My Ibanez S8QM-TGB NGD Review and Mods

[UnstableinLINY]

Got my new axe last week but I waited to post up until I finished all the modifications and made a video review/modification timeline.

Here is the youtube review:

Well there she is!

Model:
Ibanez S8QM-TGB

Mods:

Shielded wiring
Copper Shielding
Custom Pickup Covers
Bill Lawrence L-705 Pickup
Filed Tuning Shaft (86GA Circle K Low E String)
Space Invader Inlay Stickers (yeah yeah)

 

[Daf57]

Ha! Love the Space Invader stickers! Congrats on the new axe and nice job with the mods!

 

[Dawn of the Shred]

Congrats man! like the inlays

 

[Deadnightshade]

Call me crazy but while I don't like pickup rings,these make a nice contrast and go well with the inlays!Nice mods buddy looks cool

 

[UnstableinLINY]

Two weeks in and I am still loving this guitar. I don't know if it is just me but I a) am really getting a feel for the extra low string & b) notice that the thumb over the top is something I am dong a lot less.

 

[Empryrean]

Wha! I really love what you did with your inlays, I did something similar with my guitar as well

 

[CrashRG]

Very nice man! Just got the chance to play an S8 at Guitar Center yesterday......I wish they would have put those stock pickups from the S8 in the RG8, which leads my broke ass to ask what you did with your stock bridge and if you'd like to part with it? lol

 

[UnstableinLINY]

Very nice man! Just got the chance to play an S8 at Guitar Center yesterday......I wish they would have put those stock pickups from the S8 in the RG8, which leads my broke ass to ask what you did with your stock bridge and if you'd like to part with it? lol

It's a goner. In order to mockup the profile on the Bill Lawrence and cut off the excess plastic to allow it to fit, I had to destroy the base plate.

Hindsite I wish I would have used paper but I wanted to be 100% certain I had the exact spacing and profile. Other wise I risked loosing 100 bucks on the new pickup.

TO be honest I think you are better off saving a couple bucks and getting a Deathbar by Lace. If I didn't brave this mod and put in the work I would have went with that instead. The BL was a gamble but paid off.

 

[Shimme]

Sweet! I've been suffering GAS for my first 8-string for a while now and have been thinking about either this or cheaping out on a RG8, and you're not helping me make good choices with my money!

Glad that your mods turned out well, it sounds nice and the whole look of it with the covers, stickers and the bar pickup is awesome!

VHNGD!

 

[CrashRG]

It's a goner. In order to mockup the profile on the Bill Lawrence and cut off the excess plastic to allow it to fit, I had to destroy the base plate.

Hindsite I wish I would have used paper but I wanted to be 100% certain I had the exact spacing and profile. Other wise I risked loosing 100 bucks on the new pickup.

TO be honest I think you are better off saving a couple bucks and getting a Deathbar by Lace. If I didn't brave this mod and put in the work I would have went with that instead. The BL was a gamble but paid off.

It's all good man! Glad it worked out for you though! I'd play my RG8 more but the stocks just lack EVERYTHING considering Ibanez cheaped out and used ....ing bass pickups on it.

 

[Defect Noises]

cool video man

 

[UnstableinLINY]

Thanks, took me a while to put together. 2 months in everything is still sounding good.