Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

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I got the second one today with the drilled tabs and dropped it in the Stevie Salas. Man in this guitar it is MUCH darker then I expected !! It sounds allmost like an accoustic clean, clear and defined and really sweet. Distorted it has a smoky HUGE fat sweet singing tone with out a hint of fizzyness in this guitar. It's GREAT for the old AC/DC tones through my Marshall!! It is absolutely not what I had expected.
Surprisingly played back to back it sounds weaker darker and more mellow than the Custom 5 in my 95 MG 122.
Here is the installed pickup
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Here is the Salas sig and my test amp the JCM 200 TSL 60
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Looks very Cool in that guitar!!! I love that axe bro!! How are you gelling with the Crazy 8? Harmonics are a snap huh? Odd how you say it darkened this one..
 
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BloodRose said:
Looks very Cool in that guitar!!! I love that axe bro!! How are you gelling with the Crazy 8? Harmonics are a snap huh? Odd how you say it darkened this one..
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I can't tell much yet on this one as I found a bad volume pot. I knew something was amiss when I saw it had a factory JB. The guitar was very dark and low in output and sounded like the tone controll was rolled way on.That should NOT have been the case with a JB in the bridge so
I will pickup a new pot today so we shall see then.
 
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I have 5 of them at the moment....no hype fizzle from me, it is as close to my perfect pup as I think I may ever get.
 
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the Crazy8 is a bada$$ mofo ,it cuts,it crushes,it screams,it sings
try to find someone who is unhappy with it
we got em in strats, we got em in les pauls ,we play everything from gospel to death metal with em
We are the Crazy8 Army and we are proud!
 
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I Hate to be in Germany now.Just because the German Distributer Warwick/Framus don't ship any SD pu,i have to wait for 1,5 months to get one.only 15 days left for the delivery now ,but still i have to wait!
That's the price for getting the one and only 7 string PATB...:(
 
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daemon barbeque said:
I Hate to be in Germany now.Just because the German Distributer Warwick/Framus don't ship any SD pu,i have to wait for 1,5 months to get one.only 15 days left for the delivery now ,but still i have to wait!
That's the price for getting the one and only 7 string PATB...:(
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You'll have to let me know how that turns out. I have, possibly, the only neck Crazy 8 and it is good.

I have one of those cheapy Washburn 7s that I threw some Dimarzios in. It sounds and plays much better than I expected, but I need to get a decent 7 string one of these days.
 
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Binnerscot said:
You'll have to let me know how that turns out. I have, possibly, the only neck Crazy 8 and it is good.

I have one of those cheapy Washburn 7s that I threw some Dimarzios in. It sounds and plays much better than I expected, but I need to get a decent 7 string one of these days.
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I have a Breknuckles Miracle Man in my RG1527!It rocks and it's a great combination.
But i am a PATB nut and i am really excited ahah.
As allways ,you guys are going to get some Clips!
What kind of Neck do you like Scot?
 
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daemon barbeque said:
What kind of Neck do you like Scot?
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I really don't have neck "preference", just a preference for the over feel of the instrument. Generally, I really like Jackson, Parker, Hamer, and a number of the different Peavey V-types (over the years). I guess the right Ibby has never landed in my hands. Even the original Jems and Universe 7s weren't my thing.

I am thinking a Carvin would well enough for a seven. I have had one of their guitars before and they resonante a little differently and I would have to break out the router for a PATB style pup to fit, but it would be good enough.
 
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Binnerscot said:
I really don't have neck "preference", just a preference for the over feel of the instrument. Generally, I really like Jackson, Parker, Hamer, and a number of the different Peavey V-types (over the years). I guess the right Ibby has never landed in my hands. Even the original Jems and Universe 7s weren't my thing.

I am thinking a Carvin would well enough for a seven. I have had one of their guitars before and they resonante a little differently and I would have to break out the router for a PATB style pup to fit, but it would be good enough.
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Well if you go with a Carvin ,you can let it made for a PATB...But you have to make the contract in Carvin shop.One of the guys in 7 string forum did it!
Schecter is another choice!
 
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FINALLY, it's here!!!
After all these months of patiently waiting it's finally in my hands!

I'm so excited I've actually been hearing the namesake song in my head for the past 20 or so minutes!!! :p

Now to call my tech and arrange when I'm gonna install it (my Strat is already in his hands for fret crowning/leveling).

BTW, where do you think it'll shine more, on my MiM Strat (now SSS) or my bubinga Strat copy (made by the afore mentioned tech)?

Here are the two siblings:
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The Strat is a 2000 MiM Standard with Maple neck/fretboard, the Strat copy (from here on known as Marlin) is a 2006-2007 (made last Christmas) HSS SuperStrat(?) with Bubinga body, Hard Maple neck and a thick strip (thicker than production guitars) of dark Rosewood fingerboard.

What do you think?
 
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Talk is cheap...who plays extreme metal and has a Crazy 8 installed?

Looking for sound clips...don't care how good it is...just want to hear some insane metal with the crazy 8...

I bought one for my project Hamer Diablo (which is getting painted right now) and I can't wait any longer to hear it.

Tell me where!!!

dk
 
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Acsension,If it's too dark try dangling it from a pickup mount. Drilling pickups into the body totally boost the lows. In my superstrat some pickups are cool but in my Les Paul drilling to the body makes it real WOOF-y. The HM strat's setup for the two s/c p'ups to be drilled into the body. I have a Hot Rails neck in the neck and nothing in the bridge. I am going to modify the pickguard to make it dangle because it's just too dark. Aside from repeated drilling/dingling experiments I know it isn't the pickup. A hot rails neck in the neck of a Les Paul running straight into a 1meg pot is a MONSTER! I loved it and I'm going to do the same mod on my HM. The only exception I felt was cool was drilling an uncovered vintage Super 70 into the body ala EVH. It made my HM strat sound pretty close in EQ to my Les Paul which had the matching p'up (covered) dangling in the bridge. Those pickups are Icepick bright without the covers. I think that's why it sounded so good drilled into the bridge of the HM strat. Without the cover,Dangling in the BR of the Paul it was too bright...needed to put the cover back on. The morale of this story? Try dangling from a pickguard. I think you'll like the change better than what you have.
 
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Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

junkdk said:
Talk is cheap...who plays extreme metal and has a Crazy 8 installed?

Looking for sound clips...don't care how good it is...just want to hear some insane metal with the crazy 8...

I bought one for my project Hamer Diablo (which is getting painted right now) and I can't wait any longer to hear it.

Tell me where!!!

dk
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There is no such thing as "extreme" metal, just metal - pick your tempo:

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=115434
 
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