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  • MY EARS ARE BLEEDING!!!!

  • What are the dimensions of the pickups?

  • i like your agile!

  • Dude I seriously need ur help because I've been really considering getting an eight string and doing what u did and puttin like a high a on it but I really don't know if I'm ready, I've been playing for six years, I've played a couple o seven strings never owned one, I really just wanna know if u think I should get a regular eight string and put a high a on it, thanx

  • brootal picking technique!

  • Dear god, that is face-melting!

  • Hey man does it come with 2 low strings or like 1 low string and 1 high string

  • @VivalaErzi It comes tuned to F#. I ordered my own custom set of strings to tune it Bb-Ab.

  • ...also give me a list of things to expect when learning this technique such as things not to do things to try and avoid doing things to do what to try and accomplish with this technique ect ect ect...

    I highly appreciate your time and please respond asap my good man so that I can get started thanx for your time and patience you can shred it down that technique rivals that of Mr.Cooley himself so keep at it my man & please e-mail me asap and if u want u can do a video responce its up to u!

    L8R!

  • ...and give me a very very very detailed description of how you hold your pick and at what angle the pick rests in your fingers and how hard or soft the pick attack is applied, how you possition your fingers wrist arm and shoulder, what combination of movement is used when it comes to picking do you use your finger and wrist or wrist and forearm or forearm and shoulder or all of the above!?

    Also tab out maybe the last minuet of licks you play in the video so that I have a few licks to practice t

  • Could you please send me a very detailed description of how you achieve the speed and percussion that you achieve with your alternate picking technique!

    Just e-mail me and give me a...

  • Nice video, mate!

    Really strange guitar! :)

    I've got a question: I'm pretty new to the world of baritones and seven/eight strings, don't really know what a baritone neck feels like. How does a 26,5"or 27" baritone compare to a 25,5" scale neck? Are the lower frets even wider, or is the excess length divided between the higher ones? The reason why I'm asking this is that I've got extremely short fingers, and spreading them wide is quite a task even on a simple 25,5" neck.

    Thanks in advance!

  • Nice work man :-) Agiles Rule !!

  • Sick alternate picking technique (total Rusty Cooley style) but you should do a video on your picking technique and how you hold your pick for your alternate picking tech man I'm interested!

  • @TempomentalFusion I'll get to it in a few days. My fingers are pretty weak right now. I was without a guitar for 2 1/2 months while I waited for my Carvin to get built and sent out. My fingers should be back to normal by Wednesday so I'll see if I can whip up a video of my picking technique. :) Any specific things you'd like to see?

  • lol..."Slop" nah bro yer honest I like your attitude.. there's so many dicks in this genre of musicians, sometimes the Vids are unbearable.. you had me laughing from the beginning ..lol!!!!

  • @TerraDigitalMedia Haha thanks, dude. Glad I could brighten your day a bit. :)

  • thats what that type of guitar is for, experimentation

  • do u think I should get this and do what u did with the strings ? lol I usually play 6s lol I've played like 3 7s in my life never owned one. and I've never touched an 8 string. think I cam handle the fanned frets, the 8 strings with the high a, and no inlays to look at on the fretboard ?? lol it's a big jump, if I get this guitar, it'll b the day that I've been playing for 7 years lol I've been playing for 6 as of September 22nd, but whaddaya think ? loll thanxx

  • A*

  • Hey thanx man xD and just a question lol, if I got a regular 8 string like an agile with a fixed bridge or a Schecter, u think the 7 gauge string could go up to E ?

  • How much did you pay for that guitar?

  • does it come with like the high Ab or do u have to buy it ?? and if u have to buy it do u have to buy it separate or do u can u get it with a regular pack o strings ? lol

  • @BatistaStrums123 It comes with a low F#. The D'Addario .007 I used isn't expensive at all and is really easy to get, but it doesn't come in an actual set. I get all my strings from juststrings . com.

  • what r those tabs about on ur wall?

  • How's that huge neck heel? Does it drive you nuts? Would you suggest an RGA8 over an Agile?

  • @boxmouth1 I actually shaved the neck heel down before I sold the Pendulum. It wasn't TOO bad but it's nothing you can't get used to. I never played an RGA8 so I can't make that suggestion.

