Anyone get the SC 608 or B8?
Anyone get the SC 608 or B8?
No clips yet, I'll try to put something together soon. I think the tension is fine on the low string. I have it tuned to standard (F#,B,E,A,D,G,B,E) and I have the same string gauges that it comes stock with (low string is a .68). I tried tuning the low string down a whole step to E just for the hell of it and it was pretty much unplayable, lol. Thicker strings would probably fix that. I think I'm going to stick with standard for a while though.
Sometimes I think it's ridiculous myself to be honest, but it doesn't hurt to have more options. I have been itchin' for a new 6 string since I got the SC608 though.
I think I may be alone when I think that I DON'T think it's ridiculous. I love it. Everything about it. It feels "right."
I've only picked up my SC607B once since I got this, and that was because my tech was installing Gotoh Locking tuners on this bad boy;)
Has he heard of a bass?
Also i still dont understand why everyone gets all huffy about these 8 stings. They look cool and are also a little rediculus but still i dont care if you want to play a 30 string or a 2 string.
Also it is true you can play almost everything on a 6 string that is played on 8 strings these days but then your going to have to have one guitar tuned way down and if you want to play something in the standard tuning you'll need to switch guitars. Which the 8 just hop down 2 strings.
Anyway thats just what i think.
Also i still dont understand why everyone gets all huffy about these 8 stings.
Yeah, I find it funny when people get all "master a six first" on us just for playing with extra strings. If you read up on the history of the instrument you'll find that it didn't always have 6 strings. It's always been changing.
And besides, how many people out there can say they've mastered ANY guitar? I've read interviews of some of the finest guitarists out there and they say that they are always learning new things, always growing as musicians.
That's a pretty good point. The Deftones have tuned lower with every subsiquent release. So, with that said it would make pretty good sense for Steph to stick to 8 string guitars. Then he could use the same guitar for any song.
I'll be one to admit. I have a hard enough time with 6 strings. That's one of the reasons why I'm selling my SC607.
I did get to play a SC608 though. It was pretty interesting, even at standard tuning. I prefer the ESP with a hardtail over the Ibanez with a trem. Still a pretty interesting instrument.
Why can't they make a 7 banger with a bridge like that. :(