Kahler question

[metalchurch79]

Yeah Aldo's is still there, alive and well! Where are you from?

[Cuthbert]

I always thought 9s were like spiderwebs for standard tuning. I can't imagine using 8s and tuning down a half-step! You need to hit the gym or something. :ROTF:

Coff coff I play 08, something half a step down.

Other famous users of .08:

1)Malmsteen (1/2 tone down)
2)Brian May (and he's playing with a short scale instrument, 600 mm)
3)Jimmy Page
4)Tomy Iommi (and plays 1 and 1/2 step DOWN :O )

In truth, all these players have a particular sound and it's partially derived by the THIN strings, besides that, if I have to bend, for instance a C on the 2nd string, 13th fret to a E or a F, aka 2 or 2 1/2 tones up, you have to play with .08 AND have a STRONG hand...

[Racerx2k]

Yeah Aldo's is still there, alive and well! Where are you from?

Pittsburgh. My old band from the 90s played there, a couple of times. Ironically enough, our name was Nevermore, but that was 1991, before the OTHER Nevermore came about.

[metalchurch79]

Cool! Isn't that odd though?
My friend is from Uniontown and he has played the Burgh quite a few times. Some of the names elude me right now, but I do remember Tommy Rick's. He played Pizone's and the White Tavern quite a bit.

[GodWentPUNK]

cool guitar. Can't wait to see it all done.

joe...

[metalchurch79]

cool guitar. Can't wait to see it all done.

joe...

Joe here's the most recent photo that I have:


I also have a thread here in the Import Jackson forum that I will be updating as I progress.

I have it mocked up and I strung it with D'Addario 9-42's for now, and those big springs that I'm using in the Kahler have seemed to settle and I had to retune it a few times since they've settled. The bridge has raised up a fair amount since I first strung it, and I think that I might be able to get away with the 8-38's after all.
Although I wouldn't have a problem if I would have to run 9's because I use them on 3 other gutiars as well.
I just didnt want to be stuck using anything thicker than 9's, or I would have replaced them with thinner springs.
Thanks for all of the help with this!
I hope that i can return the favor and help someone else out in the future.

[toejam]

Pittsburgh. My old band from the 90s played there, a couple of times. Ironically enough, our name was Nevermore, but that was 1991, before the OTHER Nevermore came about.

Did you guys have a five-song EP out in record stores, on Caroline Records in 1989? I got a cassette from my local metal record store in the mid '90s, I thought it was the Jeff Loomis/Warrel Dane Nevermore, but it wasn't. They did a cool cover of The Doors' "Break On Through".
http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=34415

[metalchurch79]

There's alot of great underground metal that comes from Pittsburgh. Dofka, Psycho Scream, and Triple X are a few of my fav's
Tim Aymar is the singer in Triple X and Psycho Scream, who later did the album with Chuck Schuldiner called Control Denied "The Fragile Art of Existence".

Racerx2k:
If that band Nevermore is in fact your band, I'd like to get a copy of that one.
There's some other local Pittsburgh metal bands from that era that I'm looking for, ao if you have time could you shoot me a pm and I'll list them, and likewise I'll return the favor. I know a dude in Altoona that has The Metal Library of local metal! Alot of great Power Metal and Thrash Metal from mid 80's to mid 90's
Thanks bro!