Anquished
hhnice!
How many of you 7 stringers never went beyond that? And have you been tempted to go up to 8? I've been eying a Kiesel Zeus 8 but I want to try different tunings on the 7 before I pull the trigger, starting with Drop A. I've always been a standard Low B player and always in 440, but recently I've gotten into more chunkier playing and a much heavier brand of metal than I'm used to. Has anyone tried 432 or lower tuning while still going a full step lower with the B string?
So I think of my 8 as two uses in one.
My main project is 7 string A standard, but I wanted to try some stuff back up in B AND also lower than A.
So I bought an 8. Gives me the best of both worlds, I can play it as if it's a standard 7 string guitar and then mix in some low F# dirt if I fancy it.
There's a lot of factors IMO which will make or break whether you get on with an 8 or not. Are you a rhythm focused player? Do you jump around the fretboard alot? Play many leads/solos? Etc. I found Schecter 8's very difficult to play with their 28" scales and neck shape, some chords down low were just super uncomfortable, whereas its just within reach on my 27" Ibanez.
I'm assuming the Zeus is a multiscale?