It looks like things didn’t work out with Carvin then? Back in March I posted about a new collaboration between Javier Reyes of Animals As Leaders & Carvin Guitars on a signature 8 string. Now it looks like ESP have successfully poached him from Carvin and have created not one but two signature guitars, the JR-608QM and JR-208. The JR-608QM has high-end design features like neckthru-body construction, quilted Maple top and features Reyes’ signature DiMarzio pickups and what looks to be a Schaller Hannes bridge.
This guitar is basically an 8 string version of the ESP Mystique model with custom inlays and Javier’s choice of electronics etc. Looking forward to (hopeflly) seeing some demos appear during Winter NAMM 2015 in a few weeks.