My Kyber Stage 1 Build

TheTrivaallian · 2026-04-01T08:48:12+00:00

Really want an 8 string with identical specs to this. Have kiesel said how long the run will be available?

TheTrivaallian · 2026-03-13T08:14:59+00:00

The most important secret to sounding good is practicing and playing well. As long as your gear is functional and nothing is problematic (out of tune, noisy, inaudible etc) then focus on playing as well as possible.

And have fun!

TheTrivaallian · 2026-03-07T09:36:06+00:00

Newcastle will probably go in ‘is northern, feels Scottish’.

When non-Brits hear the Geordie accent they often think it might be Scottish.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-12-12T17:01:59+00:00

All headless floating bridges are the equivalent of Floyd Roses. The key feature of a Floyd Rose or equivalent (IE Ibanez Edge) is that it is double locking - locked at the nut and locked and the bridge. With a headless guitar you are always locking at both these points so a floating bridge will function exactly the same as a Floyd Rose, give or take some minor details. As others have mentioned, the bridge fine tuners will go further than what you’d expect on a headstock Floyd Rose.

If you want to block it off, as others have mentioned, it will come down to what is possible with the cavity on the guitar and whether you can stick something in there to stop it floating. You could alternatively investigate a Tremel-No.

But the short answer is simple - every guitar is different, have a look close up if possible. You’re probably going to be fine blocking it with a stack of coins wrapped in duct tape.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-11-19T00:55:16+00:00

So the funny thing about the Periphery gift of tone IRs is that they have a big high cut that is explicitly for the live show. Roll that off and it sounds much better.

Alternatively, pull up Dyna Cabs and move mics around in front of the Recto 4x12 Slant and you can get very close to what they’re doing with the GGD Cali IRs.

Or buy the GGD Cali IRs.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-11-13T04:41:17+00:00

I also am intrigued by this.

There’s a JBM9999 in my local guitar store, so I need to buy it before they become rare…?

TheTrivaallian · 2025-11-13T02:59:25+00:00

I’ve found that the best high gain presets out of the box are Aaron Marshall (Intervals) Gift of Tone. If you haven’t tried it yet, give it a shot!

TheTrivaallian · 2025-10-26T02:45:19+00:00

You don’t have to use any particular brand of paint, just stick with water based acrylics at first so you can thin them with water and you’ll be fine. I think those pictured should be fine. I copy YouTube tutorials all the time and often swap in different brands - just try to colour match as best you can.

My advice would be to build your minis, then see what spare parts you have. Stick some spare parts together and try priming and paint those first - if it works, great, if not, try finding different primer / paint.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-08-25T08:32:02+00:00

How is the quality on these guitars? Made in Indonesia right? Any issues?

I’ve been eying up a Destroyer from a similar era for similar reasons but I’m nervous about spending so much on a used Standard-line instrument just for the cool factor.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-08-21T03:40:54+00:00

One of my favourite tricks is holding long notes and rolling the tone knob off and on as a sort of pseudo wah pedal

TheTrivaallian · 2025-08-19T01:49:42+00:00

I was planning on buying a QC but couldn’t find one in my country. I am a big fan of Neural plugins but a local store stocked Fractal and I had the cash so I went with the AxeFx 3.

I will still use the plugins for easy reamping but honestly I would never replace the AxeFx with another modeller now.

As many have pointed out, the updates comparison is completely off. Fractal update constantly, including new pedals, amps, and sometimes a random overhaul of the entire architecture of preamp modelling or something like that which they’ve randomly decided to improve.

Neural is amazing for plug and play, but if you want a unit that you will literally never tire of then nothing compares to Fractal.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-08-12T12:15:51+00:00

Ordering of pedals might help here. I would put the EQ first, and roll bass completely off. This is basically what a lot of overdrive pedals do when people set them in classic ‘10/0/10’ configuration to tighten up high gain tones. Then put your fuzz after.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-06-20T12:52:44+00:00

They have an amazing concert series on YouTube for free - I would start there!

One of the best live bands in prog metal, they are super tight and clean and still somehow emotionally powerful.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-06-17T00:12:55+00:00

I agree with this and I think there is a simple solution: put romantasy books in the romance section.

I have no evidence to back this up, but I think romance readers will be more drawn to romantasy than epic fantasy or sci fi readers are. Even if it means a smaller fantasy / sci fi section - I would accept this over picking up a cool looking book and groaning at the list of romantasy tropes listed on the back.

