Guitar Player's Thread
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Mystique1721
bass solo, take one
lol never heard of 7 or 8 string classicals!! 
Zakk, yeah D tuning for my own compositions. I'm gonna check out the pro arte, thanks.
and everyone seems to have their own preference/good experience with different brands of cables....maybe it's just a hit or miss thing.
Zakk, yeah D tuning for my own compositions. I'm gonna check out the pro arte, thanks.
and everyone seems to have their own preference/good experience with different brands of cables....maybe it's just a hit or miss thing.
The Emptier
t3h b3aSt0rZ
7 strings were actually very popular back in the day, especially with brazilian and latin american music/composers. Raphael Rabello is a great example of a 7 string player, he was the best...and unfortunately died way too early
Bartolex makes 7+ string classicals, and I've been looking at them myself actually..
They're cheap/affordable for their specs, i guess
Not that many 7+ string classical guitar makers nowadays, bar the custom instruments
$1300 and up, at http://www.bartolexusa.com/
In the end it's too expensive for me though, as I'm not really a classical player so it would only be novelty for me. 1300 usd is too steep just for novelty
They're cheap/affordable for their specs, i guess
Not that many 7+ string classical guitar makers nowadays, bar the custom instruments
$1300 and up, at http://www.bartolexusa.com/
In the end it's too expensive for me though, as I'm not really a classical player so it would only be novelty for me. 1300 usd is too steep just for novelty
I have chocks of wood blocking my trem as I rarely use it, just wondering if I got a brass block and chocked it would it be pointless or would it enhance the sustain? Probably a question for a physicist but wondering if anyone's done it and noticed a difference.
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Yeah though the sustain block in the strat trem isn't connecting with the body. It's still sitting in free air right?
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Yeah that's what I've done but with smaller bits of wood - it was a rush job to get it stabilised in time for recording.
I guess with longer strips of wood like in the pic it will give better tone and just wondering if changing the sustain block to brass will have any noticeable effect.
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eveningninja
Skull Kid
Have any of you ever played the Kevin Bond rhoads model? I think it started selling around the same time the RR24 did? I love the bright/neon-ish green bevels (it also comes in red), but the main reason it intrigues me is that it's made of Mahogany. Pretty much all RR's are alder/maple , and normally I'd have to get a LP or Explorer or some kind of stratshaped guitar to have Mahog.
The Emptier
t3h b3aSt0rZ
Have any of you ever played the Kevin Bond rhoads model? I think it started selling around the same time the RR24 did? I love the bright/neon-ish green bevels (it also comes in red), but the main reason it intrigues me is that it's made of Mahogany. Pretty much all RR's are alder/maple , and normally I'd have to get a LP or Explorer or some kind of stratshaped guitar to have Mahog.
So glad you posted this picture. Never seen this before but that is exactly how I want to have my LTD repainted once I have the lower wing cut shorter like the Japanese models. now I can just take that picture to my luthier and not have to explain it all to him.
The main reason I picked up my Xiphos was because of the Mahogany body. I guess it's as close as I can get to RR shape and have Mahogany...or should I say the cheapest way. Could always hack off the horns near the neck and it would basically be a RR shaped guitar and have mahogany body and neck, but it has a rosewood fret board. I don't mind, but some hate them.
Gucking Fod
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eveningninja
Skull Kid
Yeah, I wish it was inlay-less, although that's pretty much how I feel about most guitars. The only inlays I truly enjoy opposed to having a blank fretboard are classic dots and the ESP Horizon markers. The body, finish, fretboard material, bridge type, headstock - are all more aesthetically important to me than inlays, so the pentagrams don't really "break" the guitar for me.
^^ Rob, yeah - to be honest on the right guitar and with good enough material, Rosewood fretboards are great. Most people are used to seeing cheap Rosewood on cheap production guitars. On the contrary: http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/standard-guitars/161121-ngd-esp-cygnus-leda-signature-model.html <-- I'm glad that has a Rosewood fretboard, the vintage feel it gives is awesome. Ebony would make it look more generic in this case. Also, while it's not a HUGE determination of tone, it does affect tone, as does every single thing on your guitar, so it's not just about aesthetics.
^^ Rob, yeah - to be honest on the right guitar and with good enough material, Rosewood fretboards are great. Most people are used to seeing cheap Rosewood on cheap production guitars. On the contrary: http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/standard-guitars/161121-ngd-esp-cygnus-leda-signature-model.html <-- I'm glad that has a Rosewood fretboard, the vintage feel it gives is awesome. Ebony would make it look more generic in this case. Also, while it's not a HUGE determination of tone, it does affect tone, as does every single thing on your guitar, so it's not just about aesthetics.
marfal66
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Gucking Fod
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Have any of you ever played the Kevin Bond rhoads model? I think it started selling around the same time the RR24 did? I love the bright/neon-ish green bevels (it also comes in red), but the main reason it intrigues me is that it's made of Mahogany. Pretty much all RR's are alder/maple , and normally I'd have to get a LP or Explorer or some kind of stratshaped guitar to have Mahog.
Mahogany-Strat?? Never played one
