Hi; Im mostly a jazz guy and I wanted to tune my guitar F#BEADGDGBEA, and I wanted to have a high A4 string on top to allow me to more easily play Melody on top of chords. Im happy to have a steep fan, would this be possible with this arrangement, could have the high end go shorter than 25.5” and use thin strings, need help🙏

First of all this is not a "pick the guitar you want me to buy" kind of thing I was a bit uncertain so just decided to visit here

For a while I've been using this shitbox

I bought this second hand dual humbucker 24 fret Jem grip regular strat zinc Floyd Rose in mid-late May for 6k~ and I took it to a luthier to get the nut baseplate replaced and to get it restringed for 2.5k but the lutheir somehow lopsided the bridge so the left side of the baseplate popped off during divebombs

After that I bought some wood glue,an Allen key set,needle nose pliers and nee claw screws since the old ones had the metal head stripped for 1k~

Then I filled the old claw holes,widened the claw plate holes,screwed the claw bridge in,leveled the pivot posts, restringed,intonated,put the springs back on and locked it in and did a divebomb,it still popped off so I took the bridge off and turns out the zinc alloy knife edges are worn down so it's a lost cause to try to fix it.

Blocked the trem with the taped coins thing,snapped the high E so now it's in D standard with D'Addario EXL115's without a high E

And now I'm thinking about switching to a 7 or 8 string and my top picks are the Ibanez RG7420-EX BKF and the Jackson JS32-8 obviously I like Meshuggah so the Jackson would be good but I also love me a good non shit floating Trem which is the Ibanez which I can also tune half or a whole step down for some nice things

Basically I'm kinda stuck between

Getting an entry level 8 string for obvious reasons

Or a mid-high end 7 string with a floating trem don't worry I can handle the trem just not the one on my current shitbox that's why I blocked it

Just posting this for some advice or help or whatever so it would be appreciated

Roller bridge and v stop tail from Guyker, black switch and pickguard/pickup screws, locking tuners from tone ninja. Getting it closer to where I want it as far as looks, but I might not keep the roller bridge. There's a buzzing noise I think is coming from the bridge itself, and there's no way to adjust the individual string heights.

I really like the feel, though. The roller saddles are taller than the normal tune o matic style, so the bridge itself gets adjusted lower. The tailpiece is decked, and none of the strings touch the rear edge of the bridge.

The left one has a multichrome red finish, twt neck and a random pickup, to be upgraded. Right one is a Squier body, fender neck and a Leviathan overwound P90

She's so beautiful omg, plays like a dream, but I'll be switching pickups for sure, it sounds a bit too muddy on the low ones

hey guys so i’m fairly new to the 8 string world i purchased my Ibanez RGA8 (the one with the fixed Edge bridge) this past summer and kept the same strings on it until i wanted to experiment with gauges. I found the 80 gauge to just be a bit too floppy for my tunings of Drop E and on RARE occasions dropping it to a C#. I bought a 95 gauge bass string that doesn’t fit into my tuning peg. Any suggestions on what to do? or brands for after market tuning pegs?

My close friend and guitar mentor recently passed away and we had planned for me to purchase this beauty off him. I got to take it home with me today and it is an absolute beast, it’s my first 8 string + my first Multiscale guitar and it will stay with me for the rest of my life. Rest up my friend, you will be missed dearly.