Yup.....own/owned 4 of them. LP, partscaster, Loomis for a 7 and an Ibanez Meshuggah sig for an 8.
DSC_2535 by
Steinmetzify, on Flickr
Friend built this for me to my specs....super fat neck, ebony board, gold MOP inlays, black binding on body and neck with fret nibs, Sigil pickups, Sperzel locking tuners, Graphtech nut and TonePros locking bridge. It's gone up against many Gibsons and older MIJ LPs and killed them all. The neck is perfect, the board is perfect, the tone is perfect.....sounds exactly like a LP should in any given situation.
Mutt by
Steinmetzify, on Flickr
This really shouldn't have played as well as it did....Warmoth neck, random strat body off of eBay, BKP Painkiller and a Hipshot bridge. Was't digging it for a minute and then threw it into drop C and it came alive. Sold it to a friend that REALLY loved it and he still has it with instructions to send it back if he ever needs to sell it.
Loom15 by
Steinmetzify, on Flickr
Out of many 7s, this thing is unbelievable...the swamp ash body and the EMG 57/66s combined with the maple neck and board made this a chug machine. 10-52s with a 70 for the low B tightened everything up and the 26.5 scale made it uber comfortable to play. Gave this to a bro that is a Loomis worshipper and couldn't afford one for himself. Made his year and was totally worth it.
image by
Steinmetzify, on Flickr
I've played many 8s and there was always something off about them....the scales, the string gauges, etc....Until I found this one and had to have it, because it's the only 8 that's worked for me. This is a 29.4 in scale with 10-54s + a 64 + an 80. The chunk this thing possesses has to be felt to be believed....there is none more chuggy. The cleans are unreal due to the scale and the whole guitar sustains forever.....I've had to cut off riffs because this guitar won't do it, it'll just keep going on forever, with the whole thing just vibrating like mad under your hands. Definitely a worthy buy....if you need a cheap 8, this is the one to get. If you want a guitar just to chug on, try this one. You won't believe it even as you're playing it....and the clarity under gain from the Lundgren is unrivaled. UNRIVALED, I say. There is no pickup I'd rather have in this guitar.....they really made it perfect for this one.