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Man that running riff on the J Custom at 6:20 was incredible.

Dude. Those riffs!

*permanently stuck at 10* As intended. It's a shame. Those look like some neat guitars. The J.Custom going ignored is a shame.

That intro was sick. My god, you are an immensely talented musician.

4:15 needs to be made into a full song. Wow that just makes me want to go conquer whatever is put in front of me

I feel your love for 7 strings, i have 6 guitar and 4 of them are 7 strings. My only 6 strings is at my father house. He play some country music with it. My other one is an 8 strings, fun but 7 string is the way !

My Ibanez RGAT 62 is my go to guitar! Everytime I pick it up it feels like home! I have 15 guitars & when I get new gear that's the guitar I pick up to find the right tones & effects sounds! It's My first neck thru as well. I'd recommend it to anyone.

4:15 sounds like a little nod to some classic Ola riffs :)

That last riff felt so much like a Fit For An Autopsy track!!

My first seven string was a Jackson JS32 Dinky. I love affordable guitars and when I put a SD Nazgul/Sentient set inside it I was not disappointed. My second seven had a little more of a price tag and since has become my main guitar for everything. A Solar V1.7FBB. The Evertune bridge is exquisite on this instrument and it refuses to go out of tune. Now that I've had a taste of the Evertune bridge I don't think I'll ever go back to Floyd Roses, which I've loved on my six string guitars, full time anymore. Being in tune is a much higher priority to me than being able to do fancy whammy bar tricks.

My dad gifted me an Ibanez RG back in 2006. It originally belonged to my cousin but when his interest in guitar faded my dad bought it from him. He then modded the hell out of it before giving it to me for my 16th birthday. I still use the guitar to this day but it does collect more dust than it used to.

1: The first special guitar is my 2006 Fender Showmaster (my photo). Back in 2006, as Uni students tend to be, I was dirt poor, and lived on whatever the cafeteria served. BUT, I had that year's Fender catalogue, and I LUSTED after the Showmaster in Dark Cherry Burst. A Uni classmate had a Showmaster, and she let me play it. Yes, it was the Honey Burst, but I instantly fell in love. Even today, I can still clearly remember telling her I WILL own a Showmaster some day. Well, fast forward almost 20 years. I would occasionally browse Reverb in my spare time, and I saw Showmasters come and go. Most were that Honey Burst. Every once in a while, a Dark Cherry Burst would come along, but most were 2005, and never gave me any feeling of need. One day, one of them had a serial number starting with 06, which means it is a 2006. (The first four numbers of the serial number are how you date Asian-made guitars. First two are the year, and second two are the month.) As soon as I saw that number, I fell out of my chair. There it is, the guitar I wanted in 2006, in the colour I wanted in 2006, and it IS a 2006. I didn't ever bother giving an offer. Just BUY IT NOW. 2: The second special guitar is actually a bass, an LTD F-415FM. My MusicMan StingRay died in 2016. At the time, I didn't yet know anyone who did soldering, which meant the StingRay was officially dead. Its replacement was an LTD F-415FM. Instantly, it became my best friend. Well, during COVID, I needed money to pay rent, so that 415 got listed on Craigslist. When someone actually gave me an offer, I had a legitimate panic attack. Yes, it was a scam offer, but still. The realization that I might ACTUALLY part ways with that 415 was too much for me. I IMMEDIATELY took down that listing. I will find the money elsewhere. I don't care what I need to do, but I am NOT parting with that 415. Ever. Today, that 415 is STILL my daily driver, and I have never looked back. So, that Showmaster, and the LTD F-415FM are the two guitars I WILL NEVER sell. Ever.

My ibanez iceman ICT-700 that I got during the lockdown last year. I've wanted one of these guitars since watching Dragonforce at 18 (26 now) it plays beautifully, sounds monstrous and was a total case queen. For a guitar thats nearly 13 years old it still has the plastic on the cavity cover and has no knocks. I cherish it

my kramer pacer is my first 6 string, the input jack has come out twice, the volume is stuck at 10, and it plays amazingly

My two special guitars are my old Takamine G530S and my Gibson Les Paul Junior. My dad was gifted the Takamine for Christmas when I was about six years old, and when he got his Taylor about eight or nine years later, soon enough, he gave the Tak to me, and it's never left my side. The Junior was a Christmas gift from Mom in 2019, and I'd wanted one for years because Green Day was the first band that I really, really got into and inspired me to play guitar.

