Lets talk about those 7 string twangers.

[kmanick]

He's redone the neck joint on the bolt ons.
I will be ordering a Bernie Rico Jr. CS 7 pretty soon. I've played a bunch of his 7's and the necks and build quality are just top notch.
I've been thur just about every Schecter 7 (no thanks , althought I did like my Loomis)
I've had 4 Ibanez 7620's I currently have one now and I love it.
I had an Ibanez J-custom 8527 that was just killer but for the cost of those, I'd rather just add a little more and get a Rico jr. so I sold that too (awesome neck on it though)
and my workhorse my Carvin DC727.
My favorite 7, I replaced the trem with an OFR and have a BK nailbomb in the bridge and a Coldsweat in the neck. Just a killer guitar.
the 7620's need a pickup upgrade and then they are real good solid guitars.
my last one had a BK MiracleMan in the bridge and a duncan jazz in the neck. I wish I had kept that one, my current one has an Evo 7 and an air Norton in it.
my carvin

my 7620

the J-custom I just sold

[ken]

Thanks for the heads up on the neck-joint Nick. I must have missed the NGD thread for you J-Custom. Man that's sweet. The fretboard looks like ebony, but I presume it's not? Love the off-set dots. My RG7EXFX2-IPT has them too. That's almost the same, right?

[kmanick]

Thanks for the heads up on the neck-joint Nick. I must have missed the NGD thread for you J-Custom. Man that's sweet. The fretboard looks like ebony, but I presume it's not? Love the off-set dots. My RG7EXFX2-IPT has them too. That's almost the same, right?

Yessirreeee. the fret board is rosewood.
It was a nice guitar, but I just didn't bond with it , the frets were smaller than I liked and the EMGs (although they sounded good in this guitar)
kind of made it a one dimensional guitar for me.
It's gone , in California now.

[ToneZone]

He's redone the neck joint on the bolt ons.
I will be ordering a Bernie Rico Jr. CS 7 pretty soon. I've played a bunch of his 7's and the necks and build quality are just top notch.
I've been thur just about every Schecter 7 (no thanks , althought I did like my Loomis)
I've had 4 Ibanez 7620's I currently have one now and I love it.
I had an Ibanez J-custom 8527 that was just killer but for the cost of those, I'd rather just add a little more and get a Rico jr. so I sold that too (awesome neck on it though)
and my workhorse my Carvin DC727.
My favorite 7, I replaced the trem with an OFR and have a BK nailbomb in the bridge and a Coldsweat in the neck. Just a killer guitar.
the 7620's need a pickup upgrade and then they are real good solid guitars.
my last one had a BK MiracleMan in the bridge and a duncan jazz in the neck. I wish I had kept that one, my current one has an Evo 7 and an air Norton in it.
my carvin

my 7620

the J-custom I just sold

I love the Carvin. I had one once. I concidered buying one. I've owned a six string carvin. This one:

[kmanick]

ya that Carvin DC727 gets the most playtime outof all of my gutiars.
it sounds killer and it's effortless to play.

[Trem]

i got my vixen last week
it is a killer guitar overall, setup ect is flawless, ton of natural sustain.
i like the back of the neck neck profile and the feel, but the frets are medium/small thin and that i don't like, also the emg but i knew i would change those anyway.

unfortunatly if they are going for 900 bucks, i just spent 200 too much.
as i don't think i'm gonna keep it, so there's 200 plus down the drain - i did however want to try one for a long time now so i guess i got that :|

900 bucks is a steal for them tho as is 1100 bucks, excellent built and set up impeccable.

i'm sure his customs are the best money can buy along the quality lines of any custom builder out there.

back on the 7 string track, i love my ibanez 7321 stock pickups and all - it's the only one that would fit me since it's the only one that has the 7 wizardII neck - which feels perfect, not too fat not too thin and doesn't get real wide from width at nut to 24th fret "E to E" - very comfortable transition to a 7, and strings stay close together, i like it better than my six strings with floyds now, the string spacing feels perfect to my picking hand.

before i thought my problem was that i felt that jackson and other necks were too wide nut to last fret E to E, but now i know it's more the string spacing that i felt uncomfortable with, i think any guitars from now on for me will be hardtails with a narrow string spacing.

i think back now when i was younger playing, and always had trouble with landing my pick comfortably from string to string - and i always had a floyd - never knew and it probably held me back considerably because it would frusterate me really bad till i would put it down thinking maybe i just didn't have the coordination or something - and now in only what almost 2 years playing again now i'm much better at it when playing a hardtail than i was after 10 years of playing on a floyd :|
been nice to figure that out then, it literally tortured me till i quit. fek.

[Mikernaut2]

That J custom is certainly a beauty. I think Rico jr's build times are around 4 months roughly. Mine did take longer as he wasn't happy with the way the charcoal stain turned out so he redid the whole guitar.

I do believe the $900 ones are the hybrids and not full on Rico's. For the hybrid's the initial wood work is done in Korea.

I can't say enough good things about the quality, it practically plays itself. It's soo alive with tone and sustain. Rico customs are usually under 3k unless you shop at Boogie St music.

Ordered this thru Nick at the Axe Palace. ( he's got 4 vixens himself)

( and obviously this is my 6er. the 7 is still being built)

[ken]

That charcoal stain on quilt is drool-worthy. Reminds me of the finish on Dan Spitz RR. Beautiful.

[kmanick]

that charcoal stain is smoking!
I've played all of Nicks Vixens (Axe-Palace) and that's what sealed the deal for me as far far as wanting a rico Jr. 7 for myself.
I'm not a fan of the Vixen body shape but the necks on all 4 of his all play like butter
and Bernies fret work is just flat out gorgeous.
Is your 7 going to be a jekyll?

[Mikernaut2]

Yeah, I'm getting a 7 string, string-thru Jekyll, in a bright color , white binding around the whole thing , with Bare Knuckles. can't wait for it.

[ToneZone]

NGD!!!! Agile Interceptor 725 Blue Flame

My guitar has arrived. What do you think?










A little review:

It plays well. It really does, but the floyd is not intonated yet. It works, though. Keeps in tune. The EMG's sounds awesome. But the guitar doesn't scream or sings like my Jackson's does.
Compared to the Ibanez's I've tried, this thing actually plays just as well.
I'm really surprised how well it plays.

[ken]

Congrats! Looks great. I'm glad it plays well, even if it requires a set up.

How are you finding the 27" scale? I think it's great for the high notes, as well as giving good string tension with light strings and low tuning.

[P I K A]

Ken thats the 25.5 scale.
Tone what do I think? I think I should have bought that before you , it looks great. Confirms what the 7 string community has been sayin that agiles are good guitars.
Looks like Ill be buyin one after all too,just waiting for the site to get more 25.5's. All thats left is those 27's.

[ToneZone]

Ken thats the 25.5 scale.
Tone what do I think? I think I should have bought that before you , it looks great. Confirms what the 7 string community has been sayin that agiles are good guitars.
Looks like Ill be buyin one after all too,just waiting for the site to get more 25.5's. All thats left is those 27's.

I believe the black flame is still available? It is the 25.5" scale. It's what I'm used to. It's a guitar I do recommend. If I'm getting a back-up, it'll be another agile...

[ken]

Oops, thought you went for the 727, not 725.

If you're getting another, you might want to wait until the new year. One of these popped up last night and was promptly bought. It suggests they'll get neck, headstock & body binding next year, but with a move from alder to basswood:



http://www.rondomusic.com/interceptorneckthrutgr.html

It was really cheap (500 inc. case), but they early ones of a new model often are.