jammy Posted March 31, 2004 Report Posted March 31, 2004 Just done this spec list for Jeremy over at LGM...work has begun Alder body All acess neck joint Jem style jack socket "RG" controls placement Close to RG body shape Top horn lengthened to centre over 12th fret to aid balance 3 piece quatersawn maple neck with carbon re-enforcement rods LGM headstock shape with 5/3 tuner config. Translucent black headstock finish, with chrome LGM guitars logo 26" scale length - 24 frets Dunlop 6100 fretwire Raw, unfinished neck Side dot inlays (black), custom Inlay at the 12th fret in black plastic Quilted maple board (supplied) EMG 45 DC pickups (neck and bridge) Blade style 3 way pickup selector Hipshot 8 string bridge in chrome Chrome knobs (knurled metal type) Chrome Gotoh machine heads Translucent black finish with natural binding on body I cant wait to get it Quote
daveq Posted March 31, 2004 Report Posted March 31, 2004 Did you consider building it yourself? What's the 12'th fret inlay going to be? How long until it's ready? Quote
jammy Posted March 31, 2004 Author Report Posted March 31, 2004 Yeah I did consider building it myself - but due to the fact I have never built a guitar before in my life, I didnt think it was the best thing to start out on... The inlay is simple, but Ive lost the pic of the design, Ill get Jeremy to mail it back over to me and post it when I have it. And it should be ready in a month or 2 Quote
Primal Posted March 31, 2004 Report Posted March 31, 2004 Unfinished neck? On a maple neck? I would suggest you finish it with something, tung oil at least. Quote
GuitarMaestro Posted March 31, 2004 Report Posted March 31, 2004 I would suggest you finish it with something, tung oil at least. I second that! My favorite is Birchwood Casey Gunstock Oil for that task. It is what Musicman uses.... Sounds to become a very nice instrument btw. How do you tune a 8-string and what kinda music do you plan to play on it? Quote
asm Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 Sounds to become a very nice instrument btw. How do you tune a 8-string and what kinda music do you plan to play on it? agreed, i want to know what style your playing and where you plan on getting strings, pickups, ect. heres a 8 string, made by Nevborn in Sweden for Meshuggah: neck is frickin huge, looks bigger than a 6 string bass. insane. tuned to straight G t Quote
westhemann Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 insane i agree....it's insane that they play an instrument like that so fast too Quote
Snork Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 check out the guy playing a 10 stringer bass on the conklin site. Quote
Devon Headen Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 What strings do you put on that bugger? a 7 string set and then a bass string for the lowest note? Quote
urbansmurf Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 cheap trick's bassist has a 12 string bass crazy Quote
jbkim Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 cheap trick's bassist has a 12 string bass crazy But isn't it 3 courses of 4 strings? http://www.12stringbass.net/ Edit: or is it 4 courses of 3 string each anyway it'd be like playing a 4 string in terms of complexity. Quote
Page_Master Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 sounds interesting jammy. i hope it turns out good. i just have a few suggestions and opinions though. [i will try not to be too critical ] 26" scale length - 24 frets if i was going to build an 8 string i would have a longer scale than 26". i don't really know what you are planning to play on this axe though. it might be an ok scale length if you are planning to play something other than metal, but if you are going to play metal with this thing, try a longer scale [doesn't have to mushuggah long] but longer than 26". i would build mine at 29.5" - just shorter than a short length scale bass. just remember string will be expensive at this scale, you might even need some bass string [which aren't cheap] so keep in mind that longer scale = tighter the tension of the strings which means you will need not as thick guaged strings as a shorter scale. EMG 45 DC pickups (neck and bridge) bass pickups? their is probably a reason why you want them [i don't know why] but just my opinion [again you say?! sorry ] well since you are building a guitar with 8 strings, you might as well go the whole 9 yards and spend a little more on pickup/s. but first, about the housing. wouldn't an EMG 40 housing be sufficient enough? i mean a 6 string guitar pickup housing is about 3" long. now the 707 and 81/7 housing which is in a EMG 35 [4 string bass] housing is 3.5". now acording to normal guitar string spacing an EMG 40 [5 string bass] housing would be sufficient enough for an 8 string guitar at 4". i bet you EMG could make any of their guitar pups that would fit in a EMG 40 housing. i mean they can now make 81/7's, what is stopping them by making an 81/8 or even an 808? just make sure the pup/s have harizontal bar pieces and not vertical pole pieces. neck is frickin huge, looks bigger than a 6 string bass. insane. tuned to straight G yeah it looks really huge but it is not as big as it looks, it is just the angle of which the picture was taken. but yeah, you need a pretty big axe if you want to tune to F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb. have a look at some live meshuggah pictures for a proper understanding of its proportion. [meshuggah dudes might be tall, so it might look smaller to them.] but i think it looks a little smaller than a bass. edit in bold Quote
asm Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 yeah it looks really huge but it is not as big as it looks, it is just the angle of which the picture was taken. but yeah, you need a pretty big axe if you want to tune to F#. have a look at some live meshuggah pictures for a proper understanding of its proportion. [meshuggah dudes might be tall, so it might look smaller to them.] but i think it looks a little smaller than a bass. you might be right...to me it looks like hes not using as large of guage strings as if you 'scaled up' a 6 string. maybe like a .70 or something? maybe he can use a less wide neck since hes saving like an inch on the heel from smaller guage strings? Quote
jammy Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Posted April 1, 2004 As for the pickup choice...EMG45DC's are acutally a big EMG 85...so they work perfectly for guitar aswell I didnt want to go too long on the scale length because I wanted the higher strings still to be useable...can you imagine trying to get a high E with a 30" scale length? I have a UV and that plays fine (no "flop") so with the correct gauge string I should be fine. As for the tuning...its gonna be (high to low) e b g d a e b f# Quote
westhemann Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 no the scale length of 26" will be fine.i would think you would have a hell of a time keeping a 30" scale 8 string neck from bowing.....i am not sure of the string tension though Quote
rob Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 Isn't that guitar in the picture up the page only a 7 string? Quote
Strange Fruit Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 Isn't that guitar in the picture up the page only a 7 string? Yea, the live one is only a 7 string by the looks of it. but it cant be much bigger than that, surely... Quote
jammy Posted April 1, 2004 Author Report Posted April 1, 2004 Just browse round www.conklinguitars.com if you want inspiration on any of this extended range stuff - they've been doing it for years now Quote
BLS Posted April 1, 2004 Report Posted April 1, 2004 I like this 8 strint http://www.conklinguitars.com/bizarregalle...iwoodguitar.jpg I would never know how to approach a 8 string errrr is it still considered a guitar?? I still got alot to learn on the 6 string Hope you enjoy it though Quote
asm Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 hehe. gotta love the simplicity of the nevborn though, 8 strings, one bridge pickup, and ONE knob on the whole thing. HAHA! talk about getting the job done with minimal effort. (BUT, he is running though alot of processors after that, so maybe thats how he's doing it?) Quote
erikbojerik Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 What's with that bass player? Only 5 strings? What a weenie... Quote
BLS Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 Hes no longer in the band, they have no use for a bassist now because they have the 8 string's Quote
westhemann Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 you always have use for a bassist that's like saying they got rid of one guitarist because the other one bought a doubleneck Quote
Page_Master Posted April 2, 2004 Report Posted April 2, 2004 Hes no longer in the band, they have no use for a bassist now because they have the 8 string's dude, are you serious? Quote
jammy Posted April 8, 2004 Author Report Posted April 8, 2004 Well Jeremy has started work on the neck *dances about* Quote
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