Good stuff Pete, this feels like a great return to form for you. So lovely to see you enjoying yourself. And the riffs are awesome.

Love the intro, the middle, the end and all the contents throughout. Oh... and the riffs were good too🤘😀🤘 Great video Pete, excellent playing!!! They really do sound amazing.

I have 2 guitars that are very special to me: The first is an Ibanez RG3770FZ, the first guitar I actively saved up for and did summer jobs for. The second is a Mayones Regius that I ordered when I graduated and my first (semi-) custom guitar. I really hope you'll do a mini series or a video on reviving your APEX & J.Custom!

That final riff had massive Within The Ruins grooves! Excellent work buddy!

Absolutely beautiful guitars. My special guitar happens to be an Ibanez too. It was an Ibanez Gio GAX 30 my got for me when I was in high school. Still have it and I’ve modded it a lot. Still play it to this day.

Watching you play those 2 7 string Ibanez guitars is what made me subscribe.. I love those original tracks you posted back in the day. Even rewatched them recently.. great playing and sick axes! I wish Ibanez made these still!

Fantastic video, Pete - awesome stories behind the guitars and killer riffing! I have a Schecter Banshee 8 string that I can hardly put down once I've picked it up. Korn was the first time that I knew about 7 strings, and the same for Meshuggah for 8's. Keep rocking, man \M/

Keep up your good work, I like your videos very much 🤘🏻

A long long time ago....in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety nine, my father bought me an ibanez rg7420L for christmas. Its gone through changes over the years and upgrades were made. Its a very special fiddle to me. Keep on that up and up, and keep em chunky.

Dude!! I absolutely love your songwriting!!! Oh I could listen to those riffs all day💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

His creativity is beyond amazing, I ain't a guitarist but his songs are on top of my playlist when on the road for years...never get bored of this.

Love your riffs man

Love the finish on those. I thought they were a black on black crackle finish, but on the close shots it looks like they are one solid finish. I’d definitely love to have a guitar with a finish like that

Very nice man. I'm twice as impressed by your ability to write riffs as I am by the guitars

3:08 that is straight outta Amon Amarth!! \m/ \m/

Getting some within the ruins vibes 🤘 very nice riffs sir 👌

3:08 riff has an Amon Amarth vibe... Lovely 😍

Nice playing as always Pete! The JCustom sounds nasty! 🤘🏻

One of my favorites would have to be my Cort G Series. Got it in 2007 and its still my go to drop B guitar. Loaded with Emgs, locking tuners, swamp ash body and carved maple top. It looks and plays mint still after being setup right

You are truly a Master of your craft Bro

that j.custom just sounds amazing

loving it bro!! keep the metal flowing!! i got a 6 string n 7 string RG series ibanez. the 6 string is 18 years old. my 1st real nice guitar. Ibanez is my love. love the 7 strings too. next step meshuggah n 8 strings n a 4 string starter bass.

Hey Pete, great vid. I was gifted the apex 1 on my 21st birthday a long time ago and remember watching your video and getting pumped to play it!! It came set up a whole step down and very thin strings so sounded terrible (especially with that 25.5 inch scale length). Took me months of googling to get it sorted!

God damn, man. You are one of my inspirations that got me started playing guitar one year ago, and hearing riffs as these light a new fire every time. Love your stuff, sir!

as always your riffs are awesome. i have an epiphone lp100, red sunburst which was my first lefthanded electric guitar. now i play schecter but i like to go back and take epi, old tube amp and crank it up with some classics :)

The J custom sounds amazing I used to have a 6 string bass guitar that I loved, the day I got it, I started practicing a lot. I sold it and worked a summer to get a Fender Jazz bass following the advice of my bass teacher. Was nice at the beginning but I started to regret it. Now 10 years later, I still miss it and ordered yesterday the 2020 version of it : a 6 string premium ibanez. Guitar wise, I was really into down tuning and almost a year ago I got my first baritone with evertune. That one is a game changer. Can't stop playing it.

