The BEST 8 String Schecter Have Made Yet?? Rob Scallon C8 Demo 

Over priced over hyped pos

I mean, he literally designed it to be extremely versatile.

there are many guitar models from schecter that have this pickups configuration so you have a wide range of guitars to choose from! I have an Apocalypse C7 and love the option to go from djent to coil split. Also, it has a similar satin finish and it feels great!

Dean had an interesting range of multiscale guitars, the neutral fret was at the nut so all of the fans angled in the same direction; to the right if you're looking down at the guitar. Personally I reckon that would be quite comfortable for me - I got my first (and only) multiscale a while back, a Cort KX507, and that has the neutral fret on the 8th. It feels very comfortable to play on all the higher frets but when the fan angle is to the left on the lower frets, it's a bit awkward, especially with barre chords which I'm not great at anyway. I've not seen any other brands do anything like Dean. It's a shame they discontinued that range...it appears they had 6, 7 and 8 string in both a super-Strat and ML (Dimebag shape). They even had multiscale tremolos, a Kahler which I've never used but read that it can be used normally or locked to be like a hardtail. Quite the spec for Dean which is a company I would associate with a very narrow niche. Latest news suggests Dean is kinda falling apart though so I doubt we'll see these again...perhaps another company will try that setup. Ormsby guitars look really cool but it seems like they go the other way in terms of multiscale angles, they seem to be very extreme down towards the nut.

What does this do?

Nah man that wood grain looks beautiful. Not sure about color scheme tho.

LMAOOO

I always side-eyed schecter, like they were trying so hard to look metal, it was a gimmick. But once I saw this guitar, I put my order in.

@@platinumpengwinmusic5564 i agree on some of their models. I have an omen 8 and it looks metal asf, but its also shaped a bit weird for playing, the balance is way off, and i keep hitting the switches and nobs cause they are way too close. I love it but it does have issues, it can be very unwieldy.

@@mato2677 Man, I posted this 8 months ago, never got it! It was too back-ordered. Decided to change to an Ernie Ball Majesty 8 instead. Should be here soon.

@@platinumpengwinmusic5564 damn thats a shame, id love to know if these kinks have been ironed out. Let us know how the ernie feels when ya get it

@@mato2677 I will save this comment, and definitely let you know my honest thoughts.🎸

Just a simple 10-74 or 10-80 set is all I use for Drop E

Depends on your neck, with a multiscale like this, a 10-80 is probably damn near perfect. A normal neck you'd have to experiment like I did lol

76 gauge is as far as i need to go for Drop E in my baritone

I did a little bit in the soloed guitar portion

@@BaenaCarcosa Completely missed that one right before the cleans start! Sounds super sick here as well

He did try the coil split on the bridge pickup in this demo, it doesn't seem to sound as good as that ultra-heavy twang of the Ormsby you mentioned though. I searched for the video you mentioned to check it out and apparently I did watch it years ago according to RU-vid! Anyways had another listen and it sounded great. Better than a lot of the newer guitars that Andrew has demoed. I suppose there are a lot of aspects that go into making the perfect distorted tone. I love heavy and downturned split coil/single coil tones myself...I have a Schecter Reaper-6 atm and the pickups sound pretty average in humbucker mode, high enough output but just kinda muddy. But in split coil mode they sound great, really aggressive and tight sounding. The Rob Scallon model here does sound pretty good for an 8 string pickup but the Ormsby is better, and so is the Schecter Tao 8 that Andrew has reviewed more recently. I believe the pickups in the Rob Scallon model aren't Schecter's own manufactured USA pickups but import models made by the overseas guitar manufacturer (usually South Korea for their higher end import models). Not that it definitely means the non-USA pickups won't be as good, just interesting to see how they go about doing custom pickups for signature models. Perhaps they are able to customise them more effectively for the USA pickups and have more ability to get every aspect perfect to the artist's desires.

Haha I doubt I can convince Johnny to do that, neither of us really like pop punk

@@BaenaCarcosa I know. If you remember, I've asked i think 2 or 3 times for pop punk type of content from you. But you've said its not your thing, sorry I'll stop asking haha. I like most genres but deathcore, metalcore, punk, pop punk, ska, and club music are my favorite. Deathcore is best though!

thats the good point, so what guitar did you buy? I'm also thinking about buying C8 Multi Scale SLS Evil Twin

7th

Yes, the push pull splits the humbuckers!

@@katten39 Awesome! I just ordered it the other day with 48-month financing and tax-free thanks to Delaware Guitar Center. Now I just gotta wait for the “backordered” status to clear… haha

@@NovianLeVanMusicplease let me know your opinion on it!

@@Bloorgusgoorge Will do! It’s still back-ordered. Purchased in October, and it’s been pushed back several times. Next shipping estimation is December 29th I think, but I’m not holding my breath. :/

@@NovianLeVanMusic Hello Novian i was just wondering how is the guitar?

27” is fine and has been the standard for 8 strings since like 2010.

@@BaenaCarcosa Nah, it's really not. Thanks for the reply though.

27 is enough but 28 or 30 is preferred i agree. For most, 27 inch scale can go down to D with a .072 .074 or .080. Maybe .085 for D but 74 or 80 is enough.

You can get tunings like drop E to sound great on less than 27 inches if you really want to. It’s really not as important as you might think if you’re not too concerned about your tension having absolutely perfect balance

@@AaronMorgan666 bro on a 27 I was tuning a .090 at C#

The lighting in this video doesn’t do it any favours tbf, the red doesn’t come out at all

Honestly, I'm not sure the 27inch scale is the best for an 8 string unless you're not planning to go lower than F#. They've got other models with longer scale lengths which seem like better options if you're okay with straight scale guitars, like the Damien Platinum and the Hybrid. Hard to say about the pickups though, as this one has Rob Scallon's whereas the other Schecters have EMGs (808s or the 57/66s). It is their best multiscale though, as the Silver Mountain versions are the same scale length but with reportedly crappy pickups.

it looks like coffee beans

@@KarzGuitar wait so it's good to go below F# or no?

@@someguy7448 it's not ideal - I'm sure it'll work OK, but most people would prefer a longer scale length to keep tension. But then again some people are like Jason Richardson, who plays F# standard on a 25.5 🤷‍♂️

Try a place called Tundra Music based in Ontario. Got my first schecter from there and im Canadian as well, cheers

Depending on your tuning its not much different, just takes a bit of getting used to your "b" string shift being in a different spot if ya get me, like its in the same place but it just gives the illusion that its not if that makes any sense. You could of course tune that out but that makes some chord shapes quite difficult. It only took me a few days to get used to it and now i cant go back, a 6 string just feels like a toy now.

Hes not with chapman any more

Can’t wait for the day if/when evertune makes a multi scale bridge but I doubt that will ever happen haha

@@BaenaCarcosa Oh there is no mltiscale evertune ? I wasn't aware of that ! In the e'd, would you rather have multiscale or evertune ?

well the strip of wood is so that there is no bolted block on the back of the neck for ease of access to higher frets.