interesting, the inlayed logo is kinda neat... i wonder why he didn't get better fretboard inlays instead of just dots.

Sharp.

hehe, i guess that's not his FINAL model.

I guess he wanted something sharp to stab people with who get near the expensive gear at his feet. I.E. Stagedivers.

yea, and after he does that him and his bald head yell to the crowd KHETTI SATHA SHEMSU cause he's a dork.

BornSoVile said:




where do you see bald?????

BornSoVile said:

hahahahaha...i think i laughed more than i should have for that. he should go masturbate some wargods or something.

wow boy that thing is ugly!! but it is sharp. very metal

oh shit i got him confused with dallas. never mind, that comment only applys to dallas, shows how much i care about nile.

dallas is awesome

if you want to know what my REAL dad looks like, he looks like dallas, but without long hair.

hands down stupidest looking guitar i've ever seen.
that thing is fucking hilarious. unbelieveable.

he has a synth pickup installed into his guitar that goes right into the computer on stage when they play...it's like $200 alone. interesting though...

That guitar looks like someone from Vader should be playing it.

even stupider than a heart shaped guitar with pink flowers on it? (yes it exists) i think that nile guitar looks sick. oh and josh... NOBODY IN NILE IS BALD YOU ASS DOUCHE!!!!!!!!!

i think it's 2nd in stupid looks to the BC rich bich...that thing is uglier than an STD

That and the Tony Lazaro guitar.

yes, even stupider than the heart shaped guitar. that thing is unbelieveably rediculous looking, i don't think i could speak to anyone who had that guitar and actually thought it was cool looking.
my roommate wants to get it for his dance/pop band. that's okay with me.

i forget what that looks like

such an awesome fucking show...

someone should seriously buy this and put an EMG in it and use it live.

I would do that. U buy it tho!
and its legally yours!
I want no ties to it!

ill do it and play guitar in a doom metal band.

RustedAngel said:

george, that guitar is all yours. i'll go with the nile guitar

OH MY GOD YOU'RE SO METAL JUST LOOKING AT THIS THREAD MAKES MY EYES BLEED WITH HATE AND VENGANCE FOR FALSE METAL AND CHRISTIANS

Dallas' hair reminds me of Krusty the Klown.

Nile is gay just like that shitty guitar he designed.

Karl didn't design it, KYK did. He just said he wanted something sharp.

I think it's pretty decent. Fits nile perfectly, looks like a fuckin spear.

Nile plays Deans sometimes.

makes me feel like I'm part of such an elite

hell yeah we thought dean was going to make him a custom guitar... but I guess not.

I don't care what anyone says, NILE rules. They are fuckin pro's. Karl / Dallas are sick players imo.

they may rule/be sick players, but that signature guitar is ugly as hell though. the deeds of flesh signature guitar however, rules.

Death metal can be pretty hackneyed, so I can appreciate Nile's originality; at least it's not all throatpoops over palm-muted tremolo picking with rolling double bass underneath. However, that guitar... sweet baby jesus! You couldn't PAY me to play something half that retarded looking. It looks like a flying V had gay sex with a javelin and that's the assbaby that was born. Ickity fucking ick.

I'd rather see Karl playing that than a Fender Tele. I rest my case.

id rather see someone playing a frigging $100 ibanez instead of a tele.

nile is fucking sick

RustedAngel said:

~cough~ dumbest guitar ever ~cough~

RustedAngel said:

Fucking intense!!!

that nile guitar has to be the gayest thing i have seen in a long time...it should be shaped as a dildo with a legends of the hidden temple logo on it...fuck.

RustedAngel said:

The cross guitar was built by a man by the name of Ken Patin, builder of MCS/Yavcon guitars. The same company responsable for the design of the bcrich warlock, bich, scythe, active guitar pickup circut and countless other things.
He's helping me build and figre maple for my guitars. Those lights inside are LEDs and were the most grueling thing I can think of. That 'dumbest guitar ever' is made by probably one of the best and most innovative luthiers in existance and the woods were hand selected and without question the best I've played.



You may not like the shape, but his woodworking blows wayne charvel, grover Jackson, Bernard Rico, and Leo Fender out of the water at every turn.





Class desmissed.

Ken does some nice work. I think the cross guitar is pretty sweet...but doesn't look very comfortable as a guitar to play even standing. But I'm sure tony fuckin loves it and that's all that matters.

Tony wanted it bigger but Ken couldn't plane anything that big.
Tonys huge anyways, it fits him

i'm sure it's very well crafted, and plays like a dream.
but it's still absolutely rediculous looking.

For a cross guitar, I think it looks increadable. have you seen some of the other guitars preople try and incorporate into crosses?

Gay. Poorly built. aparently unbalanced and outscaled.

