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Random Question was just listening to meshuggah and i know Dev likes them so was wondering if he plays along with the cd or somthin...
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I read in another forum (a seven string one) that he was going to get an 8 string...don't know if that's true or not.

I'm currently deciding whether or not to build a 7 or 8 string. The trouble with an 8 string though is lack of supplies...hard to get bridges and stuff...and worried about the neck, don't want to make it too thick so I can't play or too thin so it warps under the stress of the strings.

Think I'll go with the 7 string...

"Did Dev get an 8 string and does he play meshuggah on it?"

That sentence alone makes me wet.

At some point he did say that there was an 8 string in the making, but we've never heard of seen anything of it after that.

And at some point Devin did say something along the lines of "Meshuggah are probably the best metal band ever" but I have no idea if he tries to play their music.

How awesome would it be if Devin did some sort of "remix" for New Millennium Cyanide Christ, or Rational Gaze or something. It would be the EPITOME of AWESOME.

I think 8 string guitars just looks so bad ass. i guess its the width of the neck or somthing. they look really heavy as well. gonna have to get one at some point even if i cant play guitar very well yet haha. Well excluding SYL because they are far beyond just metal, id say meshuggah are pretty much one of the best metal bands around in my opinion. I like Amon Amarth alot as well

They sound like shit though. With latest Mesuggah album as prime example.

Biert wrote:They sound like shit though. With latest Mesuggah album as prime example.

I know you hate them, but come on, these guitars sound really good there.

Usage of lower strings is limited I guess, chords on them or faster picking look like a bad idea.Which means that everytime you play ze 8-stringer you'll end up trying to sound like Meshuggah:). Or doing that horrible wanky thing, like sweeping the shit out of all strings like most of youtube guitarists do.

BrunoN wrote:

Biert wrote:They sound like shit though. With latest Mesuggah album as prime example.

I know you hate them, but come on, these guitars sound really good there.

Not at all. The guitar sound on Obzen is appalling. Reminded me of this:

Dude ObZen is such an immense record, cant even believe im hearing this haha

I think 8 string guitars are a little silly.

Ive owned an ESP SC 607 for about a year now, the same guitar as Dev wrote Synchestra on and its the most amazing guitar ive ever played, it sounds so awesome and it has never gone out of tune even after thrashing the shit out of it.

ESP have just brought out a new 8 string model (SC 608!), its not the same guitar as Meshuggah use but maybe its better?

Cant go wrong with a 7 string ESP though.

I doubt it, Meshuggah use custom-made Ibanez

rgx612a wrote:I think 8 string guitars are a little silly.

I beg to differ. I've tried playing them, and they are HUGE.


Also, do you think 12 string guitars are silly? I mean, they have 4 MORE strings!!!

djskrimp wrote:Also, do you think 12 string guitars are silly? I mean, they have 4 MORE strings!!!

But strings are in pairs. That's cheating!