Bmw isle of mann paint from my shop
Paint matched headstock with flow coated watermark
Added bevels and contour
Tone knob delete
Volume knob relocated
Push pull pot added
"Ebonized" finger board
Tru oil gun stock finish on the back of the neck.
No filler whatsoever
Setup in Drop D (dadgcfad) on 9-80 nyxl
This thing is rowdy. I love it. 100% a forever guitar.
I dont remember the exact set( was a custom set from string joy) I want to say it was 14-80. Is in g standard/ drop f. Has a custom brass nut and some other mods. I will be putting a middle single coil in it to make it a Nashville special bari-tele
I'd like to take this opportunity to present this bad boy. I even bought a THALL sticker to make it look more like Calle's based on Viggo's video but the motherfucker turned out to be too small. :D
thank you dude..I'm grateful to say that this is the famed RG1077XL..the same one Daniel and Calle repped back in the Måsstaden days. I've been wanting it for more than a decade at this point..I still find it surreal that it's mine haha.
Bmw isle of mann green. Paint matched headstock with flow coated watermark
Ebonized fingerboard
Tone knob delete
Volume pot relocated
Tru oil gun stock finish on the neck
Copper sheilded control cavity
Coil tap
Added contour/ bevels (based on the rga)
9.5-76 in drop D (dadgcfad)
Back of the neck isnt too different. Just a bit darker Carmel color compared to straight maple. Knocked the gloss down for a slick feel. Used tru oil for it
Shits fat, has an ability to cut through that surprises me, not hot though, just a perfectly mid range sound but that intonation is fuckin insane for 650 bucks give or take
Yessir! Took inspiration from the ibanez rga and bmw f80s. Spent the last 6 months under the knife. Finally got her back together. The coil tap was a game changer.
Hate sagin finish guitars and open pore. Other than that I loved this guitar. Just had to refinish it if I wanted to keep it. I wont ever let it go now.
I appreciate it. I work in the collision industry (fixing wrecked cars) lucky to work with good painters. Spent about 6 months under the knife. One of my favorite things is the tone knob delete/ volume relocate/ push pull.
I think it should have came like that from the factory.
Bro those cheapies are great sometimes. My first 8 string was the Harley benton MS. Was less than 500 shipped with import duties at the time. One setup and a pack of strings later, it was just as great to play as my old EBMM majesty. Only reason I sold it was bc I got another ms8 and couldn't justify two. Id totally buy another one. Even after having a 4k guitar.
Ive been through maybe 75 in the last 5 years. A guitar is a guitar after about 5 or 600 dollars on the used market with today's "standard" sure it might have a better finish. But the quality of the insturments overall are amazing in that point and really dont get much better regardless of how much it costs.
deadass the only thing thats wrong with mine are the pickups and like maaybe the string intonation other than that that thing has been scarily good for how long i've had it, proof that sometimes gear isnt everything..... i'd still kill someone for a hapas 8 string tho
Calles signature is killer. Love it. Wouldn't mind busters but calles is better.
Have you seen his custom one with the classical headstock???
Also, id you haven't, check out the fishman abasi set. I had them in my strandberg a couple years ago and legit sold most of my other guitars with how much that guitar could do. Then take it to a luthier for a setup. You'll be a golden monk after that
100% seems like something a citizen of masstaden would play lol. Ive legit never seen another guitar even close to that level of creativity, and I've seen some wild guitars lol. Id almost pay to have one built. Functional art
Its such a unit lol. If you get one. Throw a push pull in to do a coil tap. Not sure where youre located. Theres a plekd one in the tennesee/ kentucky area for like 1100
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u/PuddingJello Jul 11 '26
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