Mårten Hagström of Meshuggah discussing the Ibanez M8M signature 8-string guitar 

Most Swedes and Norwegians speak English quite well

I can say only one thing .... M80M. That's a perfect guitar for advanced players. Reasonable price for what it is.

Now they have a incredible one out for 500$ im just waiting for the 9 strings

+Joe Wheeler People can spend their hard earned money how they please, but the guitar industry is known for scamming the shit out of young kids who don't know better. Anyone...and I mean ANYONE who has the means to by a 6,000 dollar guitar, is smart enough to know this piece of shit isn't worth 6,000 dollars. A kid just starting out has no business spending that much money, and a seasoned pro who tours knows better than to spend so much on such a limited guitar. In the 90s Ibanez made millions using Korn to sell 1000-2000 dollar 7-strings to teens that were obviously sending in money they made with summer and after-school jobs. Now that the fad is over, these guitars are thrown all over ebay for 200-300 bucks and even Ibanez themselves are selling them brand new for less than 400 dollars. A trend I've noticed with signature guitars, especially from Ibanez, is that they're a way to sell kids stripped down cheap versions of a guitar under the assumption the limited features are limited because some rockstar designed it to be a "no-nonsense" version. Very few actual musicians are going to fall for that shit. Look at the Tonin Abasi Signature Series 1,200-4,000 for what essentially amounts to 800 dollar RG8s with shiny knobs. It's the same formula with signature amps - strip away a bunch of features, simplify the shit out of the design then use a rockstars name to justify doubling the price.

Aleš Balon You aren’t lying, man. Fucking killer guitars for the money!

If you're a professional musician 6 grand isn't that much. More like an investment. As a hobby player I'd never pay more than 1500 though.

I think that's part of how Vai composes his whammy stuff. He likes to occupy the sonic space in between frets

@@alphaclean3364 same with chris poland

Well they got 9 strings and 12 strings still lmao

Lil late here but Fredrik did get a micro tonal stoneman 8 I seen the blueprint for on his IG.

whats micro-tonal?

Pravus

I'm sure the band themselves would say the same, but you gotta hand it to Ibanez for capitalizing on the fact that Meshuggah's tone is highly sought after, even though you can put a DiMarzio into an Agile 8 and get the same exact sound, there will never be a shortage of rich people who don't bother to put their time into researching and just blindly buy whatever they think will make them sound good. I put MIM pickups in a guitar made from parts that I sourced from Craigslist/Ebay and everything came down to about 120. The result? It is by far the best sounding, most comfortable Telecaster I've ever played, even when compared to my American made Fender Thinline Tele that costed me over 1.7 grand. My point is, guitar manufacturers would crumble financially and resort to whoring out their Chinese child slaves if the common consumer knew of this widely available knowledge. So in essence, people paying more money than they should for guitars keeps Chinese children out of prostitution. I need another beer.

I agree thanks for the reply - I relented in the end and purchased one $6K great machine as it should be - glad to have!!

I got the S8QM TRB, so many good i cant even word

I mean, if you can't afford the price of a prestige signature guitar, go buy something else. It's not like Ibanez are forcing you to buy a 6,000 dollar guitar.