Weapons

I guess I wouldn't normally call guitars "weapons", but these two guitars are so sharp and pointy that I think they might poke your eye out if you're not careful.

These are my two favorite guitars, and the guitars I'm using with my current band.

The one on the bottom of the picture is a B.C. Rich Custom Shop Warlock, made in the United States.  It's a beautifully crafted guitar, super solid, it sounds amazing, and plays really well.  It's also perfect to play sitting or standing.  I bought it used, so it wasn't spec'd out the way that I would have spec'd it out if I had ordered it custom built for myself.  I changed the pickups from passive DiMarzios to active EMGs and they sound great.  I'll need to build a battery box into the back of the guitar someday.  I also took out the second volume control and the tone control, so there are unfilled holes on the front of the guitar but they don't bother me.  This is my main 6-string guitar that is tuned to drop C#, which I can use to play most heavy songs.

The guitar on the top of the picture is my E-II Jesse Liu JL-7 Katana, made by ESP in Japan.  It is an impeccably crafted guitar, probably the pinnacle of guitar building, but very different from the Warlock.  The Seymour Duncan blackout pickup in the bridge position is dead quiet and sounds great.  It's a little harder to play sitting down, but I can manage.  I was resistant to 7 strings for the longest time, but I really like this one.  I can play songs in E standard by just ignoring the low B string, and it's not that hard.  Or I can play songs that are in B.

I might want to get a third guitar for metal - probably a 7 string that I can tune to Drop Ab.  That way, I can play any song in Eb standard (Slayer!), and anything that's kind of low with the Drop Ab.

Oh, then maybe an 8-string for super low things like Meshuggah or Deftones.  I guess it never ends, does it?