Canuck Brian

What about doing the guitar witt the flat black and silver bevels? It could make it look more like a big angry axe/sword/stabby thing....

Finally some progress.....

I got the fretboard on, neck tapered and pickup routes done. I also got the shape closer to the template with my new spindle sander.

And the back of the neck ..Rough shaping

The EMG extended series pickups are essentially EMG 85's with bigger coils in a bigger housing. Give EMG a call, that's what they'll tell ya.

I've got the DC 45 for 6 string basses in my 8 string and the high strings sound awesome.

I'd go the EMG route. Less hassle, no ebay and you dont' have to worry about pole piece alignment because it's two big bars.

Hey all,

Just to revive a dead thread, I recently checked out Century Mills in Stouffville. Outstanding people there and they've got lots of really exotic woods, beautiful maples and great prices. They're really reasonable there for sizes and gave me a few on the spot discounts! Check em out!

http://www.centurymill.com/home.html

take a bridge model JB 7 and stick it in the neck. I did that with two of my Ibanez's, once by fluke (wrong pickup received) and once on purpose after i plugged in the first guitar with the wrong pickup.

Excellent!

I live in Canada. Thanks again for the info Thirsty!!!

There's a whole thread on the Novak patent over at TB. As it turns out, Novak's way of calculating the fanned fret positions is not nearly as accurate (intonation) as choosing two different scales for the top and bottom strings, and connecting them.

Sooo if i did it, he woudln't be owed any cash? That's quite nice.

That looks awesome! Is that a purpleheart nut?

Doesn't Novak have a patent on that though? I was considering it once but I've heard things here and there that you need to pay Novak for the use of it.

I use a 60 gauge string on my 8 string at 25.5 scale length. It's a little on the loose side, but i wouldn't call it unacceptable. I slapped one on my buddies' baritone Stephen Carpenter LTD (27") and it was pretty much perfect.

I can't wait to see this thing in production. I'm loving the lower spike on that thing and I think the deep green is going to look amazing on this.

Any ETA for starting the body?

Any chance you could do a render with an inline headstock? I'm really curious to know what that would look like.

I failed to really get into that band......mostly because they were terrible.

What i've never understood about the whole black metal scene is.....how really scary and frightening can you really be....playing a guitar. "Look at me!!! I have bad makeup on and I have a guitar!! I'm evil! GRRRRR!!!!!"

I dunno. I just don't dig it. I think Cradle of Filth is about as "black metal" as i'll ever get.

Wow that is a bad arse git! Do you what tuning he will be in? The only ones I have seen that use 8-string gits are Meshuggah and they are in F# I believe...

Rusty Cooley is another 8 string maniac......

I love this build and the headstock rocks man. I'm assuming your using the low F#?

Wow! Nice job!

How many coats of the spray laquer did you end up shooting? Just curious because my first clear coat will have to be with the cans...

I was definitely leaning more towards the 7 string tune o matic with string thrus. I've got the bridge piece already, but i've also got another hipshot 7. Both are in gold though....

I've also got a 7 string lo pro edge in black. I talked to Kahler and I'd be looking around 600 USD for a custom kahler 7.

Thanks again for the nice words guys!

Deadly - dude, to say that I inspired you put the biggest smile on my face man, thanks.

On a different note, i also have this big slab of zebrawood that I got for 50 bucks. It's about 48 inches long and 1/2 inch thick. I have NO idea what to do with this. The prices on Zebrawood is usually nuts, so i thought this was kind of a steal.

Any ideas I was leaning at a neck thru multilam neck, hockey stick inline 6 headstock, mahogany wings with zebrawood caps on them.... black hardware.... but that's using less than a 3rd of this, probably less....

Maybe zebrawood neck laminates on a neckthru?

So this one....not sure what the hardware's gonna be. I managed to pick up this big 1.15 inch slab of flamed maple for 18 bucks, so i resawed it and now i've got this 1/2 inch maple bookmatched cap. I used the same body design as my 8 string (which has more progress!) but i'm unsure if this will be fixed bridge, floyd, kahler.....

The the other 1.25 inches is mahogany. Also - the line down the center is actually pencil, not a huge gap!

Finally some progress on this one.

Well here's the guitar in it's current state. I did the fretboard already and inlaid this design i liked, but i think it looks like poop, so i'm redoing the whole fretboard.

So it's all mahogany!

string thru with a tune o matic bridge would look awesome. Keep the long part of the fretboard though, adds to the whole design.

Here's a question (after using the search feature)

How do you do the faded bevels that brew mentioned, similar to the ones on a Rhodes? I can't find a single thing on how to do it.

I posted.

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well chances are that with a 23.5" scale on the high strings there is a high A on this guitar!

I meant the low F# on teh 25.5 scale. I went out and got another big string and got it to intonate properly on my 8 string.....still sounds like a wet fart.

I'll post a pic when i get everything in the same room....

Amp
Randall RH250 (2004) 250 watts of fun!
Boss GX-700
Furman Power Conditioner
Behringer Racktuner
Behringer V-Amp Pro
BBE 462 Sonic Maximizer
Behringer 4x12 (actually sounds good!)

Guitars

2006 BGW 8 String now strung F# - E (EMG DC45)
1999 Ibanez RG7620 (Dimarzio Evolutions in white)
1994 Ibanez RG570 (Emg 89, SA, 89)
1992 Ibanez RG770 (Duncan Parallel Axis in all 3 positions) - Main guitar... i love this thing...
1993 Ibanez RG550 currently in pieces
1995 Yamaha RGX 621 (EMG 81, EMG SA, EMG H, Full neck scallop)
Charvel Model 3 w/ Kahler (EMG 81/SA/SA)

What's really sad is that less than 2 years ago, I didn't have any of this gear because I'd taken a 5 year hiatus on guitar....which was incredibly stupid.

I think i'm going to go restring my 8...... how the heck did they get the F# to intonate properly i wonder...

For the more shredder oriented types, check out www.chopsfromhell.com. Neat website with lots of online tutorials.

My required effects are reverb and delay.

I'm currently running the high gain stage out of my randall RH250 and a boss GX700 (basically a whole bunch of boss pedals in one rackmount unit) and a BBE 462. Haven't really seen the need for anything else....

I was considering a Wah pedal, but i can't find one that I dig on. I'd be looking for one with a really exaggerated wah to it with a large sweep. Any recommendations? I was going to check out the Vai Bad Horsie down at the big guitar store here.

If you could do a refinish on the top of it, put a quilted maple veneer on it with trans blue, and I send you a fretboard for you to install on it, I would buy it for a good price =]

I have a ton of guitar parts, lots of 6 string necks/pickups and such, random stuff.. if you were interested

Sorry man, i'm really not up to refinishing this thing.

You could take it and refinish it!

Originally i was going to use the lo-pro edge 7 (thought i'd say it's not a TRS), but I'm seriously kinda done with Floyds. I looked at my two floyd equipped Ibanez's and wondered when the last time was that I actually used the bar.

So if you want the trem, i'll make it available. Throw out an offer and we'll see what we can do.