I want to buy a flying V bass in the worst possible way. So how soon might we see Dean and/or any other guitar companies come out with their versions of flying V basses to the consumer market? Also, if Dean was told to stop selling their V and Z series models of guitars and basses in 2022, do they possibly have a warehouse full of previously produced models stacked up on top of each other? Will somebody take my money for a flying V bass, and how quickly can I expect to have one in my hands?

yngvie malmsteen Alexi laiho herman lee etc :D :D

Soon they're gonna say autotune is better than natural stuff.....

Bro, why are you beeing so rude with Scott, he's such a good person

i have two 8 strings with floyds, they are no different than 6/7 strings with them. some alternative points on why one might say floyds ARE user friendly: 1. tune once and not really have to tune again until you want a different tuning 2. you can keep strings on basically forever... i change strings very rarely, keeping them on for years. if you break a string near the bridge (almost always where strings break), you can unlock the nut and pull more string down (extra windings at tuning peg allows for this many times over) then re-clamp into bridge. I have done this during shows and it can be completed in just a few minutes. 3. locking nuts are the best nuts for electric guitars. they take all string gauges without having to be filed/adjusted, do not go out of tune when locked and also hold tune very well unlocked since hardened steel is quite slick and there is no binding spots. 4. blocking a floyd rose is not hard to do and there are many ways to do it, some very temporary or even permanently if you like. once blocked, it's a very good fixed bridge. obviously I'm a fan, but these are some points a lot of people don't seem to consider that are actually more convenient than a fixed bridge. what you gain in some aspects you lose in others, so at the very least floyds are on par with any other bridge (or in my case, it's the best bridge ever invented) so to summarize, if anyone likes 8 strings and likes floyds do NOT be afraid of this guitar it will behave like any other guitar with a floyd

8 string tremolos are more stable than 6 string tremolos therefore making them easier to tune

No it’s not the most user friendly guitar at all - however, the only person who actually want this p.o.s would know exactly what they are in for.

This was enough to finally get me to pull the trigger. After playing an SE Hollowbody Piezo for a couple years as main guitar and craving a Vela for a solid body, but couldn't bring myself to spend that much on almost the same electronics. I'm picking up my new 2024 a week from today.

WTF this is so offensive, this has to stop. She isn't a cultural icon. She isn't a great musician. She's a fucking hack. She's an offensive meme.

I would LOVE this guitar, because yes; it is my ideal 8 string. However, I will not pay that price for that guitar.

the divebombs on that thing

Taylor Swift is like those who play by campfire or something she doesn’t solo she doesn’t sweep pick or anything wtf

ez. if you're afraid of tuning a floyd - don't buy a floyd-equipped guitar. tuning an 8 string floyd is not much of a bigger hassle than tuning a 6 string floyd if you now what you're doing. if you don't - welp, it's naybe it's not for you. what infuriates me most - is people buying floyds and then bitching about them.

In all honestly that strat bodied 8 string probably weighs quite a bit less than that prs 7 you have. I have one of those, and my 8 string weighs probably around 2/3rds or less of what it does.

When are the goddamn single coils coming out by themselves ffs?

I play a 9-String Guitar with a Floyd Rose -Type Whammy. Never had a real problem. Sure, adjusting the intonation is a bit tricky, but that is something i don't have to do very often (always using the same string gauge). And why? Because for me a guitar is not complete without a Whammy bar. Like a car with three wheels or a cookie without chocolate. 🙂 And nine strings are better than 8....

If you feel the need for a floyd rose: floyd rose isn't a problem. If you feel the need for 8 strings: 8 strings isn't a problem. I don't see an issue here. Setting up or simple routine maintenance isn't complicated with a floyd rose. It's like learning to ride a bike.

Floyd Roast.

I have that model and honestly yes it's my ideal 8 string :D Since my first 8 string was the well known m80m from Ibanez and because of it's bridge shape my hand always seeks a floyd shaped bridge on extended range guitars and it's not getting out of tune easily if you love 09 sets :P BUT like the %90 of the FR loaded guitars and + it's an 8 string I can say it's not a user friendly guitar. I said it's not getting out of tune easily because I'm not making 6 or 7 dive bombs with fr when I'm playing with it and I play usually clean stuff with this guitar like wide chords or some like 8 finger tapping for playing the pieces I transposed from the piano. Long story short If you are not going to use this guitar for things that are close to the playing of Javier, you will definitely not be happy and yes, it flexes very hard among friends 😂

If you cannot setup and tune a floyd, it's quite frankly a skill issue. 2 extra strings should pose no problem.

FR takes 15 minutes to set up with practice, I routinely do it with my 7's. (there are some excellent videos with tricks to setups on FR) That said, I would bet most people who purchase this would be blocking within a week of owning 😂

Hook the bottom v with your right knee if your right handed.... The guitar floats in place in perfect playing position... Dont hold your legs together sitting down it will cause hip pain over long time. Ive been playing a v for 20 years. This is the proper way. Ill die on this hill. I agree about the bottom mount jack. The best style is the on that cone in ut of the pick guard. Easy to swap a 45° jack like a strat

Bro Scottie has made hundreds of thousands of your guitar. U don't got a stance on this 💀

I've really wanted to get the KRYS10 I just haven't been able to scrape up enough side money.

