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Originally Posted by AngelVivaldi

I think I'd get a UV. I try to find somethin' unique in every RG I get. I usually do some work on each of my axes too.

Grant it, the UV is a Vai Signature- but it's not something he uses on stage EVER, i dont think anyway.

To Angel: Thanks for saying in few sentences what I could bareliy get out in a paragraph and a half of rambling (something about those late night post responses, but I digress...).

However, I disagree about the UV being a Vai sig, we (may) understand the history of the UV because in essence we're guitar geeks, but the UV stopped being a sig for Vai for the exact reason you mentioned above, he doesn't play them. His inconsistent use of the UV caused, at least in a small way, public perspective of the brand associated with that guitar to shift to someone else. For iinstance, when I see a black UV with green pickups, I'm more likely to think of Trey from Morbid Angel, before I think of Vai.

Originally Posted by distressed_romeo

When you think about it, it's wierd considering the number of teenagers who were into nu-metal. You'd think most of the big guitar companies would have wanted to capitalise on that and make some sevens 14 year olds could convince their parents to buy...

Actually they did, around the turn of the Millenium. Most of the big guitar compaines around the time where cranking out 7 strings models of some sort. Even Fender has a 7 string Squire, which actually wasn't that bad, save for the bat sized neck and squirrelly cosmetics. I knew the end was coming when ESP started to introduce midlevel models like the 307 series, and those poor guitars just sat on the racks for months. They just wouldn't move, too bad too, they were killer.

[AngelVivaldi]

Took me a good three drafts before I posted that haha

[distressed_romeo]

Originally Posted by psyphre

Actually they did, around the turn of the Millenium. Most of the big guitar compaines around the time where cranking out 7 strings models of some sort. Even Fender has a 7 string Squire, which actually wasn't that bad, save for the bat sized neck and squirrelly cosmetics. I knew the end was coming when ESP started to introduce midlevel models like the 307 series, and those poor guitars just sat on the racks for months. They just wouldn't move, too bad too, they were killer.

Actually, you're right. I once saw one of those Squier sevens in a music store and contemplated getting it as a back-up guitar, as it looked very nice for the price. I got my first seven at a huge discount about the time they started going out of fashion...