RustedAngel said:

i agree. i think tony's cross guitar looks awesome, but isn't too comfortable to play. and the new nile guitar is awesome too

niccolai, I take it you know a thing or 2 about guitars....tell me this,
I want to lower my action,
I DONT want fret buzz tho.
My action at the 12th on the low e is 6/64ths
my relief on the low e is .009 to .010
these are 11 gauge strings with a .50 for the low e.
I know I can get the action lower, but I want to do it with out buzz, which so far, I havent had any luck. any ideas?
and Im not switching to lighter strings.

that's a good question powerkok. the action on my bass is comfortably low (.55-.110 strings) but i get alot of fret buzz on the E string mainly, any ideas?

truss rod adjust?

nah the relief is good...
worst case scenario, a fret shave, but im not spending that $$ on that guitar.

kalopsia...for a bass you prolly have individual saddles, u can just raise the action on that one string to get rid of buzz, but the action suffers..
a happy medium is what to look for, if its the only feesable solution.

capo the first fret and check the height on the 12th wire. You shouldn't have it lower than 4/64ths and there shouldn't be any buzzing that low, the truss rodd wouldn't effect that assuming the string and bridgeheight are correct, the only thing that would give you buzzing that I can think of is an improper fret dressing, or you pressure the strings to much or not enough given the specific height.

incase the intonation is incorect, than take a tape measerer and measer from the end of the nut at the head to the 12th fret wire and double it to get your scale length, than measer from the nut to the saddle on your low e string, it should be the same distance as the scale length, no closer or further from the bridge. than the A string would haveto be moved back acording to it's guage, assuming it's .11 than it should be .11 behind the e string saddle. So the same thing with the D string, moving it back it's guage from the A strings saddle. than the D string should be paralell with the A and use the same method on B and E by moving them back acording to thier guage. to adjust the truss rod, tune the guitar as close as possable, capo the first fret, and hold down the 6th string on the last fret (the low E) and check the height at the 8th fret, it should be .10 or 11. if it's not, you need to tighten or loosen the trussrod with the capo on until the 8 string height matches .10 or .11.

once setup properly you should be able to go as low as 4/64ths. If not, it may be a fret problem.

first check all possable minor problems, sharp or coroding bridge saddles, flattened or choking strings, string heights, frets that are starting to leave the wood, jagged frets, and anything you can think of.

I'm betting (assuming everythings setup as far as intonation and truss rod goes) that it's the frets and they should be dressed and worst case scenario replaced.

If you know how to redress frets than do it, if not, don't risk it.
here are the steps involved:
1. using a rubber hammer, hit the frets down into the board not enough to damage, but enough to let them know they are the enemy.
2. take a black sharpy marker and make a line down the fret wiring
3. take fine grade sand paper (above wet sanding though) on a flat board with a handle, and sand the frets lightly until the marker is gone. it should smoothe things up.

If you aren't firmilliar with fret dresses, I wouldn't risk it.

if you redress the freets and it's still buzzing, thats when you say fuck because it was the setup all along and you redressed the frets for nothing and something else is wrong. if it buzzes after that, than you may need a neck or nut shim, the brand of strings you use may clash with the guitar, or you did something to anger god.

if non of that works, just take it to a tech and risk the 15$ setup and make sure you tell him how you tune and the guages and strings you use.

where the fuck do u go to get a setup for only $15?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

That vital remains guitar fucking rules. Neal Moser/Yavcon guitars are awesome.

Kalopsia, if you're talking about a Euro spector (or any other mass produced instrument); then the bass may just have buzzing issues in general. It takes a super straight neck, fine craftsmanship and flawless fretwork to create a bass that doesn't buzz at all when you hit hard, especially with the instrument's action set low. I've only played boutique basses (i.e. sukop, fodera, mtd, modulus and others) that have not buzzed at all with very low action. That's not to say the Euro Spector's not a great bass. I love those things, especially the four-strings.

Adjusting the truss rod (and thus raising the action) will certainly improve and may fix the problem entirely. You could also try attacking the notes with a lighter touch because the harder you hit the buzzier the note gets. You're probably using emgs which are very sensitive and also put out alot (do you have a 9v or 18v preamp?), so playing with a lighter touch may be a very feasible idea for you.

A final idea would be taking your bass to a shop and getting it set up professionally. It may need fretwork (especially if it's buzzing only in specific places), or the repairman could adjust your truss rod, bridge and nut (if it's adjustable on your bass) so that all the strings are the ideal distance from the fretboard.

cool, thx nic.

I do setups and redresses for small cash, usually under 15$.. more if I don't like the person. The reason some setups get so high is because they including making a new nut, resoldering all of the wiring, ect.

guitar doctor and whitman does it for 20-25$ up to 35-40 if your guitar is awful and needs a shim or fill.

Anthony is right, with such massive necks, a small amount of rattling is almost a given , the only real alternative is a high end bass, or a fretless conversion. adjusting the truss and intonation will help buzzing, correcting your finger pressure will help buzzing, and lighter attack with your right (picking) hand will reduce buzzing.to get it perfect you'll need a kickass setup and pretty thin strings.