  • @MrCameronBarton do you own something else now or another pendulum?

  • @guitaristman23 I ordered a custom Carvin 8 string in early November. I should have it in about 3 weeks.

  • @MrCameronBarton Please please please do a review of your carvin 8 string! I've been considering that purchase.

  • @kromekrush Haha I planned on it, dude.

  • @MrCameronBarton What are you going to tune it to? You'd snap the Ab with any bend.

  • lollolol omg this is so sped up. no 1 can play dis fast loool. wat a n00b.

  • @TessiturA1995 lollolol omg ur so dumb valentino. wat a n00b

  • @TessiturA1995 dude... is your favorite guitar player jhon frusciante or something?

  • @enematrocoya No why?

  • Nice review. Thanks for not djenting the entire time. I really wish Rondo still carried these; I've only seen the 7 string fanned frets lately :(

  • what chords did you play at the begining?

  • What do you suggest to practice to get good at shredding? Maybe it just sounds good because you can play stuff insanely fast but I just don't know what patterns in scales to practice >:/ Either way you have insane chops an inspiration and I am subscribing

  • Mayones guitar is ... grrr SEXY !!

  • what's the white thing (near the string, on the neck ) for? already seen that ( in different colors ;D ) but i've never figured out what it was and why it was there

  • @anima60 It's for keeping the strings behind the nut from vibrating and causing unwanted noise.

  • @MrCameronBarton thanks dude!

  • @MrCameronBarton can you tune to a high A with the 25.5?

  • where can you get something like that?

  • I used to tune my Schecter 8 string this way until I got tired of braking that high string. I used the same string as you but guess have a 25inch scale for that high string really helps out.

  • im glad you didn't just 0-0000-00-0--000000-00-0-01-11­-1102-000-000-0--0-011-01-0 on the Bb

  • What's that scale you play at :42?

  • God damn. You're scary good.

  • i can just hear Rusty Cooley crying from England,

  • Holy Shit man where you from ... We need a good lead player ( : And your a beast !!!

  • @JOETIBBS83 Thanks man! I live in southern Vermont right now. Where are you located?

  • @MrCameronBarton I live in south eastern MN .... we have a full band but a guitarist of your skill would complete us ( :

  • is the fretboard ebony or rosewood

  • Where did you buy that thing?

  • @MrSeemby Rondomusic [dot] com.

  • @MrSeemby They don't have them anymore :(

  • And now this guitar is mine :v

  • Obsidian Conspiracy :D

  • @coltona7x Haha thanks mate ;) I used to be pretty ignorant about music too, but after awhile you just learn to appreciate it instead of wasting time arguing.

  • You probably spent so much time working on your chops, and what you didn't realize is it doesn't sound good. It doesn't matter how fast you can play when what you play isn't listenable. I apologize for being harsh, but you are obviously a good guitarist, and I would like to see you write a good song.

  • @Tb0neZ5 It sounds fine, that's his self expression. Let it be, music is objective worry more about yourself and your own playing. I hate it when people hate on someone else's passion, he's obviously into playing the way he does so let him be, same reason Yngwie is still playing too fast, and the same reason BB King doesn't feel the need to go nuts on his gorgeous Lucielle.

  • how is it going from regular to fanned?

  • Good stuff, man. Like you tone alot.

  • EMG 808?

    

  • @intheshapeofhuman Agile Cepheus 9s

  • damn I'll stick to my 6 and 12 strings haha

  • Ignore my previous comment. ...I'm tired

  • Guitar? ...sick licks by the way.

  • damn u can shred. I'm sure i could get used to a multi-scale, but what is it like going back and forth between that and a non-multiscale? (If you do go back and forth) b/c i would like to have my 2 main guitars be a 7 string with a standard 27" scale, and a 27-28.625" fanned 8 string.

  • you have some serious talent!

  • Nice fucking alt picking!

  • good job mr.rusty cooley!

  • you should tab out those scales :D

  • @B3LTRAN89 Eh.. I don't like tabbing lol. Only reason I tab is for my Lick Of The Week videos.

  • @MrCameronBarton lol i was being sarcastic, to tab out half the shit you played would take a lifetime hahaha but if your up for it all power to ya bud! ^.^

  • @B3LTRAN89 Good thing I'm immortal.