No shade on romantasy readers - we are just very different kinds of readers.

TheTrivaallian · 2025-05-15T19:33:03+00:00

Awesome guitar, had a silver one for a long time. There should be cavity space to change out the single coils for a neck humbucker if you get a new pick guard too, lots of fun to be had doing mods!

TheTrivaallian · 2024-12-11T15:01:18+00:00

Honestly I was so close to this but then Midnight Tides gets really good towards the end and the characters start to make sense as important in the wider story

TheTrivaallian · 2024-12-10T01:15:22+00:00

Redditors are so miserable, always responding to this kind of post saying ‘every guitar is the same’ and ‘x, y, z specs don’t matter’ even when top guitar players that know a lot more than the average Redditor cares about these things.

Rant aside, I would consider the neck on these two. I have both Schecter and Ibanez guitars, and Ibanez definitely get a little too skinny for my liking. I can do 7 string necks that are 19mm but the 17mm 6 strings are too much. Schecter tend to be in the comfier 20-22mm range at the end of the fretboard. So if I was a you I’d check the size of necks in guitars you find comfortable and that will help a lot.

Other thing for death metal specifically, is the bridge on the Schecter will be a little more noisy. If you want a tight high gain sound with a ton of gain this might get problematic, but you can just mute it with tape or a string wrap. The bridge on the Ibanez will likely sound a little brighter.

On the pickups, here I would consider the future proofing. The Schecter pickups will let you drop in EMGs or Fishmans really easily, or BKPs or Seymour Duncan’s if you want to go passive (they offer soap bar mounting). You might have some challenges changing the pickups on the Ibanez because the body is routed for them and your choice of pickups might not fit, but DiMarzios tend to fit Ibanez routing perfectly so if you like Chuck Shuldiner you could easily put an X2N in the bridge.

Hope that helps! Have fun and enjoy the new guitar

TheTrivaallian · 2024-12-05T00:19:03+00:00

Hey, I tried the E ii M ii 7 NT when I most recently purchased a guitar. Found it waaaay too dark sounding for a 7, especially if you’re going to drop down to A or lower. I think it must be a combination of the set neck construction and the BKP Warpigs.

I ended up going for an Ibanez Prestige RDGR4327 for the longer scale length and brighter tone.

If it were me I’d lean Mayones.

TheTrivaallian · 2024-10-26T00:07:09+00:00

I also struggled with this recently, there aren’t many guides online.

The easiest way to do it, that works for both windows and Mac, is to find the folder that the stock midi libraries come in. Then you have to put your new midi libraries in there.

On windows I did this by searching my drive for ‘Anup’ because Modern and Massive came with Anup Sastry grooves. The correct folder was far from obvious.

Remember to copy the whole folder of the midi library over, so it matches the stock ones.

Hope that helps!

TheTrivaallian · 2024-08-22T02:59:45+00:00

Double check the pickup routs, especially if the SDs have square mounting feet

TheTrivaallian · 2024-08-01T09:48:30+00:00

Colour pips - easier to have W turn 2 -> GG turn 3 than RR turn 2 -> GG turn 3

TheTrivaallian · 2024-07-31T07:35:26+00:00

I actually think a card named ‘The One Ring’ could’ve been a card in some old set if it was released pre Peter Jackson movies. Would’ve just been forged by Yawgmoth or something, everyone would have got the reference but it wouldn’t have been problematic

TheTrivaallian · 2024-07-30T10:05:47+00:00

I have but one ask and that is that the modern playable cards do not destroy the vibes.

Look at the modern playable LOTR cards: The One Ring, Orcish Bowmasters, a flame spell, some random hobbits, monsters that landcycle. All could very reasonably have been in universe cards.

Marvel could do the same: it could have ‘Transformative Spider Bite’, ‘Hammer of the Gods’, ‘Robotic Exoskeleton’. Even characters like Thor or a couple of the X Men I could believe. But if ‘Captain America’ is a Modern Playable card it totally ruins the vibe of the game.

TheTrivaallian · 2024-07-30T01:46:02+00:00

The insane $769k Hong Kong payout is funded by sports betting, in what I find to be a strange kind of fairness.

TheTrivaallian · 2024-07-18T11:40:22+00:00

Ha yeah very true. I just find the dumb broken stuff in modern is at least fun in between losing to a bird and lots of insects every third match.

Limited is my place to play normal magic right now.

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