Merry Xmas to me FINALLY....

[ihsahn_disciple10]

Agile Interceptor 828 EB
She's here.....8 strings of joy and beauty....the bottom end with the 2 additional low strings make this INSANE to play. The fretboard is wide as shit! It's also very heavy.
But now I can start jamming on my Ihsahn, Fear Factory, Scar Symmetry, Nevermore...

[Jebodiah]

Why get another 8 string? you should have bought something else like an Ibanez RGA42BK or maybe a pedal board set.

[ihsahn_disciple10]

I got this instead of the Schecter I posted before Xmas.
And I have a GNX3000 Workstation, so I'm set for effects and shit...

I just have to get all the images of tech-death shit out of my head that theguybanginsmkillersmom posts, I don't wanna play boring squeak-squeal shit like that...

[Mescalito]

might as well have gotten a chapman stick. That thing is redneck though.

[ihsahn_disciple10]

might as well have gotten a chapman stick.

yeah that neck is insanely wide, but it's more playing room and feels strangely comfortable...and the length allows that low end F# string to not sound all flabby. It's like downtuning below D and getting to keep the tension of a low E string still tuned to E.
The challenge is incorporating it in songwriting, because initially you just feel like plain old Fear Factory low 7 string riffing, that patented fat ass Dino mechanical chugging...I'm looking to people like Jeff Loomis and Ihsahn for inspiration....

It's sick.

[Jebodiah]

Ron Jarzombek > Jeff Loomis

Although I dig his song Jato Unit off of his one solo album.

[Jebodiah]

PM me some of your guitar playing.

[ihsahn_disciple10]

PM me some of your guitar playing.

I will try and put something together for you. Very much a feeling out process for incorporating the lower stuff, but I've got a lot of examples out there, I'm fairly good on regular 6-String electric.

BTW, I loved the Jeff Loomis album, and Jato Unit was a ripping cut off of there! I was just watching the Guitar World DVD special I got with him doing the exercise and all, and then demonstrations of the album...

I will also check out the Ron Jarzombek (without looking, was he in Watchtower? Something similarly proggy?)

[tacos]

I'm fairly good

[ihsahn_disciple10]

I'm fairly good

Do YOU play, you ass?


You roll your eyes....EXACTLY. How the fuck do you quantify yourself, really? Unless you're Steve fucking Vai, you're either a complete noob, or you're some degree of good.

I've been playing on and off 20 yrs, I primarily play rhythm. I am learning lead and don't consider myself solid until I get it down.

After learning, playing along and hanging with Slayer, Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Opeth and the like? I could step into just about any metal band right now if one of their guys couldn't do it, I can learn their music and play it, from doom to grind to black metal. Solos? NO. Very limited in that aspect.

I am a fan of bands and musicians who do extra and proggy shit, and it was hard to play their shit on a 6-string. I mean you don't go throw almost a grand on a guitar like this unless you feel like you can justify owning it, which means playing the fucking thing with some degree of competency.

[Jebodiah]

I will also check out the Ron Jarzombek (without looking, was he in Watchtower? Something similarly proggy?)

Yeah he was in Watchtower for a while then went on his own and created some of the most amazing music out there. He also has a brother named Bobby whose a monster on the drums (Look up Peppered Cancer and School by him and his brother Ron.)

Check out some of Ron's stuff:

PHHHP! (Some stuff he did during/before Watchtower)
Spastic Ink: Ink Complete (Instrumental)
Spastic Ink: Ink Compatible (Prog, Tech Metal. Includes Marty Friendman and other artists. My personal favorite is the song "Aquanet")
Solitarily Speaking of Theoretical Confinement (Ron's solo album)
Blotted Science (Instrumental Prog, Tech, Death Metal) <<< You'll love this one

He's gotta be the most underrated guitarist ever, he deserves more recognition.

[PABassPlayer]

If you want to be a bass player....buy a bass.

[ihsahn_disciple10]

If you want to be a bass player....buy a bass.

I got one, bro. Can play it too. (Peavey 5-Str, now granted for a bass, getting FIVE strings WAS a total nigger move and sucked in hindsight, the bottom string is WAY low).
I learned it at my brother's advice and it made my guitar playing more effortless when I picked the guitar up again from the hand strength.

However, for this guitar there is a wild difference having such a bottom end available when rolling around the other 6 strings.

I didn't think it would make a big deal, but it really gives a nice sinister feel to the riffing. It also works for that sci-fi futuristic metal sound that Meshuggah, FF and Scar Symmetry give...

[Edna Bodine]

I'm fairly good

Do YOU play, you ass?


You roll your eyes....EXACTLY. How the fuck do you quantify yourself, really? Unless you're Steve fucking Vai, you're either a complete noob, or you're some degree of good.

I've been playing on and off 20 yrs, I primarily play rhythm. I am learning lead and don't consider myself solid until I get it down.

After learning, playing along and hanging with Slayer, Morbid Angel, Mayhem, Opeth and the like? I could step into just about any metal band right now if one of their guys couldn't do it, I can learn their music and play it, from doom to grind to black metal. Solos? NO. Very limited in that aspect.

I am a fan of bands and musicians who do extra and proggy shit, and it was hard to play their shit on a 6-string. I mean you don't go throw almost a grand on a guitar like this unless you feel like you can justify owning it, which means playing the fucking thing with some degree of competency.

relax, it was only an emoticon

[ihsahn_disciple10]

[Edna Bodine]

[ihsahn_disciple10]

seeing emoticons pumps me up more than this boarddwellers shitty one line replies...how do, Bodine!

[Edna Bodine]

doin alright, drinking PBR like the pseuso-hipster i am. like the looks of that there axe, yes sir. when can we expect a video demonstration??

[ihsahn_disciple10]

doin alright, drinking PBR like the pseuso-hipster i am. like the looks of that there axe, yes sir. when can we expect a video demonstration??

Working on it, getting comfy with her. Big girls are more fun!

[tacos]

[ihsahn_disciple10]

She's a lot of ground to cover, wider fretboard....but a lot of fun to play!

[Edna Bodine]

doin alright, drinking PBR like the pseuso-hipster i am. like the looks of that there axe, yes sir. when can we expect a video demonstration??

Working on it, getting comfy with her. Big girls are more fun!

post your guitar's tits

[ihsahn_disciple10]