  • I want one...SOOOOOOOOO BAD!!!

  • Obsidian Conspiracy.

    Pretty good playing man.

    I happen to be a student of Rusty's, and just got my first 8 string.

    I happened to get a 26.5 scale Schecter Riot-8 string. Only 12 made in the world.

    Pretty good, but I was thinking of picking up that Agile next for a multiscale. Would you advise it?

  • @Genoc1deP7 Thanks! Hell yeah man. I absolutely love mine.

  • @MrCameronBarton What happens to be the difference in arpeggios with the high A?

    How do you finish them? Same way but a double pulloff on each high string?

    And i'm selling 3 of my 6 strings to order that same guitar + axefx ultra :D

  • @Genoc1deP7 The actual shapes of the arpeggios change completely. I usually just do the same ones ending on the high E, but when I do the arpeggios on the high A, I only do a 3 or 8 string arp. I might actually do a Lick Of The Week video soon for the people that use a high A, since there actually isn't any that I've ever seen.

  • @MrCameronBarton Send me a message and ill send you a video of one.

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  • i have the weirdest boner and now i want an agile

  • Nice chops and that high a flat was awesome

  • Also, amazing guitaring 

  • Why would you get an 8 string and tune it to a 7 string? Why not Drop A ATLEAST, or G or F?

  • @DistortedBrain I'm actually more of a lead player than a rhythm player, and I like having the extra range up high instead of down low. Ever since I watched videos of Rusty Cooley playing on his Conklin fanned 8 string that he had tuned from low Bb to high Ab.. I never stopped wanting one.

  • @MrCameronBarton You are insanely good dude.. Good to know that Mistaaa Rusty effing Cooley inspired you pick this one up .. And you should totally get yourself Rusty's new RC8.. only 25 of those have been made.. and you deserve one !!!!

  • 3:00 the attack of the mad spider

  • Hey Sick video man. You blew me away with some of that shit! I was looking into an Agile Interceptor Pro 930 MN, and I was wondering if that Pendulum had the same Cepheus pickups that the my Interceptor does. The only setback to my purchasing of the Interceptor is that I know nothing about Cepheus, and I was wondering if you could tell me what your opinion is. Any flaws? Better with Highs or lows? How well does it work with with other pedals and effects (Aside from the Podxt) Thanks a lot, man!

  • werw! the fret bars look kinda weird towards the pick ups looks like your neck is bending haha

  • are fanned frets any better than just your standard fretting?

  • OBSIDIAN CONSPIRACY!!!!!!111111

  • @SkaPunkHCSkaCore Thanks, dude. 11 years as of July 12th.

  • Fanned frets get me dizzy. are there massive pro/cons?

  • Hey man, sorry for commenting on all your videos xD but I'm thinking of getting this guitar, probably am, my only concern is were would you purchase strings that have the high Ab to low Bb?

  • @ShredderEric Haha it's cool. I buy GHS Boomer 9-58 and D'Addario .007 single from juststrings[dot] com. Thinking about moving up to 10-60 soon.

  • What guitat tuning are you playing in. Like from the lowest string to the highest

  • @NotoriusWhitey Man, cmon. I said it in the video and It's in the description..

  • @NotoriusWhitey heh.

  • @RenDawg2323 HEH.

  • Just cant say i care for the ultra low or ultra high tone. a regular 6 string E is high enough pitch and about low A is the lowest useable non rediculous pitch.

  • @chickenbeek To each their own I guess. I know what you mean about A being the lowest usable tone really. I DO like F# or F when it's used for more than just standard polychug, but the high Ab gives me more range for leads and arpeggios that I just don't wanna be without anymore. Some day I wanna have a guitar with the full range of an 88 key piano. :D

  • @chickenbeek Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

  • man, i wish they still sold these..

  • @Ceejay1523 They should be back in stock in few months man. Hopefully with some new models. I want one with a maple fretboard.

  • I can't tell what the pickups are like from a mic'd and distorted sound. Can you play them directly into an audio interface? I have been planning on picking one of these up when they have paint jobs (I hate wood). I hoped to tune from A - Ab – the 28.625" one can only do G#-G – so this video was helpful, regardless. It's awesome to see that you can bend like that at that tension. Great chops; you're a monster.

