Bands that use 7's or 8's with a high A

[Spence]

Hi guys

I am aware that a few people tune their extended range guitars to have a high A string, however i havent come accross any bands that use this tuning, can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[Islandjam2990]

I'm pretty sure Scale The Summit do when they use their 8's.

 

[ChrisRushing]

I'm pretty sure Scale The Summit do when they use their 8's.

Yep, except they tend to stay off their low strings so what is the point?

 

[ScrotieMcBoogerballs]

Rusty Cooley has his 8 string tuned like that AFAIK but he's the only one I've heard of that does that.

 

[vampiregenocide]

Yep, except they tend to stay off their low strings so what is the point?

They use the range when they want to. They don't whore out the low range like your average metal/progressive band.

 

[Spence]

Rusty Cooley has his 8 string tuned like that AFAIK but he's the only one I've heard of that does that.

Im sure ive heard he tunes half a step down from that on his 8's

Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Ab

 

[Skyblue]

Chris from Scale The Summit uses a high G on his 8 strings, but it's true that he doesn't use it very often. I'd still check them out if I were you, as they're amazing.
As far as I know they haven't used it on their new album, but I'm not sure... I know they mainly used Chris' Blondie 7 string Sherman, but I think he said they also used his Artinger here and there, so I'm not certain.

 

[Ralyks]

Chris has been using the Sherman 7 live on the Gallows tour, actually asked why he wasn't using the 8. He said he pretty much wrote The Collective on a 7 so he figured why bring out the 8.
Come to think of it, what songs does he actually go high enough with the high G string?

 

[Captain Shoggoth]

In the Great Plains he uses it right at the end of the tapping section and he uses it for the chords in the intro to Glacial Planet, I know that much.

 

[Infamous Impact]

In the Great Plains he uses it right at the end of the tapping section and he uses it for the chords in the intro to Glacial Planet, I know that much.

I'm pretty sure he doesn't use it all in The Great Plains.

 

[Ralyks]

I'm pretty sure he doesn't use it all in The Great Plains.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure too. There's a video lesson on the tapping section too and they never go that high.

 

[natspotats]

he uses it on alot of chords in the song glacial planet