Post Your Rig

[sgmypod]

Nice especially like the iceman and the mandolin

[Philosoful]

Mandolin + Diezel on channel 3 =  :|

[sgmypod]

ahhh now that would hurt

[Nolly]

It's finished  :D

[Philosoful]

Looks tidy now :lol:

Your little muter thingy on the first fret doesn't = for touchstyle does it?

I can't believe more people don't play touchstyle...

[Nolly]

Looks tidy now :lol:

Your little muter thingy on the first fret doesn't = for touchstyle does it?

I can't believe more people don't play touchstyle...

Nah fraid not. It's to prevent the strings ringing out behind the nut when playing staccato stuff. The guitar is so damn tight sounding with the hairband there.

[Nadz1lla]

Now there's a little household remedy I never thought of! Thanks for sharing that, I'll give it a go later. It's little things like that seem to escape me, heh. :)

[Afghan Dave]

Looks tidy now :lol:

Your little muter thingy on the first fret doesn't = for touchstyle does it?

I can't believe more people don't play touchstyle...

Nah fraid not. It's to prevent the strings ringing out behind the nut when playing staccato stuff. The guitar is so damn tight sounding with the hairband there.

You wouldn't need that on a Caparision...  :lol:

(Very Very nice rig by the way!)

[FELINEGUITARS]

Looks tidy now :lol:

Your little muter thingy on the first fret doesn't = for touchstyle does it?

I can't believe more people don't play touchstyle...

Nah fraid not. It's to prevent the strings ringing out behind the nut when playing staccato stuff. The guitar is so damn tight sounding with the hairband there.

That can be the trouble with reverse headstocks
You have to b careful that the string lengths behind the nut going to the machinehead are not the same as any fretted note otherwise you can get adrone note that rings when you dont want it to

I made a great guitar years ago that did just that and it was a D note which was most inconvenient at times although very cool when soloing in that key

[Crazy_Joe]

There are some insane rigs being posted, they must sound amazing!

[Nolly]

That can be the trouble with reverse headstocks
You have to b careful that the string lengths behind the nut going to the machinehead are not the same as any fretted note otherwise you can get adrone note that rings when you dont want it to

I made a great guitar years ago that did just that and it was a D note which was most inconvenient at times although very cool when soloing in that key

Yeah, it seems to be an inherent problem in the blackmachine reverse headstock design. I know Pin, and Dez (lepers_meesa) both do the same trick. It's note-worthy that the B6, with it's standard headstock, doesn't have this problem.

[Lew]

I guess I'm the only one who thinks it looks hideous then :o

It's not my cup of tea, although I wasn't going to say so.
Despite the looks, I'd bet a lot that it plays and sounds incredible.

EDIT: Lew, I actually think it'd be pretty cool with a black pickguard.
(as you can see I couldn't get the colour quite right. It's pretty damn complex!)

Cheers :)
I reckon it needs black, with black knobs too, like this http://www.vigierguitars.com/page/grande.php?img=227.jpg&designation=Excalibur%20Custom,%20HSH#

[FELINEGUITARS]

That can be the trouble with reverse headstocks
You have to be careful that the string lengths behind the nut going to the machinehead are not the same as any fretted note otherwise you can get a drone note that rings when you don't want it to

I made a great guitar years ago that did just that and it was a D note which was most inconvenient at times although very cool when soloing in that key

Yeah, it seems to be an inherent problem in the blackmachine reverse headstock design. I know Pin, and Dez (lepers_meesa) both do the same trick. It's note-worthy that the B6, with it's standard headstock, doesn't have this problem.

If you measure the length of the string behind the nut to where it hits the headstock you can copy that distance from the bridge saddle to the imaginary fret  on the same string and predict which overtone you will get.
Because the tension on the string will be the same right along its length - it will be entirely proportional
on a normal headstock it is the other way round and the ringing note will sound like a high harmonic rather than a fundamental note

[Nolly]

That can be the trouble with reverse headstocks
You have to be careful that the string lengths behind the nut going to the machinehead are not the same as any fretted note otherwise you can get a drone note that rings when you don't want it to

I made a great guitar years ago that did just that and it was a D note which was most inconvenient at times although very cool when soloing in that key

Yeah, it seems to be an inherent problem in the blackmachine reverse headstock design. I know Pin, and Dez (lepers_meesa) both do the same trick. It's note-worthy that the B6, with it's standard headstock, doesn't have this problem.

If you measure the length of the string behind the nut to where it hits the headstock you can copy that distance from the bridge saddle to the imaginary fret  on the same string and predict which overtone you will get.
Because the tension on the string will be the same right along its length - it will be entirely proportional
on a normal headstock it is the other way round and the ringing note will sound like a high harmonic rather than a fundamental note

That's interesting to know. Why is it so much more noticeable on some guitars than others? Is it simply that the distance you described doesn't match up to a harmonic? And does the string break angle over the nut affect how loudly it rings out?

[Philosoful]

Looks tidy now :lol:

Your little muter thingy on the first fret doesn't = for touchstyle does it?

I can't believe more people don't play touchstyle...

Nah fraid not. It's to prevent the strings ringing out behind the nut when playing staccato stuff. The guitar is so damn tight sounding with the hairband there.

I screwed up a tremolo system trying to do that to the springs behind :oblocked now anyway, hate them...

But is that the simular in that on some guitars (such as yours I'd assume without that band on it) you can do that thing Matt Bellamy does where you pick behind the headstock and it makes them mental screaming noise?