Eclipse S-VII - how to get one ?

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A couple of years I wanted to start playing in B but still having the E strings with it - the answer is obviously 7 string guitar.

But I didn't found any that really was for my taste (visually and musically).

Then I found this on the Eclipse site: http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/s7/index_e.html

This is a custom made guitar by a Japanese guy named Sugizo. I love the guitar, I would just put an humbucker in the middle (seymour duncan or EMG) and probably left out the floyd rose....I have already floyd rose and it's a bitch if you want to change the tunning......I know in B I don't see myself doing that....but we never know.
The fret body seams very nice and thin!

Anyways.....I didn't found any 7-string guitar that is Eclipse (I don't want Ltd) on their website and honestly that's a great looking guitar! The sound is also great. I manage to track some of the bands Sugizo plays....and if that's the same guitar....it's killer.
I doubt it will sound bad being an Eclipse and with that wood. With the right pickup everything will go to place.

But how to make one just like it? or even get this one.

I sent the question to the management of Eclipse Guitars......didn't get any answer. For a while I thought "maybe it's a stupid question!"

You guys let me know. I really want one just like this ...just minor changes. Help me out.

If you guys know a similar guitar (same style) and 7th string...let me know. But this one is hard to top!
 
Greetings,
A couple of years I wanted to start playing in B but still having the E strings with it - the answer is obviously 7 string guitar.

But I didn't found any that really was for my taste (visually and musically).

Then I found this on the Eclipse site: http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/sugizo/s7/index_e.html

This is a custom made guitar by a Japanese guy named Sugizo. I love the guitar, I would just put an humbucker in the middle (seymour duncan or EMG) and probably left out the floyd rose....I have already floyd rose and it's a bitch if you want to change the tunning......I know in B I don't see myself doing that....but we never know.
The fret body seams very nice and thin!

Anyways.....I didn't found any 7-string guitar that is Eclipse (I don't want Ltd) on their website and honestly that's a great looking guitar! The sound is also great. I manage to track some of the bands Sugizo plays....and if that's the same guitar....it's killer.
I doubt it will sound bad being an Eclipse and with that wood. With the right pickup everything will go to place.

But how to make one just like it? or even get this one.

I sent the question to the management of Eclipse Guitars......didn't get any answer. For a while I thought "maybe it's a stupid question!"

You guys let me know. I really want one just like this ...just minor changes. Help me out.

If you guys know a similar guitar (same style) and 7th string...let me know. But this one is hard to top!

I'm a seven string nut myself. :D

So, what exactly are you looking for - a singlecut seven string with a fixed bridge? I'm not sure what you mean "humbucker in the middle" - S-H-S? Or S-S-H? I've NEVER seen that first pickup configuration, and SSH is pretty rare on sevens (there aren't many good singlecoil options).

If you could make do with a H-H and a coil tap switch, though, you have more options. On the cheap, Epiphone did a Les Paul 7 which isn't too bad:

7s.jpg

(it's the one on the left - the right is a Schecter Hellraiser). They're a little tough to find, but they also came in gloss finishes if the matte black bugs you.

The Ibanez AX7521 isn't too bad, either, though it's not really a singlecut:

iban99ax7221-burg.jpg


Aside from that, if you want a singlecut seven, you'll almost certainly have to go custom - KxK does some nice work, and I've played a couple sevens by Mike Sherman, and one day I WILL own one. :D



If you're cool with a super-strat style body, though, there are a TON of options.
 
Actually that last ibanez looked kinda nice.

I'll check that out. But I still prefer the Eclispe S-VII
 
Actually that last ibanez looked kinda nice.

I'll check that out. But I still prefer the Eclispe S-VII

What exactly do you prefer about it, though? Your post confuses me, so if you can give me a list of specs - body shape, pickups, whatever - that you want, I might be able to point you in the right direction.

The S-VII seems to be a custom order, and as I understand a custom ESP is going to probably run you north of $5k.
 
Yeah I was guessing to be that high. But can you order it ? They never replied my email.

Well going straight to the point (of your questions):

- The body is what makes me wet. That black contour color.
- The Fret arm seams very thin and it's made of Maple/Ebony and it's all black not brown.
- The Head is beautiful and simple.
- It has that ESP quality thing. Quality in construction and sound

I would like to change:

- No Floyd Rose (It increases the cost and I have one with that already)
- And the pickup configuration would be pretty much like that AX Ibanez you showed (initially I wanted a single coil in there....but fuck it!)


If that Ibanez could be with a black body and black fret arm. The wood Maple/Ebony.
I would buy it for sure. The rest is not all that essential (only utopic). The only set back is that I already have an Ibanez (good and old Ibanez RG-505).

Till the end of the year I would like to have this one resolved.
 
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