22-fret Ibanez 7's?

[jforsythe]

I totally prefer 22 frets to 24. It's more of the fact that I grew up playing 22 fret guitars and I'm used to them more than anything else. Has anybody seen a 22-fret Ibanez 7-string?

Totally unrelated question: How does someone have access to buy a famous guitar player's guitar, for example jtm45's Dino Ibanez? I can't imagine them going up for sale on eBay or something.

 

[maskofduality]

my grx720 has 22 frets. not to mention an aldar body and two humbuckers. i'd love to trade it to you for your uv777 but then i'd be swindling you. i think the AX7s are 22 fretters. im not sure if i'm right though and i have no idea either if you like that line of guitars.

 

[bostjan]

I think the S7420 is 22 fret. I love the thin bodies, but I'd rather have more frets myself.

 

[hacker666758]

I have one. AX7221 with a seymour duncan somethingorother in it.

 

[Nats]

s7420

 

[jforsythe]

Sorry, I should've been more specific. Has anybody seen a 22 fret RG 7-string?

 

[Shawn]

My S 7420 has 22 frets, I like it but the rest of my 7s have 24 and I prefer that.
My Strat has 21 and the lowest I could go. I prefer 22 up.

 

[Metal Ken]

540S7 as well as the S7420. 540S7 is better though.

 

[maskofduality]

Sorry, I should've been more specific. Has anybody seen a 22 fret RG 7-string?

well my grx720 is RG shaped if that helps.

 

[Shawn]

540S7 is better though.

although the S 7420 is nice.

 

[Mastodon]

I totally prefer 22 frets to 24. It's more of the fact that I grew up playing 22 fret guitars and I'm used to them more than anything else. Has anybody seen a 22-fret Ibanez 7-string?

Totally unrelated question: How does someone have access to buy a famous guitar player's guitar, for example jtm45's Dino Ibanez? I can't imagine them going up for sale on eBay or something.

Matt Heafey sold his white Les Paul on ebay just recently.

 

[jforsythe]

I heard those guys are switching to 7-strings. Any idea what brand they are going to use?

 

[bostjan]

Matt Heafy's Les Paul on eBay

 

[bat69420]

I don't see why you'd limit yourself. With that logic, why do you play a 7 string at all?

 

[metalfiend666]

As far as I know Ibanez hasn't released any 22 fret RG7's. The AX, GRX and S-series 7's all have 22 frets.

As for "celebrity" guitars, they sell via a number of means. Ebay, adds on band websites, forums such as this and even adds in the back of a magazine.

Trivium are going to 7's. Matt has a JP7. I don't know what Corey has.

I don't see why you'd limit yourself. With that logic, why do you play a 7 string at all?

How often do you go beyond the 22nd fret? I'd imagine rarely. There are also arguments that 22 fret guitars have a better neck pickup tone. In the case of some manufacturers a 22 fret guitar balances better too, as the body is physically the same size, but the bridge is maoved toward the neck to compensate for the extra frets.

 

[Metal Ken]

although the S 7420 is nice.

Never said it wasnt. i wouldnt mind owning one. But the 540S7 has that Lo Pro and HSS thing goin on \m/

 

[eaeolian]

I don't see why you'd limit yourself. With that logic, why do you play a 7 string at all?

Well, in my case, I seldom used those last two notes, and I far prefer the tone of the neck pickup on 22 fret guitars. It's not really limiting - more a question of which trade-offs you choose to make.

 

[Metal Ken]

ive never really noticed the difference between the guitars that have 22 frets and 24 frets on the neck pickup tones... maybe its cause i havent looked for it... but i actually do like having those last 2 notes. it just makes sense to me.. why go all the way up to D and stop when you just get the extra octave with only 2 more frets?

 

[XEN]

I got the best of both world with my S7420. I had Michael Dolan make me a 28 5/8" 24 fret neck for it, so I have 24 frets with the same pickup tone as a 22 fret guitar.

And no, I have not seen any 22 fret RGs. Personally the only 22 fret I own is my acoustic: http://www.wechterguitars.com/models/model-3101.htm Which, by the way, is a phenomenal acoustic for electric players.

 

[b3n]

Doesn't the extended scale move the pickup out of the 'sweet spot' anyway?