Listen to Meshuggah, they play with 7 sometimes 8 strings... super good. Listen to Animals as Leaders. They are crazy amazing!!!!!!!! Listen to Upon a Burning Body. They are from texas, so you know it is good. all of these bands use 7- 8 strings. Check them all out on youtube.
personally i love my LTD SC207. it has the thick nasty tone i want, for a reasonable price. I love deathmetal, whitechapel, suicide silence, meshuggah, etc , and this guitar lays it down thick and chunky. It was really easy to get used to the 7th strings. I dont ever see my self going back to a...