Great video. I'm in the process of restoring a 91 jackson with emg 81 and 85 from before they came with the new wiring style. I'll never play it again but it was my dream guitar for many years and it deserves respect. I printed new covers for the electronics, almost 4 decades was not kind to the electronics cover. I'm trying to figure out a way to fix the cosmetic problems before I rewire. The clear coat is very thin on the black paint. It has the best action and fastest fretboard I've ever played.

I have 2 that I just absolutely refuse to part with. The first is my RGMeadows T-style semi custom, built by a local luthier I know. The thing has major tuning issues that I have no idea how to fix, nor has a professional setup worked, but it has the best neck out of all my guitars and plays fantastically. Tons of mojo and ariff machine, have it permanently in drop D which kind of fixes the tuning problems. Second is my Ibanez RG6420 7 string. I got it used and beat up for $300 and I've put so much work into her I can't part with her. She's my first and, at the moment, only 7 string. Her name is Sasha and she's pretty.

Both of my special guitars are Ibanez GIO models, one my first 7-string and the other my first and so far only 5-string bass

Nice Video Pete

Sick riffs, as always! I’m hoping to to get my 1st 7 string soon. Funny enough I was also looking at Ibanez, particularly at the GRG7221

Funny this video came out. I recently rediscovered my RG and have been playing it a lot lately.

I've got a very special guitar for me. It's a Cort EVL-K47b. It's my first guitar ever. It's a 7 string baritone with a 27 inch scale. I've bought it for a 400$ at times when I was a student. It was a big money for me. Then a war happened in Ukraine and I've missed it for a 3 years and after that it was returned to me. I so appreciated it so I decided to mod it and replace all of the electronics. So now it's a baritone with Fishman Fluence Modern 7 pickups set, Hipshot locking tuners, Tone Pros bridge and man, it's a war machine. Works great in any music genre. I love this guitar

Great video!!!!!

for me its my early 2000s bc rich kkv because for some reason when ever i pick it up its always ready to go and handle the action.

That end riff! 🤘🏻 I used to own a Jackson king V Pro Dave Mustaine Signature! I sold it to find repairs to my 1975 VW Camper Van. I now have neither, I wish I hadn’t sold the guitar, it was so good to play.

Nice riff work, for starters. I would love to hunt down every xl series produced by Ibanez. A lot were j customs around 2000-2002. Then came the 1077xl, I actually have the 2027xl version, and that ax110 xl from 2005. So I've already gotten started.

My first guitar was a 7 string. ESP Ltd MK 15 a nice budget model to get me started. I was such a newb with my guitar knowledge i didnt realise it was a 7 when I purchased it. I never went back and now a regular 6 feels weird to me. Still own this guitar today and I love digging it out and having a go on it.

Awesome!

Solid riff right in the beginning.

got me an Ibanez universe from the 90s and an ltd V407B both awesome guitars. ltd gets most of the love brutal guitar

Not a special guitar but the first guitar I bought for myself was an omen 6 fell in love w that guitar. Later on got a demon 7 and now schecter is my fav guitar manufacturer

The second riffs is so good !!!

I've got a few that are special to me, but my #1 is my Ibanez S2120xav Prestige. A good friend of line worked in a little local guitar shop years back, and this thing had been sitting there for a while. The guy who'd sold it had been desperate for money for whatever reason, and since it wasn't selling, he sold it to me for cost just to break even. I ended up getting it for just over $500. I've put a DiMarzio Evolution in the bridge, and have a Schaller in it because the original trem went bust after a number of years (wasn't in great condition when I got it), so that needs replacing with a proper Floyd Pro, but I'd never, never sell her. It's more valuable to me than any amount of money.

Got 2 that are close to the heart for me, nothinv really special about them other than they feel and sound like they were made just for me. First one was an aria acoustic i got in 2002 and the other was a 2005 ESP ltd EC-2005

I got my guitar story documented here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jtOfraajkqjXdIk.html

Solid riffage man!

