[maliciousteve]

[Nik]

Originally Posted by Seven

This is what I know guys:

Edge FX8
EMG808's
Rosewood w/ Dot Inlays

Don't forget 30" scale and black finish (I think the latter was confirmed somewhere).

Anyhow, I'd like to take a moment and bitch about how damn ugly those giant fret-markers look. I would've hoped that, since Meshuggah helped develop the production Ibby 8, they might've gone with a blank fretboard. Or at least tiny fret-markers. The tiny fret-dots on my RG1527 are pure sex, and they'd look much better than this entry-level-Squier-crap:

[Ryan]

Wah wah wah. I just want a quality instrument to record some F-tuned DM with \m/\m/

[VforVendetta00]

Originally Posted by Ryan

Wah wah wah. I just want a quality instrument to record some F-tuned DM with \m/\m/

u tell him ry4n! i hope u get one and u laydown da deathmetal goodness!!

[darren]

[negativepants]

If you need big honkin' inlays on an 8-string, you have no business playing an 8 in the first place. DOTS ARE FOR THE WEAK.

And the same goes for you guys that are whining about the 30" scale length. Don't you think the WIDTH OF THE FRETBOARD might be a bit more of a limiting factor than the space between the first few frets? Do you really think you're going to be playing lots of complex first-position chord shapes on this beast? Get serious.

[/negativepants]

[D-EJ915]

At least they could've spaced the dots so they were in-between the strings...

[Scott]

Man, thank god for Halo and Oni guitars...

I'm half tempted to sell all my ibanez guitars (Read: All but one of my guitars) And get a halo and an oni 8. I'm just so tired of Ibanez...

Not That I was expecting a lefty 8 from ibanez, but a lefty SOMETHING would be nice

[metalfiend666]

Originally Posted by darren

[negativepants]And the same goes for you guys that are whining about the 30" scale length. Don't you think the WIDTH OF THE FRETBOARD might be a bit more of a limiting factor than the space between the first few frets? Do you really think you're going to be playing lots of complex first-position chord shapes on this beast? Get serious.

[/negativepants]

I'm not too worried about the width as I won't be doing uber-complex chords, but I do use frets 1-3-5 in runs which is neigh on impossible on a 30" scale even with my long fingers. From playing the Blackmachine 8's I know I won't be interested in this if it's over a 28" scale. 30" is just a short scale bass.

[Mr. S]

well its good news, but the dots kinda make it look cheap so i dunno mabye it will be a korean jobby, but to be honnest im not to fussed about owning one anymore but i'd still like to give one a go

[Roundhouse_Kick]

Its awesome that they might actually be making this, but I agree with everyone about the dots. They look awful! They make the guitar look so cheap, and I thought ibanez had cracked that nut when they halved the size of all the fretboard dots a couple of years ago. Apparently not......

If it wasn't going to be so damn expensive I might be less inclined to complain about a feature that makes it look cheap-as-chips, but I wouldnt want to drop 2k on an instrument and hate the look of the fretboard!

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