Sharkies......who thought of them first?

[xenophobe]

No, God's name is Paul Gilbert.

God's name is Ibanez right now, at least for me.

[horns666]

No, wrong! Our true god is poon, because we do the dumbest shit to get it.

[Mazrim]

God's name is Ibanez right now, at least for me.

Only through a J Custom can one enter the kingdom of Ibanez heaven.

[xenophobe]

Jackson needs to secretly buy one of these and start reverse engineering it. If they could make one that played as nice or nicer than this, I'd buy one, no matter what it cost:

[toejam]

I'm not sure I'd know what to do with an 8-string! I do love my Carvin 7, and they do make 8s now, but I don't know that my tiny brain could utilize that 8th string very well ...
I do like Meshuggah, though.

[MetalDaze]

There's no voodoo magic in that Ibanez, is there? Jackson has certainly done some odd things when experimenting with 8's... like the way too big inline headstock and weird choices for nut sizes and scale.

I'm sure if you placed a CS order with the Meshuggah specs, it would come out just as nice or better than this.

[VanHoosen]

Haha, I'll pass on the extra strings.

[xenophobe]

There's no voodoo magic in that Ibanez, is there? Jackson has certainly done some odd things when experimenting with 8's... like the way too big inline headstock and weird choices for nut sizes and scale.

Dude. I bought this. The day it arrived I checked it out, I immediately asked for an RMA.

I'm sure if you placed a CS order with the Meshuggah specs, it would come out just as nice or better than this.

How ignorant. Build quality is phenomenal. It just doesn't have gay sparkly graphics. It's like a stripped down hot rod designed to play. I've played most of the import 7 strings on the market except for that BC Rich or Agile. They're junk compared to this. I've also owned dozens of CS Jacksons. The M8M is a fucking beast. If you've never physically examined one or played it, you have no fucking clue what you're saying.

The side markers and logo are fucking sterling silver for christ's sake. Each one is hand crafted by one individual master craftsman with no expenses spared.

I've never seen a single Jackson with fretends so well done.

I'm not sure I'd know what to do with an 8-string!

I didn't think I would either. I have enough trouble with 6. However I've spent many years playing shows as a bassist. I picked up bass in the mid 90's because everyone was a guitarist and it was easier to find gigs as a bassist. So, I'm actually able to use more of the fretboard and have an easier time using more of it than I would a 6. Go figure. It's actually EASIER to play the 8.

I'm not theory trained. However, I quickly figured out how to deal with the 8 strings. You play it like a normal 6 but index off the low G, but with your flat string two strings lower. So you need to compensate for the high G, and you need to move any string jumping two frets higher. For example, on the high e if you're doing something 10-12-13 and strike low E, you need to go high E 12-14-15 and strike low G. It works in reverse too. Sorry, I don't know how to explain this. :P

The only real problem playing 8 string is that it's more difficult to index normal 6 string stuff. I get lost on the strings sometimes, but that'll be an issue that will just take familiarization with.

It's fucking amazing. It's like my custom warwick in a way, but a 8 string guitar instead...

[vampire dark]

i'm with the 6 strings + haters.....i mainly hate the looks. don't know how they play..... but it would be fun to own a cool one

[VanHoosen]

I'm not theory trained. However, I quickly figured out how to deal with the 8 strings. You play it like a normal 6 but index off the low G, but with your flat string two strings lower. So you need to compensate for the high G, and you need to move any string jumping two frets higher. For example, on the high e if you're doing something 10-12-13 and strike low E, you need to go high E 12-14-15 and strike low G. It works in reverse too. Sorry, I don't know how to explain this. :P

Wait, so are you saying you tune the lowest string to G (major third) rather than to a 4th?

[xenophobe]

Wait, so are you saying you tune the lowest string to G (major third) rather than to a 4th?

I have no idea what that means :P

They ship tuned: F#BEADGBE

I have mine tuned flat: FA#D#G#C#F#A#D#

I was just trying how to explain how I've quickly learned to compensate for the extra low strings. I still have problems with scales in the middle of the neck so I'm just working the right things to do by trial/error. I'm getting the hang of it. At first I was having trouble jumping from the low strings to the high strings, and would end up out of key, but if I move my higher string patterns up two frets, I'm good. On the opposite, if I'm starting something on the high strings, I jump down to the lower strings, I move those notes two frets back and I'm good.

I don't know theory, I play by relative positioning and octaves. I guess playing technical death metal for so long that scales and patterns and harmonizing are positional, not by theoretical structure.

[VanHoosen]

Ah, F# to B, or F to A# in your case, is a 4th. I was going to say, having two strings tuned a major 3rd apart (like when you're going from G to B) would be weird, but would make all of the scale positions essentially the same as they are on a 6 string. But a 4th on the 8th string is what I originally assumed before reading what you had to say about a low G.

Way off from the original topic, but I'm sure doing 8 string sweeps would be pretty gnarly.

[vector]

You mock my god, Poon and his prophet Makemeasandwich? Infidels! I will riot, tear down your studios and kill your lawn ornaments!

[Whoopu2]

This majestic thought just hit me. How come no one makes dolphin fin or whale fin inlays?

[Hellbat]

The side markers and logo are fucking sterling silver for christ's sake. Each one is hand crafted by one individual master craftsman with no expenses spared.

Each side marker is crafted by a different craftsman? Seems kind of overboard, but I guess they have to justify the costs somehow...









I hope they are cleared over somehow, having to polish the logo and sidemarkers would be a bitch. My classical has copper ones and I'm forever wiping green corrosion off the top of them.