8 & 9-String Guitar Comparison! (Ibanez, Schecter & LTD)

Thanks for watching my comparison of 2 8-string and 2 9-string guitars! Let's see how they differ in sound because of their construction, scale-length and pickups! I used my ENGL Fireball 100 for the tones! The guitars that are featured in this video are:

- ESP LTD SC-608B 8-String Baritone (Stephen Carpenter Deftones)
- Ibanez M80M 8-String Meshuggah Signature
- Ibanez RGIR9FME 9-String Iron Label
- Schecter Damien Platinum 9 9-String

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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Introduction
01:25 ESP LTD SC-608B 8-String (Stephen Carpenter Deftones)
02:37 Ibanez M80M 8-String (Meshuggah)
03:42 Ibanez RGIR9FME 9-String
05:21 Schecter Damien Platinum 9 9-String
07:13 The Comparison (w/ENGL Fireball 100)
10:52 The Comparison Isolated
13:38 Conclusion

[sillyness]

I like the LTD best out of the comparison. However, that Schecter got something going.

[Saurion]

The m80m is absolutely unbeatable. Those Lundgrens are amazing. It wipes the floor with the LTD. The 9's were more even, but the Schecter sounds clearer with it's extra scale lenght.

[mgarrett]

the Schecter is just brutal sounding. Love it.

[remiestronks]

Yep the m80m does it for me! What an amazing sound!

[guitarristae.o.d]

The Deftones guitar cuts trough the mix better than the odders, it is indeed really defined

[askethom]

I preferred the LTD. The others sounded more bass like. The LTD still sounded like a guitar frequency wise. Had more mids, maybe due to the shorter scale and pickups. Awesome demo. Thanks!

[JackDauph]

Your songs u do for these demos are the best in the game in my opinion. I watch them just for a new song!! M80m is a bucket list guitar for me for sure!

[konstantinrybakov]

Ibanez M80M 8-String (Meshuggah) - the best sound, I think. And also Ibanez RGIR9FME 9-String sounds good for me.
Thank you Jon for this comparison!

[dalodeper]

Killer comparison man. I liked the Stephan Carpenter, but the Schecter was great too. Hard to choose, I think though that scanned length on the Schecter made it really articulate. Great riffs too man! Great work!

[justindewit]

What did you do to get rid of the bats on the schecter

[Morristigue]

Ltd for the 8, schecter for the 9. That schecter has got some growl i like

[antxx]

LTD is absolute killer. Love the sound shape and color. The best among other beasts.

[derrickharmon]

Stephen Carpenter Ltd's are sick I love that Tele sig model

[guitarstand]

Hi John, I have the same SC608B as you. Amazing and great sounding guitar. Thank you for review!

[ZenonShandro]

Absolutely killer video. So valuable. Had me wondering what my Damien Platinum 9 would sound like with a Lundgren m9 pick-up set...

[PaulStasev]

Hi! Great job! Really like your videos! My favorites' re the m80m and Damien Platinum 9. However all guitars sounds great and sound is amazing).

[david_handlebar]

How are leads on a 30" scale? I plan to get a custom 9 with between 31"-32" for the bass side C#1, and between 29"-30" for the treble side E4. I don't like large fan radii, so 2" is ideal, and I'd like to get the longest bass string length; would .008s be fine as long as the tension is acceptable, or would the long scale of 30" make it prone to snapping of leads?

[rjdc]

That schecter is absolutely brutal i agree ihave 707 emg i love the clarity on it and good sounding

[judemisura]

1. I liked the sound of each one. 2. I have 4 guitars added to my list of "want/need to buy". 3. Huge shoutout for wearing a Metallica Load shirt. One of my favorite albums.

[bastian]

This videos are really really nice! Can you do a review on the new Legato N9 sometime? I wanna get one, but I don't know what to expect from it.