My LTD Arrow 1000 in the Violet Andromeda finish is so special to me. I’ve wanted this guitar for years, and was finally able to get it last year. After fighting through the initial frustration of my very first Floyd Rose guitar and installing the EMG Het set, that guitar was everything I wished for AND more. I’ve even just finished recording a couple songs with it that I’ll put out soon! I’ll never part with this guitar.

Those riffs are soo good bro, ngl

Love The J Line Ibanez n Apex Monkey Korn

That J custom with a Evertune and maybe a SD Pegasus/Sentient set, or some other nice passive set, would be absolutely insane.

My special guitar is my Yamaha Pacifica 012 (base model pretty much), I've had it for like 15 years and it's the only thing I've ever played. I did change the bridge pickup and the tone capacitor on it, it needed at least that

My favorite guitar is my Ibanez in a deep purple fade with chrome pickups and wammy bar

@Pete - Love your channel brother. Every Ibanez I have every played on was solid and the action was great. But.....also later developed wiring issues. Take it to your favorite lutheir or electronics guy and get them wired for battle. Keep cranking out the tunes, the word deserves to hear your talent. Two Guitar Stories: ONE: I have a Lady Luck electric acoustic that was set up by the late Mike Lull in Bellevue (Washington State in the US), and the action is till amazing to me. I record most of my music on it, and then just run it through VST's for crunchification. People cannot beleive that the guitar they are hearing in my tracks is an acoustic. They're like, "WHAT?!" But now that Mike has passed on and he did such amazing work on this guitar for me, and it the only one that he ever worked on for me, that guitar is special to me. Mike was the luthier to just about anyone who came out of the Pacififc Northwest and was famous. Mike's crew of trained lutheirs continue under his name though....and I need to actually make a trip there to have them setup a guitar that I have that I love, but that the action is less than ideal. Despite being an engineer for a living, I have somehow not figured out how to do my own setups so that the strings do not buzz and let are close enough to absolutely rip up and down the fretboard without even using my pick hand (righty). TWO: Also I have two ESP guitars with active pickups that were setup by Johnny DeVol at Bellevue American Music that existed for over 30 years in Bellevue WA. With the changes since the 90's where kids don't play guitar anymore, they play XBOX online, and people shopping more and more online, pluys Guitar Centers around every corner, Johnny went out of business. Miss that guy and his team, I bought almost every other guitar I have there, and Johnny did the setups personally on three of them. Those guitars will always be special to me and I will never let them go, for any amount. Anyone interested can check my attemnpts at musicat www.bitchute.com/senseiofsong/ When I grow up I wanna play like Pete. :-)

That intro riff made my day

Man, you are a riff machine!!!!!

Holy crap Pete, can we get a full video of you doing those classical riffs?? Also, any thoughts on the multi-scale 7 strings?

My special guitar is a Dean ML Phantom-X that my dad bought to me when i have 12 years old. That guitar change my entire life.

great riffing

The Seven Be With You

kool guitars, kool riffs 🤘🏻🤘🏻

That last riff is insane

That J Custom is badass sir

Gosh, his hands are flying. He makes it look so easy. EVERY TIME!!!

6:19 ...just causally kicking your ass across the universe

I have 2 guitars that are really special to me. My Schecter Omen 7, my first 7 string that i got as a birthday/christmas 2019 present. Second guitar i owned and the first one in 20 years! It really converted me to playing 7 strings! The second is my RGIB21 modded with Fishman Moderns, it just sounds and feels so good to play and made me fall in love with Ibanez guitars. So the next logical step... Ibanez 7 string!

I had One of apex models early 2000, i don't remember the exact year, a blue One. Great guitar and so much regret when i sold it...

Shit man... lovin' that riff at about the 6 and a half minute mark! Well done.

I have RGD2127FX, RGIX7FDLB-NLB and RG1527 as 7 strings which I play the most. There's no story behind them really. I just bought them, because I liked them. I am somewhat a collector. When ever I see a beautiful guitar and if I have the money for it I'll buy it although the guitar must pass a very strict observation done by my wife. If she likes the looks too, it's a green light. 😅 That ending riff kicks ass on so many levels. 😍

I have an EM-18 (Martin) that my uncle gifted me and a BC Rich ST-III that I bought for myself. Those were the first two of many. The Martin is probably worthless at this point. Headstock was cracked and repaired. Still has good sound, though wiring should be looked at. The BC Rich still sounds and plays great. Wish I could say the same of myself!