  • @JessyUV The pickups are awesome man. Honestly to me, these pickups sound better than anything I've heard of EMG808s. /watch?v=UjYHeOvQkZs <<That's a video for the String Insanity competition where I recorded the sound direct. The backing is done with the same guitar and I use a Pod X3 for my tones.

  • @MrCameronBarton Oh, I'd seen that, and, while impressive ;-), that's not what I'm talking about. I mean, plug your guitar into an audio interface (a POD will do), and record over USB/Firewire, with no effects. I used to have a PODxt, and it had some "bypass" mode, but I don't remember how that was accessed. Guitar speakers, or emulations thereof, are lowpass filters, and I'm not interested in hearing them with distortion.

  • you won at 1:47

  • @MrCameronBarton haha yeah man kick ass playing!

  • So when you say your name is Cameron Barton, what you meant was Rusty Cooley... XD nice chops man!

  • @tubaeli93 Nah.. I'm Cameron Barton.. Haha. Thanks dude.

  • What guage of strings do you use on that guitar? I usually use d'addario 10's on my 7 string. And if you don't mind me asking, how much do those Agile's run?

  • It takes much time to get use to it?, what about the pickups?, I mean, I love how it looks and I really want to buy one myself, but I don't know, its not cheap and I've never played an multiscale before... So, comparing with and LTD SC 608 or an Ibanez RGA8 what you can tell me man? :)

  • Dude I like the way u play. U kick ass. And that's the 1st I've seen that tuning. You get major high notes in there. I just started playin with 8 strings using dunlop 10-80 (10,14,20,40,52,62,72,80) down a whole step making E,A,D,G,C,F,A,D I think. Lol I gets pretty heavy wit my playing

  • is it weird to play chords on that?

  • @antman95 Not at all dude. Feels better honestly.

  • 1:54 subscribed flippin awesome

  • I started vomiting blood at 1:33. You, sir, are insanely fucking fast.

  • @xWattie831x I'm sorry to have caused you such bodily harm, my good sir! Thank you though!

  • @MrCameronBarton

    Oh, and what amp are you using? It sounds absolutely fantastic.

  • @xWattie831x Hey thanks, dude! I'm just using a POD X3 man. Took me a while to get a good lead and rhythm tone dialed in since I was really new to it, and it has so many settings to play around with.

  • So fucking sexy mate. Id love to get the 7 with the trem. I just wish they had a neck pickup

  • @UMadUJelly For sure man. I'm sure Rondo will come out with some newer and updated models sometime this year. Hopefully some new colors, more dual pickup models.. and different body woods hopefully.

  • I'm getting a pendulum 8. That is an impressive guitar. sounds good.

  • hey thanks for the video, if it wasnt for you i wouldnt have found about this cool multi scale guitar, but i just can't help to wonder and ask, does this hybrid fretboard affects the key you in or the pitch of the notes, since the frets are slanted? hope i explained myself, thanks again

  • @mikyj139 No pitch is changed. You just tune it normally. The bass strings are tighter since the scale is extended, and the treble strings are about the same.

  • i want the same guitar.....so badly...

  • Hay Man, Nice vid. I have been looking for a Agile Pendulum 8 but I cant find one. Did you get yours form rondo music?

  • @neelypennington Yeah, they wont have the dual pickup models back in stock for a couple months. Keep checking weekly! Thanks :)

  • Awesome picking is awesome! Good stuff man.

  • dude...1:45 - 1:52 was fucking nuts.

  • hey i've got a question for ya. i noticed you went for the high A instead of the low F (or i would too it to E personally) but do you know how the 27" holds as far as woobling for the low F or E on that guitar? because i have a 727 septor, great guitar for the price, but the high E snaps everytime, so i've almost eliminated hard bends in my writing, which i miss. And i notices that a multiscale fixes that so let me know what you think about the low end please as far as tension goes!

  • @bigbearsonparade It came with a low F#. It wasn't that great with the 74 it came with, so if you were to tune this to low E, I'd suggest getting an 80 for it, which might require some drilling of the tuner.

