]

Doesn't he have a weird sorta ska/metal side project?

He was in a ska metal band called Pinkly Smooth with the Rev before he passed. They only released one ep though.

 

[bloc]

After the trainwreck that HTTK was, they need something fresh.

8-string guitars are fresh now?

 

[Chokey Chicken]

8-string guitars are fresh now?

If all of the material you've written was on six strings, then switching to eight is indeed fresh. Just because the instrument isn't new/fresh doesn't mean it wouldn't be new/uncharted territory for someone who's never played/written music for one.

 

[Michael_Ten]

He was in a ska metal band called Pinkly Smooth with the Rev before he passed. They only released one ep though.

I hate A7X with a passion, but Pinkly Smooth was actually pretty dope.


But on topic, that guitar is... interesting. A7X would be a little late to the game if they decided to djent.

 

[BrailleDecibel]

I can't really see A7X trying to djent...I have a feeling it would probably be more of a slow, groovy sort of thing with some super-low riffage in there. But then, I'm pretty clueless on them, for the most part...I didn't even really listen to them until the guitarist of my old band showed me some stuff.

 

[bloc]

If all of the material you've written was on six strings, then switching to eight is indeed fresh. Just because the instrument isn't new/fresh doesn't mean it wouldn't be new/uncharted territory for someone who's never played/written music for one.

But this is A7X we're talking about here

 

[Bloody_Inferno]

But this is A7X we're talking about here

So that means they're gonna be ripping off Periphery instead of the usual Metallica and GNR then?

 

[Alex Kenivel]

They need to rip off the bat-country Era A7X, no matter how many strings they have

 

[jwade]

I hate A7X with a passion, but Pinkly Smooth was actually pretty dope.


But on topic, that guitar is... interesting. A7X would be a little late to the game if they decided to djent.

That vocalist is godawful, but the music sounded vaguely like Dog Fashion Disco/Polkadot Cadaver, if they got a different singer....

 

[lewis]

hahahahahah this guitar....

 

[Zalbu]

He has never had or used a 7. He is just doing this to be trendy as f*ck and to try to seem relevant while he continues to play nothing but GNR and Metallica ripoff riffs.

There's a video of him busting out some Django at a guitar clinic, I personally don't care much for Avenged Sevenfold but the dude is better and more versatile than people give him credit for.

 

[Zado]

Zacky's new signature will be a regular 6 string model,nothing djenty on the way I guess...This one is probably a one off or a special edition/exclusive at best.

So that means they're gonna be ripping off Periphery instead of the usual Metallica and GNR then?

Dear God I hope not

 

[GuitarFactoryDylan]

I find the 6-string version hard enough to stomach, this is just ridiculous

 

[lucasreis]

I love ERGs and Avenged Sevenfold is pretty cool in my book. Plus, anything that helps spread the word about ERGs is good to us. So, if they end up using them, I say go for it! ��

 

[jwade]

Avenged Sevenfold Guitarist Says New Album Is Very "Aggro" | Theprp.com

 

[bloc]

Avenged Sevenfold Guitarist Says New Album Is Very "Aggro" | Theprp.com

Yeah, right...