I doubt the pickups have much to do with it though, buzzing usually doesn't come through onto the amp. I'm betting the preamp is nine volts, the only 18v EMG compatable preamp I know of hasn't sold to anyone and isn't really popular.

I'd haveto say, it's strictly luthery quality thats effecting it.

Also, check the nut, sometimes the string will dig into the nut and will get to low to the frets.

I'm scared shitless of making any adjustments to my guitars.

I can parallel park fairly well though

i just go for it. thats how you learn.

My fathers a master luthier so when I lived with him I picked alot up.
alot of it sounds more complicated than it is. I'd haveto say the hardest things for me to learn as far as building was soldering and mastering the dremmel.
my soldering always sucked, and it's god damn hard to keep controll of a dremmel for routing out pickup cavities.

niccolai said:

I think an upgrade is common in euro spectors to have an 18v aguilar preamp. I know all those basses have emgs as well.

I'm not 100% on this, but it's what seems right to my memory.

i do have an aguilar preamp in my spector, but it's on 9 volt, 2 band eq

niccolai said:

I don't doubt his ability one bit. Anyone who builds custom guitars gets all the respect in the world from me. He should just hire an architect when he designs body shapes. I'd love to have him or any other good custom builder make me a completely original guitar, but I wouldn't want it to look like a big plastic toy either.

We can't all like everything, otherwise there would only be one thing.
And I much prefer Sanders' overly pointy design to the VR LightBright­­™.

I'm REALLY suprised he went with dot inlays instead of some egyptian scripture or something rad.

Kalopsia said:

Maybe not cue-ball bald but it looks like everyone BUT Sanders is wicked balding. Check it out


The other two guys don't have foreheads anymore. They've grown into fiveheads.

RustedAngel said:

Pro and death metal is a gay combination. Every single death metal band that takes itself seriously is fucking gay as Hell.
Hail Nunslaughter and Repulsion!!!!!

Josh_Martin said:

There's a difference between a pro death metal band and some garage death metal band. Pro's have their shit together, most don't...That's not to say local death metal bands aren't good. There needs to be some level of seriousness in any type of music you apply yourself too. Not everyone has their music based around stupid song titles.

I didn't know Nun Slaughter and Repulsion were just garage bands.
I also don't think their song titles are stupid. (btw, bringing up "stupid songtitles" when defending Nile is not a good choice of arguement, balding hicks from a S.C trailer park trying to pass for ancient egyptians is pretty fucking stupid)

I didn't say NS or Repulsion were garage bands (notice I took them out of the quote)...If you can't see the talent and the amount of work Nile put's into their songwriting you suck at life.

What's wrong with having interest in Middle Eastern culture? I find that shit fascinating myself. The stories/myths are pretty brutal and are perfect grounds for songwriting.

Josh_Martin said:

one thing I never understood about the internet, is how anyone could possibly cry so much about something they have the option of ignoring.

DaveFromTheGrave said:

You should know. You found it impossible to ignore this.

boy that's a shit looking guitar.

RustedAngel said:

I never said anything about Nile's music. I don't mind them.
Every time I've been around that band though, Blondie comes off like he thinks they're total rock stars. That attitude is what I was talking about. Unless you actually go out and kill people, taking yourself seriously when playing death metal is pretty gay.

Josh_Martin said:

oh yeah, I've gotten the rock star attitude from Karl as well.

I dunno, I wasn't on the nile guest list for one of their gigs a while back and he gladly came down from backstage and hooked me up after talking metal with me.

Just because you think they have a rock star attitude maybe they do? maybe they are tired? or maybe they just don't like you? hahah.

They don't know me. They tour a lot with bands I do know though. I just know what I see and hear backstage.

I'm sure he was more than happy to hook you up after the complete ass-kissing you gave him though. Making him feel like a rock star must've given both of you erections.

BTW, since you don't drink or do drugs, why couldn't you just pay the $15 to get in?
I was gonna call you a jew but I just realized you probably spent all your dough on one of those gay looking guitars and a music theory book.

"Yeah, guitar maker guy? Yeah, it's me, Gregg "The Hammer" Valentine from that Egyptian stuff never gets old band. Listen, I need a guitar that looks like a fish and a dildo had a kid. You can? Awesome!!"

Josh_Martin said:

like you kiss aarons ass?

it would be sweet if you just spontaniously combusted.

Hahahaha! Yea dude that guitar is pretty stupid looking. The color sucks, the fact that his bands name is on the guitar is just plain gay and besides the design looks like a guitar i wouldve drawn in 6th grade. But whatever dude as long as he's happy with it.

i dont think its that dumb that his band name is on it, i mean...you know. its his guitar for his band....maybe if it had his actual name on it....

RustedAngel said:

Ha Ha, I made you want me to die. That rules. I love it when stupid kids hate me.

Sweet.

Josh_Martin said:

haha, I love when you think I care and I really don't.

that's a pretty sweet lookin axe... the only thing I don't like is the Nile logo carved into the body

RustedAngel said:

riiiight

riiiiiiiight.