  • @MrCameronBarton no i understand that, i'm asking if the 27" makes an E taut enough. thanks for the advice though

  • @bigbearsonparade It should with a big enough string.

  • i wish I wuznt sighed to dean because that guitar sounds amazin

  • @TheREALDavidShankle You're still commenting on Cam's videos?

  • @Sentient6505 He won't ever stop.

  • @MrCameronBarton If one thing is for certain...your guitar sounds better than his

  • @Sentient6505 That's one thing that wont ever change. :D

  • you a truly DEVASTATING picker

    fuck it DEVASTATING shredder

  • Er, I mean i'm a newbie, and er... well, yeah. Too excited! NEED 8 STRING!

  • Wicked dude. I'm taking a long look at these Agile builds and I gotta say i'm loving the reviews (aside from the obvious flaws garnered by their being reasonably priced - frets, tuners, etc.). As a newbie to 8 string, what ultimately made you want to play multi-scale? I mean, is it something I can only wrap my head around if I try one? As it is, going to 8 seems... logical, but is there a specific benefit? Is it solely individual feel? You're reaching and hitting solid at a good gallop.

  • holy crap was that all improvised?!?!?! that sounded sick!

  • @MrCameronBarton Block his faggot ass and remove his comments.

  • @V8EATR I blocked him but I'm not removing his comments. It shows how much of an immature prick he is, which is REALLY bad for his "image".

  • Does it take much getting use to the multi scale neck? For example if you're playing a scale from the lower pitched strings to the higher does the decrease in stretch feel awkward?At any point did your pinky ever over reach as you ascended to the higher notes by accident when you'd play through a scale?Hope all that made since:)

  • @shagfish It takes a few minutes to get used to it. The stretches aren't much different at all. The only thing I've done that was actually pretty lulzy, was when I was flying up to the higher register, my pinky was playing the non existent 25th fret haha.

  • @MrCameronBarton Thanks and awesome playing by the way!

  • @MrCameronBarton

    Is it any more difficult to play open chords near the nut?

  • @WoWintosh Not at all.

  • Im waiting on a run of 7s with Kahlers then I'm for sure getting one.

  • Did your guitar come stock as F#-B-E, etc., or does it come stock as B-E-...A?

    Also, I want this guitar. The fanned frets like they'd be super comfortable. Too bad its crazy expensive.

  • @Falling2Grey29 It came stock with a low F#. Honestly dude, $900 for a fanned fret 8 string is DAMN cheap considering if you got one custom made (pretty much the only other way you'll get one) it'll cost you in excess of $2000.

  • @MrCameronBarton Was it a pain in the ass changing the strings from the stock set up to the current set-up? And $900 is a little steep for my first 8 string with no concrete band to play with.

  • @Falling2Grey29 Not at all. It was just like an ordinary string change. Yeah I hear ya. I've just always wanted a fanned 8 string and I just write some stuff on my own and have friends do drums/bass. I see where you're coming from though.

  • @MrCameronBarton Being 17 doesnt help either =P Im assuming you were always awesome, like before you got your 8?

  • @Falling2Grey29 Son, I was born awesome. I wake up in the morning and piss excellence! Hahahaha jk.

  • @MrCameronBarton How are the p'ups? Is there a big difference in tone between them? I know they're actives and all, but I know nothing about them. Would it be worth paying another $100 for the extra pickup route?

  • @Falling2Grey29 I love these pickups man. Nice and hot without being muddy. The only pickups without going custom that will fit in these routs, are 6 string bass emgs, and 6 string bass q tuners.

  • @MrCameronBarton Sorry, my bad with the question...Is it worth it to get the neck pick-up as well as the bridge, or should I save the $100 and just get the guitar with the bridge pick up?

  • @Falling2Grey29 Oh! It's definitely worth getting the dual pickup model. Paying to put another pickup in would cost 2-300 considering you'd need the pickup, pickup switch, extra wiring, and the labor it would be to rout.

  • @MrCameronBarton Ok, thanks a lot. You awesome for replying so fast

  • @Falling2Grey29 No problem dude!

  • I gotta say man you are fucking incredible, you must be nearing rustys level if not at it already!

  • You've convinced me to save up for one of these :D

    Fucking nice playing mate! Did I hear some Constant Motion in here (;?