My schecter Omen 7 is pretty special to me. Gatewayed me into actually writing and playing most metal that I know now.

2001ish bought a BC Rich warlock but it doesn't like low tuning. 2020 started playing again and some guy on KZfaq played Apex 2.0 on $checter MS7. I bought one and love it. Local shops doesn't even carry anything that nice or style. I also wanted a 6 string for low tuning, not knowing what to get I bought a Haze 6FF and holy crap that guitar loves drop B. That cheap guitar is really good.

My first guitar was a Gibson Sonex 180 Custom, a weird 3 year run of a "low end" Gibson Les Paul-style. Has these wild open face dual humbucking "Dirty Fingers" pickups, with a coil-over switch. It's made of this stupid heavy resin stuff that was supposed to emulate Ebony or Mahogany wood without being as expensive as either. The fret board is Mahogany that plays and sounds like Ebony, and the neck is Mahogany. So it's crazy heavy to wear on stage but it sounds SO HEAVY xD It's the crunchiest, meanest sounding guitar I've ever played. Pretty standard scale length but I started putting heavy gauge strings on it and it plays it Drop A quite well. I got it when I was 15, on a total fluke. Had been hanging on the rack at the local guitar shop for a few months and I'd been guitar shopping for like 4 years. The Epiphone Les Paul I'd been eyeballing and playing all the time but was *just* out of my price range was sold one day, and I was bummed out. Sat in my spot all dejected teenage boy and looked for something to play. Noticed the muted dark metallic fleck red finish and black pickguard on an old Les Paul knockoff looking body and looked at the headstock: The Gibson Guitar Company I spazzed, tried it out, fell in love, called my mom, and we bought it that day, was just inside my 400 dollar price range she'd given me. Still have it and play it to this day. I'm better on it playing than any other guitar I ever pick up haha Thanks for this awesome video! And do something Psycroptic oriented soon! :D Would love to see how you capture their vibe on an original riff!

My '89 USA made Peavey Nitro Active I...only bad thing about it is that it also has a trem system...other than that its completely awesome!

After playing these guitars, nothing was the same again! Which guitars are YOUR special guitars? :)

Those riffs are so toight! Seriously stand out from the ones you do usually.

Hah mine was an grg7221. Not the best guitar in the world but got me into the world of tuning low and playing slow. Also wanna throw out that every riff in this video is killer

First guitar was pitch black Ibanez RGR321. I was quite hesitant to actually get it since I wanted to spend money on video games instead but my dad twisted my arm a bit since he know I was musically inclined. Best thing he ever did for me. Played the f**k out of it to the point my mom threatened to throw it away since it was interfering with my highschool studies. Since upgraded the standard pickups with a set of fishman fluence modern humbuckers. 2nd Guitar was an Ibanes artwood premium. Sounds amazing, everything else is a bit if a clusterf**k though. Neck was permanently warped so they swapped the neck out since it was under warranty. Knobs come loose every few months, all the screws are rusted. Some screws cracked the wood leaving ugly blemishes. Pickups are very low output but the sound is so unique and I get such a great variety of tones that I'm struggling to decide if I should upgrade them or not.

I came into this video with low expectations as I am not a big fan of the Ibanez sound but holy heck these sound incredible!

I don't really like Ibanez, but they were definitely pioneers in the 7-strings. Nowadays I think there are multiple manufacturers that have interesting models, but Ibanez was the first to mass produce several 7-strings.

They look so good. I have an Ibanez GRGR09LTD Howl at the moon edition with the same overlay on the body, but grey and my tuning pegs are on the bottom side not top. First guitar I ever bought almost 12 years ago. Its in bad shape and needs a lot of tlc and also an active pickup upgrade. I love it. ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/GRGR09LTD

KZfaq's riff master!

Sick Ibanez guitars man, they're both brutal! I've got a white Schecter Hellraiser C-7 with a FR and it's the love of my life lmao any time I want to play or record music, and want it to sound brutal, tight and high quality, I pull it out, and torture the neighbors for a couple of hours haha

killer riffs ...