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Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 03:12 AM

As some of you knew, I had an 8 strings guitar under construction since 2 1/2 years ago. Now, I have it on my hands already finish and tested!!! And I alread record the backing track for the "Meshuggah Style Collab" with this guitar. So, no more words, let's go to what matters

My dog still admires it as me!!


It has a dragon sculpted with the middle of it in the 12th fret


Here you can see the bridge, made specially by the luthier for this guitar


Here's with my other babes


In the studio, during the bass recording session of Thabu's new Ep


And some live pics




And of course, it will be a lesson with this guitar soon, so, stay tuned!!

If you want to listen more material with it, you can check out a new Thabu song on the band's myspace www.myspace.com/thabuspace

Posted by: zen Apr 17 2010, 03:17 AM

wow.. THAT looks like a MONSTER !! Looking forward to your next lesson with it ... the backing sounded nice and HEAVY !!

haha, i like the first pic .. your dog digs it too

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 03:31 AM

Believe it or not, my dog bitted me when I wanted to grab the guitar after that photo. Hahaha

Posted by: Todd Simpson Apr 17 2010, 04:18 AM

Wow. AMAZING. Just Killer! The inlay on the fret board is a a great touch. I play a 7 string Ibanez and have wanted to try an 8. I'd love to contribute to the Meshegga collaboration too!

Todd

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 05:25 AM

It would be a pleasure Todd!! I'm really glad you like it

Posted by: zen Apr 17 2010, 05:28 AM

Of course, your dog's got a great taste for the finer things in life

Posted by: Damir Puh Apr 17 2010, 08:13 AM

Congrats on the new guitar, it's a beauty!

Posted by: Sollesnes Apr 17 2010, 09:55 AM

That was a nice 8 string! I would buy it for the dragon inlay alone hehe

Posted by: fkalich Apr 17 2010, 10:00 AM

I understand the symbolism. But aside, the Octopus (and close relatives Cuttlefish and Squid) are among the most intelligent animals. Quite large brains.

Posted by: ZakkWylde Apr 17 2010, 10:14 AM

Nice work! How do you tune it?

From low b to a high a or low f# to e?

Posted by: Bogdan Radovic Apr 17 2010, 11:46 AM

Congrats on getting the monster guitar! It looks amazing, bet it sounds like that too!

Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 17 2010, 12:08 PM

nice guitar
I'm with Zakk - How is it tuned
p.s. do you make them in left handed models

Posted by: Sensible Jones Apr 17 2010, 03:56 PM

Nice piece Santiago!!!
Love that inlay!!
I'm learning how to do inlays myself!!

Posted by: ruben_mcn Apr 17 2010, 04:33 PM

Awsome guitar mate ..

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Apr 17 2010, 05:28 PM

very very very nice guitar, it is a monster!!

Posted by: Berglmir Apr 17 2010, 05:30 PM

very cool - GZ!!
Seems spring is the time of the year where new gear is popping up also

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 05:47 PM

Thank you so much guys, I'm really glad you liked it. For the question that Zakk and Jstcrsn, it is tuned F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E. Those Emg's give me real power on the F# string!!

Posted by: Staffy Apr 17 2010, 05:53 PM

Octopus? I've recently transformed to 007, so You better watch out! *lol* Nice piece of wood!

//Staffay

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 06:00 PM

I'll have that in mind. I'll be careful on what I do. Hahaha

Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 17 2010, 06:36 PM

just think you could marry the octomom and
you'd be broke ----nevermind

Posted by: Marc_Maiden Apr 17 2010, 06:43 PM

awesome man! i really want either a 7 or 8 string now...am actually about to pull the trigger....but where can i find one of these?




btw, nice ibanez rg570 and rg770dx ... those are old school versions! early 90's!

Posted by: jstcrsn Apr 17 2010, 06:49 PM

don't know if you looked in to these
http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=34569
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3X0c86y_U

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 17 2010, 07:44 PM

Thanks Marc. This one is specially made by a local Luthier that I'm work with. But I know that there are some models of 8 strings Ibanez and Schecter rounding there. You should find something on a major instrument store or at least ask.

Posted by: Wilska Apr 18 2010, 02:11 PM

Wow.. that's a monster! You must be able to tear down the sky and raise mountains with that guitar. Scary!

Posted by: shatterd Apr 18 2010, 03:14 PM

Very nice! Congrats! I'm still playing a 6 and only thinking about a 7. Looks like they did a great job building that guityar. Can't wait to hear and see it in a lesson.

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 18 2010, 07:15 PM

Thank you so much guys. Not that much as tear down the sky and raise mountains, but I can make my windows shake. Hahaha

Posted by: Stephane Lucarelli Apr 18 2010, 07:55 PM

Very impressive axe Santiago, congrats !

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 18 2010, 10:40 PM

Thanks Stephane. It still impress me every time I grab it to play.

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Apr 18 2010, 11:10 PM

Wow, that's awesome man! Congratulations! These monsters need a modern amp full of bass to put out all the lowest notes properly. But it's definitely greasy chugin on this one

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces Apr 19 2010, 12:22 AM

I realized of that when I had to record the new Thabu ep. I had to work with frequencies that were out of use in my 32 band eq that I use. Quite a challenge to get a nice and clear sound.

Posted by: Todd Simpson Aug 15 2010, 02:01 AM

That is one of the most killer guitars I've ever seen. The inlay, the choice if pickups and trem, just brilliant. Well done getting that.

Todd

Posted by: Praetorian Aug 15 2010, 02:41 AM

Nice! RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!!!