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09-03-2007, 01:37 PM
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| White North Shredder   Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,684
Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Need more strings.... Main ERG: Custom 8 strings (B-A) Rig: Carvin MTS+LoC TS7 Thanked: 5
 | My 8 string Completed! Rather than posting in my build thread, I found it better to start a new thread  Heres the build thread: My 8 string build:) This guitar was obviously built with esthetics coming last, and functionality and playability coming first, it is tuned BEADGBEA with 27 Dunlop super jumbo 6000 frets, the electronics are EMG40HZ 5 string bass p/us which serve its purpose, but will be upgraded to EMG 808's in the near future. The control layout is simple, a 3 way LP style toggle switch within very easy reach, s I switch from bridge to neck p/u quite often, and a single volume knob placed out of the way but within easy reach, the bridge is a Hipshot fixed bridge(Big thanks to Canuck Bryan!  ) and the neck was made by Mike Sherman It's constructed out of a maple/purpleheart laminate and has a macassar ebony fretboard with RG1527 style size dot inlays, thanks to the darkness of the ebony you cant see the dots from more than 4 feet away making it appear to have no inlays also is about 2mm thinner overall compared to the RG2228 as it was designed after the UV7BKs neck.The cutaway is similar to Cooleys Dean Model hence its odd shape, it has been sculpted so much and so deeply you hand almost never makes any contact with it even with the most extreme legato work  Overall it it has a very Conklinish look to it. The scale is 25.5" and with Garry Goodmans extrordinary .006 string it tunes to high A with no problem, Ive bent it a step up, applied Cooley style alternate picking, tapped like a madman and the string still holds up With the 6000 frets you have to be careful and play with a light touch though as you cant feel the fret board wood underneath your finger tips, any hard pressure applied will cause the string to go sharp so a light touch is recommended. Anyway on with the pics:                   Such pain, I must help...deepen it   |
 
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09-03-2007, 01:48 PM
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| I am with Jesus!  Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: São Paulo-Brazil Posts: 464
Real Name: Kayroz Main Seven: Halo BH-VII Rig: Digitech 2120 VGS Thanked: 3
 | One pretty thing... CONGRATS, MAN! Neck-thrus are simply soooo beautiful! Clips! Clips! It's the first time I see a guitar housing bass' pus... made me curious. Will it be pure djent? I´ve a Swamp Ash neck-thru 7 and I really dig its voicing and brightness. What led you to this wood choice? |
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09-03-2007, 01:51 PM
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| White North Shredder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,684
Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Need more strings.... Main ERG: Custom 8 strings (B-A) Rig: Carvin MTS+LoC TS7 Thanked: 5
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 Remeber I have a high A as opposed to low F#, so I tend to lean toward lead work, but plenty of rythym will be administered . Its sounds great with the passive bass EMGs, from what Im told the active ones dont sound as great in a guitar, according ot mike Sherman these pickups are suitably voiced for guitar rather than bass, and I have to agree with him on thatBTW Rusty Cooley uses 2 diff. active bass pickups in his conklin 8 | |
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09-03-2007, 02:10 PM
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| White North Shredder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,684
Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Need more strings.... Main ERG: Custom 8 strings (B-A) Rig: Carvin MTS+LoC TS7 Thanked: 5
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09-03-2007, 03:26 PM
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| Snake Nut Guitar Tech   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,158
Main Seven: UV7BK w/M7 Main ERG: RG2228 w/M8 Rig: PODX3L -> VHT 2/90/2 Thanked: 21
 | That looks badass Adam, congrats! Now you need to adjust the intonation on those saddles  Please be kind to snakes. They can't help it.  |
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09-03-2007, 04:15 PM
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| White North Shredder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,684
Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Need more strings.... Main ERG: Custom 8 strings (B-A) Rig: Carvin MTS+LoC TS7 Thanked: 5
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09-03-2007, 04:16 PM
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| White North Shredder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,684
Real Name: Adam Main Seven: Need more strings.... Main ERG: Custom 8 strings (B-A) Rig: Carvin MTS+LoC TS7 Thanked: 5
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