New axe ideas

I've been wanting a seven-string axe for a while now.

Here's a nice one for under 200 with a locking trem, ash body, 24-fret rosewood fingerboard and 2 humbucking pups.:


But instead of the "usual" way of playing with the added low B (BEADGBE), I wanted to add a high A string (EADGBEA) and get super-high notes. I'd have to get a super-thin string like a .007 so it can handle the tension. This is just an experimental side-project I've been wanting to do along with some other extended-range builds.


Then there's a back-up six-string I've been needing.

There's an RG I've had my eyes on:


Or this Kramer:


Both are "shreddy" guitars, like my main ESP, with 24-frets, a locking trem and two humbuckers, but unlike the ESP, the guitars have maple fingerboards and a single-size pup in the middle position (which offer pretty cool tonal options). The RG's set up HSH with a five-way switch and a basswood body, while the Kramer's got two dual-coils in the bridge, one dual-coil in the middle and two in the neck, with coil-tap options for splitting the humbuckers into single coils and an alder body. The RG sounds pretty fantastic, The Kramer I have yet to play. The axe I finally settle on I plan on using as an backup alternately tuned guitar. I'll keep one in standard and one in Eb tuning.

I like that Kramer.

Also, that first 7 string looked pretty nice.

That Kramer seems very nice, yes. Out of the Ibanez and the Kramer, I'd choose the Kramer.

Get the Kramer, Edge IIIs suck

Get the Kramer, Edge IIIs suck


Well, the Floyd on the Kramer isn't original. It's licensed. I was a little weary about the Edge III, but I've heard good things and it isn't looking too bad anymore.

Eh. I'm gonna get an S when I have enough money because I like the ZR trem. If I get even more money though I'm ordering a Carvin V220 or an ST300

The V200's pretty rockin'.

Sevin wrote:

I'm ordering a Carvin V220 or an ST300

Do this.

I think I'll just save up for the V220M or get an ESP with EMGs and an original floyd.