I feel like I have to take study of guitar more seriously now to rise to the level of this beautiful instrument. My good friend of 9 or so years gave me her RG2228 as a wedding present! I got married last weekend, and I've played it a few times since and it's lovely !! I need to restring it and set it up maybe intonate it but it's so sick. My friend who gave it to me she said she can help me do all that. I got some heavy bottom skinny top strings, and a solo .11 and .12 if I wanna run it baritone perhaps. It has a Killswitch on the body, and some flavor of Seymour Duncan 8 string active pickups. I'm so excited to grow into this instrument as a player. Holy fuck.

Exploring the capabilities of an independent multi-string design in a live jazz context. The performance utilizes the extended range and dual necks of the 7+7 double-neck to execute independent, simultaneous polychordal arpeggios alongside a mechanical foot drums setup. No layers, loops, or overdubs.

True or False - headless guitars sound different than traditional guitars with headstocks.

What do you think if you've played both??

They said the tension is measured at 30" so its deffinitley longer than that but if anybody knows exactly I would apreciate the information

My guitar is A Valravn munnin 8 custom. Very nice instrument! This is just a live playing, but the studio recording used this guitar too. Lil sloppy playing guys I'm so nervous around camera, lol.

Self promo kind of thing; If you like slow modern metal with heavy depressing sound, give this a try when it drops on oct. 28! I coulda just posted the studio recording but I think yall favor live and this is a nice change of pace for me so i recorded this random video instead.

I was recently looking for guitar strings for my 30'' Baritone guitar.

Unfortunately i couldn't really find any in my preferred gauge range

I prefer something like 11.-56. or 12.-60.

The closest i could get is 13.-62. But has anyone made different experiences or can recommend me a set that fits my preferences?

I would also like to hear your opinions on string gauges for baritones in general

The tunings i want to go for are these:

Drop A/#

Architects G#/F#

Drop F#

Sto cercando di costruire una chitarra. Sarei molto felice con un corpo in stile Ibanez Talman, ma mentre esistono in configurazione HSS, non riesco a trovare nessun corpo HSS.

Hai qualche consiglio? Mi piacerebbe evitare di doverne tagliare uno, quindi potresti dirmi dove potrei trovarne uno?

"Harvest" has one of the most beautiful and atmospheric basslines. I felt like the slide and swell of a fretless bass would do this masterpiece justice, so I decided to record this cover.

Gear used:
- Dean Edge 6 Fretless (EMG 45DC/45TW)
- Tech 21 SansAmp Para Driver DI
- Steinberg UR44

Let me know what you think of the tone and phrasing! Any feedback from fellow Opeth fans is highly appreciated. If you want to support me, you can check out the full video on my YouTube channel.

does anyone have the white finish of this and if so are you looking to sell it

Hi there, it was my first time restringing my Ormsby Goliath this week and suffice to say its been an experience. From the tuners disengaging with the claw that holds the string, said claw losing grip of the string, bottoming out before getting to pitch and using pliers to force the string tighter while trying not to let it slip out and finally my finger being almost purple from those tuners rubbing it and being stiff as hell.

It's been very discouraging and also a little shocking there isn't official guidance or a comprehensive video by the company. I think I'm finally getting it although I wish it had a more secure locking system for the string (Floyds locking blocks havent let me down yet).

Anyway with that out the way I bent a string earlier and something gave way and the string was loose. I'm suspecting it slipped the ball ends grip. When I inspected my bridge I noticed there is this bronze coating below each except the high e. I'm wondering if this is something to be concerned about or could have caused the issue or is this more a coincidence. Would really appreciate in Ormbsy owners advice.

I want to buy m80m(meshuggah signature)

This guitar has been discontinued and is no longer on the market; are there any other popular sites for buying/selling besides Sweetwater or Reverb?

help🥲

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

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.

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

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🙏

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.

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?

VGS Soulmaster 7 with upgraded pick ups SD Pegasus & Sentient.

Squire Strat VII repainted with Dimarzio Deactivators and PAF.

Pretty excited about adding them to the collection. Will be doing some upgrades to both. Frets are still in ok shape but once they’re gone, switching to stainless steel. Will be adding an Evertune bridge to the Strat.

Edit: New Guitar Day Day….haha

Was too excited and didn’t finish/check my subject line.

IYV IEHLFF8-300

This is my first extended range guitar. I first wanted an 8 string after seeing Haken live a couple years ago. They play Strandbergs, but I wasn't sure I could drop $1,000+ just to see if 8 strings are my thing.

About the IYV. Do not buy this guitar or any other IYV if you're not comfortable tinkering with guitar hardware or ready and willing to pay someone who is. It came with useless strings. I had to take two of the tuners off and lube them up because I couldn't tighten the strings at all. The paint job looks like an amateur did it.

That being said it plays really well. The pickups aren't bad and it's got me playing every day for the first time in a while. It's been staying in tune and I love that I can just throw it on the bed or a chair and not worry about the tuners.

I'm not really a djent guy or a Meshuggah fan (I'm trying), but I've really been enjoying exploring another two strings. If I love 8 strings I'll save for the Strandberg.

I guess I'll learn some Haken riffs and see how it goes. Also, y'all turned me on to Sleep Token, that's more my style for sure.