Would you buy an RG8? - Page 2

nuno · #16 09-26-2006, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Myst and rain

By the way, who's Tak?

TAK = Takashi Hosono, master builder at Ibanez Custom Shop. i.e. the man.

**GilkyBear** · #17 09-26-2006, 05:09 AM

I said maybe, I better try a 7 string first

nienturi · #18 09-26-2006, 05:17 AM

No, 7 is ok&welcome but 8... Not, imo

Myst and rain · #19 09-27-2006, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Myst and rain

By the way, who's Tak? Kind regards,
Myst and rain

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Originally Posted by nuno

TAK = Takashi Hosono, master builder at Ibanez Custom Shop. i.e. the man.

Thanks.

fettouhi · #20 10-05-2006, 03:17 PM

RG8 Lefty YUMMY!!!

Regards

André

tTz · #21 10-05-2006, 03:20 PM

An RG8 would be interesting, though I'm pretty sceptical of just how much practical use I'd get out of the 8th string. That said, it would be a pretty cool toy to have for general messing around with, and it's not like anyone would be forced to use the low string if they didn't want to...

If they had a high and a low end model, like the RG7321, then I'd definitely try out a cheap low end one at some point, to test the waters. I doubt I'd buy a really expensive one, especially if it cost more than an equivalent 7 or 6 stringer.

Roland · #22 10-08-2006, 02:28 PM

Unless they come loaded with high-end 8-string pickups like the Lundgren M8's or similiar, I'll leave them be.

ibanez2005 · #23 10-08-2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by katrina

How do you but something??

~ Katrina

I can show you if you want

Lefty Robb · #24 10-08-2006, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Roland

Unless they come loaded with high-end 8-string pickups like the Lundgren M8's or similiar, I'll leave them be.

Wow, those are cool pickups, did you check out those clips on there website? Felipe Rodriguez is a monster player...

Distantshore · #25 10-08-2006, 04:15 PM

No, I can barley play a six.

ChopTart · #26 10-08-2006, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Distantshore

No, I can barley play a six.

+1

BozTheK · #27 10-11-2006, 10:13 AM

I said no, i played a universe once or twice and thought it was confusing and i never used the extra string properly. I would not buy an RG8 unless it was VERY cheap. and seeing as no decent guitar will ever be VERY cheap, even if it was i wouldn't buy it cos then it would probably not be any good.

**elcid** · #28 10-11-2006, 11:13 AM

I would think an 8 string would just bring more Korns and Limp Bizkits instead of more people actually suing it to do more than chug on the low strings.
I guess some guitar players are on a never ending search for the brown note.

Demogorgos · #29 10-11-2006, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by eelblack2

Definitely. Regardless of how it is factory string I would restring it BEADGBEA and proceed to go nutz with the arpeggio, scale, and chord possibilities.

EXACTLY!!!!

+1

eelblack2 · #30 10-12-2006, 05:04 PM

Im guessing here, but I think most people who play a 7 more often than 6 for the possibilities it creates (not necessarily the chug chug factor), would go for an 8 as long as its reasonably affordable, and VERY playable. It took me a few years and two different attempts (A UV green dot back in the old days when they were new - and more recently a JC7) to wrap my head around the idea of :

1. Extend the chords, scales, and arpeggios I already knew to accomodate the extra low string. (Often with a 5th in the bass or as the starting scale tone.)

2. Forget all of Number 1 when appropriate, and constuct new patterns based on the extra string so things that were previously impossible without massive position changes are now possible.

Just my thoughts