M8M Meshuggah Signature.
M8M is a signature model for the metal innovators and style makers Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström in Meshuggah.
A guitar that started a whole new genre of music, and started the trend of 8-string guitars in metal, is now available for the first time for us mere mortals to get our hands on. Previously, it was only available in the unattainable LA Custom Shop version, the guitars Mårten and Fredrik themselves played on.
After the M8M guitar was released, it is the guitar it uses as its main instrument both live and in the studio. The guitar is identical, except that the bridge is assembled parts of 2 bridge (because there was no 8 bridge back then), with their LA Custom Shop model.
The M8M is not a standard guitar, it is an extreme instrument built exactly after Meshuggah's own.
With its 29.4" neck, strings tuned in (from high to low) D#, A#, F#, C#, G#, D#, A# and F, it is an instrument that demands mastery. But if you do, the rewards are manifold.
There is no better-sounding 8-string instrument, the scale on the neck gives an incredibly firm and clear low register with stun and separation. Must be experienced to be fully understood.
The neck is a consistent 5-piece maple and bubinga neck with Al wings to the body, a very stable construction to withstand the pressure of the thick (and many) strings.
The neck is strung with Dunlop 6100 frets, a tall and wide fret that makes it easy to grip the strings.
The bridge is an Ibanez FX Edge III-8 bridge, a fixed bridge but which still has a lock at the head so that the guitar will keep the mood no matter how hard you play.
The guitar is equipped with a Swedish-made Lundgren M8 humbucker in stall position, a mic made to maintain clarity in the tone even with a lot of distortion.
Specifications:
• M8M 5pc Maple/Bubinga neck-through.
• Alder wing body.
• Rosewood fretboard.
• Jumbo frets w/Prestige fret edge treatment.
• FX Edge III-8 bridge.
• Lundgren Model M8 (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Ceramic).
• Factory tuning: 1D#, 2A#, 3F#, 4C#, 5G#, 6D#, 7A#, 8F.
• String gauge: 009/.011/.016/.026/.036/.046/.052/.070.
• Black hardware.
• Hard case included.
Neck facts.
• Width at the saddle: 55mm.
• Width at the last band: 80mm.
• Thickness at 1 strap: 19.5mm.
• Thickness at 12 bands: 21.5mm.
• Scale: 749mm (29.4").
• Radius: 400mmR.
M8M is a signature model for the metal innovators and style makers Fredrik Thordendal and Mårten Hagström in Meshuggah.
A guitar that started a whole new genre of music, and started the trend of 8-string guitars in metal, is now available for the first time for us mere mortals to get our hands on. Previously, it was only available in the unattainable LA Custom Shop version, the guitars Mårten and Fredrik themselves played on.
After the M8M guitar was released, it is the guitar it uses as its main instrument both live and in the studio. The guitar is identical, except that the bridge is assembled parts of 2 bridge (because there was no 8 bridge back then), with their LA Custom Shop model.
The M8M is not a standard guitar, it is an extreme instrument built exactly after Meshuggah's own.
With its 29.4" neck, strings tuned in (from high to low) D#, A#, F#, C#, G#, D#, A# and F, it is an instrument that demands mastery. But if you do, the rewards are manifold.
There is no better-sounding 8-string instrument, the scale on the neck gives an incredibly firm and clear low register with stun and separation. Must be experienced to be fully understood.
The neck is a consistent 5-piece maple and bubinga neck with Al wings to the body, a very stable construction to withstand the pressure of the thick (and many) strings.
The neck is strung with Dunlop 6100 frets, a tall and wide fret that makes it easy to grip the strings.
The bridge is an Ibanez FX Edge III-8 bridge, a fixed bridge but which still has a lock at the head so that the guitar will keep the mood no matter how hard you play.
The guitar is equipped with a Swedish-made Lundgren M8 humbucker in stall position, a mic made to maintain clarity in the tone even with a lot of distortion.
Specifications:
• M8M 5pc Maple/Bubinga neck-through.
• Alder wing body.
• Rosewood fretboard.
• Jumbo frets w/Prestige fret edge treatment.
• FX Edge III-8 bridge.
• Lundgren Model M8 (H) bridge pickup (Passive/Ceramic).
• Factory tuning: 1D#, 2A#, 3F#, 4C#, 5G#, 6D#, 7A#, 8F.
• String gauge: 009/.011/.016/.026/.036/.046/.052/.070.
• Black hardware.
• Hard case included.
Neck facts.
• Width at the saddle: 55mm.
• Width at the last band: 80mm.
• Thickness at 1 strap: 19.5mm.
• Thickness at 12 bands: 21.5mm.
• Scale: 749mm (29.4").
• Radius: 400mmR.