Members Aaron SS Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 It's here! Pros: -Unbeatable for the price IMO ($419 shipped BRAND NEW) -Pickups are great for distorted tones, nice balance and clarity -Very nice neck contour that I find extremely comfortable. I've read of people disliking the heel but while unnecessarily square I have no problems with it -Lightweight - no back-breaker here -Tuners - they're Grovers, enough said -The finish is one my favorites and the overall fit, finish and setup were nice Cons: -Not too keen on the clean tones but this is coming from a 6 string maple neck/fretboard tele player so take that as you'd like. I'm going to try running it into a zvex super hard on to see if that livens it up a bit. -This is super nit-picky but the black chrome hardware that Schecter uses looks terrible after it's been used for a while. Chrome would've been a better choice but again this is just an aesthetic issue. While I'm still in the honeymoon phase with this guitar I can honestly say I'd highly recommend it. For the price it just can't be matched IMO - affordable 8 string with EMG 808's for the price of a MIM Fender. Video to come but I need to tweak my setup a bit more to do any sort of justice to this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 cool a-rod. now go do some meshuggah covers lawl. and pshawww to the brootz crowd only! charlie hunter in yo face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members renula Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 Paul Gilbert wouldnt approve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jisatsu Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 Nice! I'd love to try an 8 string guitar. I might have to look into these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 great i am not shecter fan, but solid stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted October 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 cool a-rod. now go do some meshuggah covers lawl. and pshawww to the brootz crowd only! charlie hunter in yo face. Moar like drop tuned Porcupine Tree and Deftones but ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITEFLY182 Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 If the neck joint was a little better I might have considered one as a shorter scale alternative to my 2228. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratedge09 Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 DAYUM, that looks pretty sweet dude. I'd def hit that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted October 6, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 If the neck joint was a little better I might have considered one as a shorter scale alternative to my 2228. I'd reconsider it. The neck joint could've been executed better but I definitely don't have any issues with reaching the higher frets and I think that's large in part to the really great neck profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drifter182 Posted October 6, 2011 Members Share Posted October 6, 2011 why brootz only? you could play some sweet jazz on that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 What's the scale length on that mother? I want to tune one BEADGBEA and use it for funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted October 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 What's the scale length on that mother? I want to tune one BEADGBEA and use it for funk. 26.5. I prefer 27"+ (my intrepid was something like 28.625 or something nuts) but its really comfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bradino Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 8 strings intrigue me but every time i grab one to play the learning curve just makes me put it down. i love the deep sound tho. a lot. congrats man! looks sick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moustache_Bash Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 I wanna hear some beautiful, complex chord progressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted October 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 I wanna hear some beautiful, complex chord progressions. http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zygoat Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Woah, congrats man. Looks really nice to me. I played an 8 back when they first started showing up in stores, i was pretty intimidated by it, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bradino Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleaders This. So freaking this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted October 7, 2011 Author Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Woah, congrats man. Looks really nice to me. I played an 8 back when they first started showing up in stores, i was pretty intimidated by it, haha. I tried some of the early models from a few companies and the only company that got it right out of the gate was Agile IMO. I wanted the ESP/LTD Stephen Carpenter sig to be awesome but I just didn't dig it at all which is why getting this is pretty awesome because it can hang with the Agile that was quite a bit more expensive. It seems like they're finally getting the 8 string designs right at the right price - Schecter anyway. I think when I go back to Snax FX land my clean tone issue will be fixed because I can really dial it in. This is going to sound nuts but right now I'm running Schecter > M9 > Fender Superchamp XD > Earcandy 1x12 and getting pretty great distorted sounds, the clean still needs work. Settings (for drop tuned m9'ers) : Line 6 Drive > Para EQ. The pure clean tones are the ones I need to work as I've got a pretty atmospheric sounding patch with a pitch vibrato and tape echo that sounds pretty great. Tomorrow I'll put it through the paces on the big boy setup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITROHOLIC Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 i wanna do some doom on one soooo bad. . . . but then i think its doom i only need 3 strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AidyCM Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Naaaah... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Not sure how to feel about this. Although now I am slightly tempted to try and do 8-string shoegaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 crabcore crowd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChuckNorris1982 Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Whilst I don't think I'd use it in the band I really kinda want an 8 string to mess about on at home. That Schecter looks really nice, but I cannot get down with those inlays. Bargain price though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slaws Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Nice dude, I got mine yesterday too. I'm pretty intimidated by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted October 7, 2011 Members Share Posted October 7, 2011 Looks sweet man. I have enough issues playing 6 strings, 8 would probably just confuse the hell out of me. But it looks really solid. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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