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This is a complete 180 from the guitars I’ve been talking about. I got rid of a bunch of stuff to fund something really crazy.
I’d talked to Frank Falbo about a year ago regarding a custom built extended range guitar. At the time, I had an Ibanez Tosin Abasi 8 string. The extra low strings were all sorts of fun, but the 27” scale really sucks on the regular 6 strings. Regardless of the string gauge, the plain strings just feel weird.
Frank does a really sweet multiscale that goes from 25.5” to 27.5”. When discussing my issues with the straight 27”, he explained his setup, specifically to alleviate those issues. It took awhile, but I’m in a position to get one.
A few days ago, we discussed some specs, and I got a little lost in option-overload. I asked if he had any multiscale 8s on hand, just to see some pics. He sent me this one, and I kinda fell in love with it.
It’s an Alpha Ergo 8, obviously built by Frank. Pickups are Fishman Fluence Abasis, body is swamp ash, neck is an insane piece of roasted flame maple, and the board is pau ferro. The paint is a color he had custom mixed, and jokingly called Plum Night Shimmerlan.
Scale is 25.5-27.5”, strung 9,12,15,24,32,44,58,90, and tuned standard (F# and B on the low strings). I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
I’d talked to Frank Falbo about a year ago regarding a custom built extended range guitar. At the time, I had an Ibanez Tosin Abasi 8 string. The extra low strings were all sorts of fun, but the 27” scale really sucks on the regular 6 strings. Regardless of the string gauge, the plain strings just feel weird.
Frank does a really sweet multiscale that goes from 25.5” to 27.5”. When discussing my issues with the straight 27”, he explained his setup, specifically to alleviate those issues. It took awhile, but I’m in a position to get one.
A few days ago, we discussed some specs, and I got a little lost in option-overload. I asked if he had any multiscale 8s on hand, just to see some pics. He sent me this one, and I kinda fell in love with it.
It’s an Alpha Ergo 8, obviously built by Frank. Pickups are Fishman Fluence Abasis, body is swamp ash, neck is an insane piece of roasted flame maple, and the board is pau ferro. The paint is a color he had custom mixed, and jokingly called Plum Night Shimmerlan.
Scale is 25.5-27.5”, strung 9,12,15,24,32,44,58,90, and tuned standard (F# and B on the low strings). I can’t wait to get my hands on it.
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