heck man,im gonna get a 7 string soon.nothin fancy,just a good old Rg7321.Sure i cant play jack sht on a 6 string but im a lazy bastard and i hate tuning up and down just to practise scales or play different songs.with a 7 string ive got standard tuning plus an extra b string.very convenient.imagine one minute play avril lavigne the next u play system of a down? 8)
The 7 String guitar, and beyond..
- Thread starter pooo
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penta-tonic
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wow. avrils system must be down. ahahaha. btw u could try schecters too. they make gd guitars and they also have a fixed bridge 7 stringer.
wangdexian
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Yes, the C-7 Hellraiser with EMGs. :twisted:
dholguitar
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why dont u guys post some pics of ur stuff?
just was looking thru the forums and this interested me to see some pics since the photo album thread.
just was looking thru the forums and this interested me to see some pics since the photo album thread.
subversion
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we'd like to keep our pics consolidated @ the Photo Album 8) posted yours already?
subversion
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i don't recall a 7320 but a 7420, in any case, it's discontinued... & rightfully so 8)
echoist
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hehehehhhhe... yeah, that might be true. but still it might open up a different sonic perspective. i was wondering if any locals use that.ShredCow said:
i chanced upon an article on Rusty Cooley and he uses an 8string with a low B and high A in 008 gauge. but the fretboard is fanned tho, with the low side 25.5" and the high side 23.5". maybe that lessen the string breakage. but wait, i think i saw a pic of a local metal band performing with an 8string too in a thread of a Metal gig in Substation. hmmmmmm...
fretless6
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I believe you're referring to this??
The high A on my fanned fret (23.5" on high A) is 0.07, and even with that scale length and string gauge, it's still very fragile. I won't ever bend it lol. I have to solder the strings on the ball ends to keep em from unwinding.
I had to order super lite strings for the high A from the States, and I broke 4 of em within the first 2-3 weeks. So I've dropped the tuning down a step, but since I have 26 frets, it allows me to reach back up to high A anyway.
The high A on my fanned fret (23.5" on high A) is 0.07, and even with that scale length and string gauge, it's still very fragile. I won't ever bend it lol. I have to solder the strings on the ball ends to keep em from unwinding.
I had to order super lite strings for the high A from the States, and I broke 4 of em within the first 2-3 weeks. So I've dropped the tuning down a step, but since I have 26 frets, it allows me to reach back up to high A anyway.
pooo
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Here are the links to the Ibanez 7th heaven videos, which were distributed with the earlier Universe guitars.
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part1_ViPeR.mpg
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part2_ViPeR.mpg
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part3_ViPeR.mpg
Really interesting stuff, highlighting the common question of "can't play 6, why play 7?"
*edit* Previous link addresses weren't working. These should be the correct ones now.
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part1_ViPeR.mpg
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part2_ViPeR.mpg
http://jim777.com/images/Ibanez_7th_Heaven_Video_Part3_ViPeR.mpg
Really interesting stuff, highlighting the common question of "can't play 6, why play 7?"
*edit* Previous link addresses weren't working. These should be the correct ones now.
