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    Quad Cortex vs what?

    Hi. I need advice from the glorious sevenstring community. I'm a bedroom guitarist with beefy AF PC, Adam monitors, Scarlet 2i2 and Gojira + Plini plugins which are pretty much fulfilling my needs and I really like to keep everything as simple as possible. I have no intention to gig or play in...
    • Toisen
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    • bedroom musician gear advice quad cortex setup advice
    • Replies: 38
    • Forum: Gear & Equipment
  2. G

    Suggestions for in ear based rehearsal setup?

    I'm curious about how you would form an in ear based rehearsal setup for a 6 piece band consisting of 2 guitars, 1 bass, drums, vocalist and a DJ.
  3. MegaMario

    Action too high - can't get it right

    Hello! I've had my Ibanez 7 string for about 7 years now and it's by far my favorite and most played guitar. Through the years I tried many times to lower the action but without succes... I tried this by lowering the saddles, adjusting the neck, thicker strings, thinner strings... It always...
  4. B

    Drop C Help: 52s and String Tension

    Hey Y'all, So, I got an Ibanez Iron Label back in January. Love how it played and sounded (still do!). However, I wanted it in Drop C instead of Drop D. I got it setup a few months back with some DR Drop Tuning Strings (54-11 gauges). The guitar SOUNDED amazing. However, I didn't quite like how...
    • Bassman1
    • Thread
    • drop c ibanez iron label lutherie setup setup advice string gauges string tension
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Gear & Equipment
  5. ElectricBaliset

    26.5" Scale 8-Strings

    I posted a similar thread to this recently, but it was specifically about the Schecter Omen-8, and it didn't go anywhere. Really, though, I could do with some input from anyone who's had any similarly-specced instrument. It seems not to be well-liked (not without good reasons), but I actually...
  6. ElectricBaliset

    Setting Up/Decrappifying a Schecter Omen-8

    So, there have been a few threads about this guitar, and people have even mentioned having gotten them to sound nice with a proper setup, but they're old af, and my questions are much more to the point of that setup work. I have an Omen-8 that I'll probably hang to for a while. For the price...
  7. JustinRhoads1980

    I messed up. Please Read, In need of help and advice

    Hey guys, first off, I am not a luthier at all. I am just a 15 year old bedroom player who would like to be able to maintenance my own guitars such as setups, changing tunings and setting it up for that, Changing pickups, and just fairly basic stuff ideally, nothing crazy. I have invested a...
  8. Vince Caruana

    Help learning how to do my own setups

    Ive been playing for a solid 10 years. Everytime Ive bought a new guitar or need an adjustment ive always had a tech set it up for me.Recently I had some buzzing on my 8 string, my Hellraiser Hybrid which I love dearly. Ive never got a better sound out of a guitar personally. Over the years ive...
  9. neurosis

    Losing my mind over wiring

    Hello friends. maybe somebody can help me with this. I had a H S sH (stock pups and a painkiller in the bridge) setup in my Dellinger. I wasn´t enjoying the Painkiller and changed it for a Dimarzio Dominion which I installed just fine using a color correlation chart I found online. Guitar...
  10. L

    Debating Pickups For Mahogany 7 String (HSH)

    Hey sevenstringers! I'm glad to have stumbled upon this forum and am hoping to get some input/opinions. I recently bought a new mahogany 7-string with two humbuckers and a single coil setup. I'm really looking for some versatility style-wise and while I have a 6'er with Crunchlab/Liquifire...
  11. L

    Stereo question

    Hello everyone! So, I bought an Orange CR120H head, and a Harley Benton G212 Vintage cab. These 2 both have the exact same impedances. 8Ohm mono, 16Ohm stereo... which got me wondering, the obvious setup would be one cable, 8Ohm mono .. but would there be any possible benefits to using 2...
  12. CrossingTheRubiconAlex

    How do I even hook these up?

    Dear Guitar Geniuses, friends and colleagues, So, I'm buying a QSC Amp in sometime, I already have a LINE 6 HD PRO, in addition to two rack units (DOD EQ R-430 and a BBE Sonic Maximzer). As of now I've been using my Flextone III to power my live sound, and I use it in combo with the two...
  13. Vince Caruana

    Looking for a good string set

    I have a guitar with a 25.5" scale set of 10-52 skinny top heavy bottoms on the 1st 6. 10, 13, 17, 30, 42, 52 to be exact. I tune a half step down and its just about perfect for me. I plan on getting a hellraiser with a 26.5" scale and would like strings that have a similar tension and feel to...
  14. Vince Caruana

    Looking for a advice on a guitar/setup.

    I'm either goin to be buyin a hellraiser with a 26.5 scale or an esp ltd delux H-1007 with a 25.5. I'm looking to have this guitar set up to do drop a, drop g# and Bb standard. I am used to using a 25.5 scale with a set of 10-52s on the 1st 6 with a 70 on top. I was thinking on switching to a...
    • Vince Caruana
    • Thread
    • 25.5" 26.5" ernie ball esp ltd h-1007 hellraiser c-7 setup advice string gauge string tension
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Sevenstring Guitars
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    Drop b 7string help

    I'm looking for help tuning my 7string Ibanez arz-307 to drop B. I'm only Familiar with 6 string guitars, so I'm looking for as much help as possible. Which strings should be tuned to what, what strings would be best for this, and all of that. Here's a picture of my guitar,
  16. D

    Power Amp solution for My Cab setup

    Hey guys, I've been trying to figure this out for a while. I have a peavey 5150 4x12 (8ohms) and a Orange PPC 2x12 (16ohms), and I can't figure out what kind of power amp will support this. I guess I'm confusing myself with the ohm count, but maybe someone can help show what can work with...


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