This is the prototype build for our soon-to-be standard model; the Masai. It was spec'd out to be the edgier bigger brother of the more fluid Aesir. It has a more square frame and a wider body to accomodate the size and scale of an 8-string neck. In our usual fashion, when we set out to design a new guitar we try and make it as interesting and elaborate as possible while still maintaining a clean, minimalist look. The custom aspects for this build came in the form of a solid Gabon Ebony neck-through, Ebony carved top and multiscale Bloodwood fretboard. The production models will naturally be a bit more traditional; with a straight fret, American wood 6, 7 or 8 string neck. We just like to show how custom we are able to get with these instruments.The Masai tribe of Kenya have long been such revered hunters that even lions leave them alone. It was a natural name to lend to a primarily African Ebony 8-string war-machine with a blood-red fretboard; pretty much the best thing you could carry into a bear-fight.