It's a one-off LACS model. I doubt it will become a signature available for purchase.

It’s not getting replaced. He’s always played 7 string Xiphos models and just being an additional model side by side. Like have you even seen him play live or in any videos?

Why the fuck are you dissing his nose so much like wtf 😭. Genuinely insane for someone talking about guitars.

This is a weird take. Ibanez doesn't do enough with the Xiphos model as it is. And this is a really cool iteration. Giving him something unique is actually an improvement over his previous 2 signature models: Tim got a black beauty-inspired AZ with HSS (mini humbucker), so Scott got a signature AZ in a different color with dual full-sized humbuckers. Tim gets a signature RG, so Scott gets a signature RG with a pickguard and a different finish. This is something uniquely Scott, and it's on-brand since he previously played the Iron Label Xiphos in the Ego Death video. If they are both going to keep getting signatures, it's nice for Scott to get something that isn't derivative of whatever Tim gets.

i would probably go for Scotts if i would get a signature because it doesn't immediately look like a signature. Also, I think it just looks better, but that's just me.

Strap isn’t high enough for jazz

not a fan of how much you hate on scott tbh

I do not care about Polyphia (riffless imo), but I would absolutely love a seven string Xiphos model without the Floyd Rose

yall r so mean to scott bro 😞😞

This one is just a 7 string, most likely not to replace his standard guitar

Tim said in one of his members only videos that Scott was working on "other models" with ibanez and I don't think they're going to discontinue the KRYS10, it's most likely just his 7 string signature, and maybe it made sense for them to have their guitars looking similar so that they work together but idk that's just my speculation 👀

I always love his krys10 model. Never would've i thought a gold top would fit so well on something other than a les paul. Added with a barely noticable binding, gold hardware, and white pearloid pickguard just makes it more beautiful. I'm surprised no one have copied its design yet

he steals everyone's air with that nose

9:45 Paul did a video (I can’t remember which one) where he explains why he prefers nickel to stainless steel. If I recall correctly, it comes to the fact that the Stainless steel is too strong and it affects the tone… or something like that. I honestly have no idea, I’m not an expert, but I recall that his explanation was more detailed and made sense to me at the time I watched it… it was a Q&A during a clinic video. I saw it like 2 years ago, maybe even more (during the pandemic, hard to remember dates)

0:45 WRONG! Maybe you’re too young and haven’t study PRS history, but PRS already released bolt-on (strat) guitars in the past such the NF3, DC3, EG3, Brent Mason, etc… (not even mentioning the CE line). All of the mentioned here were released BEFORE the SilverSky and Fiore. That’s why the SE NF3 isn’t a baby-SS, but simply a rebirth of the NF3.

This is a story, of a guitar named after a pickup, That a poor man, cannot afford. And then one day, he was a shreddin' and realised the pickups were garbage. Well the first thing to know, ol' Paul reed is a millionaire. And to get there he saved a dollar or two.

There is a sense that Swift has been a positive influence on guitar popularity as an instrument in pop music, especially from the point of view of guitar companies and retailers, who have seen declining sales lately. But it's not from PLAYING the guitar that she promotes it: obviously she has a very basic strum & occasional use of it, almost like a prop on stage. What her contribution has been is by just appearing to play a guitar, being photographed playing a guitar, she has kept the idea alive of a guitar as a cool essential instrument in modern music. If you think of all female divas so popular in recent decades--the Pinks, Adriana Grande, Adele, Beyonce, etc--the don't play any instrument, they just sing. People notice this, or maybe just subconsiously notice it. The message is: the band is not important, the guitar is not important, it's all the singer, how flashy and cool she looks, how well she belts out the notes and dances her little choreography. At least with Swift, she takes up the guitar as if to say: this instrument is an important part of the whole music experience. Those whose livelihood depends on guitar sales are grateful to her.

I have 2 Silversky SE's and an NF3, the necks on my Silversky's are Scarf..... SE Cutom 24 and 22 are Multiply....

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The American made Narrowfield pickups were first introduced in the core model Swamp Ash Special NF back in 2010. They discontinued the model in 2012. These pickups were also in the original core model NF3 as well as the core model Studio and the Modern Eagle 3 (most starting around 2012). You can also find it as a middle pickup of the Super Eagle (John Mayers Dead guitar) and the special 22. All of these predate the Myles Kennedy and NF53.

The SE NF3 is an SE version of an earlier core model NF3 which was produced from 2011-2013 and was the first to feature the narrowfield pickups. The NF pickups have also been used on other models like the middle pickup of the Super Eagle. While many are comparing the body to the Silver Sky, the NF3 body style proceeds the Silver Sky by around 7 years.

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