Shenaniganizer
Well-Known Member
I was at Guitar Center today, and tried two sevens (the only ones they had in stock): Schecter C7 Hellraiser, and some Ibanez 45623453245324532462346RG. It was a basic model, I believe. Whoever put the strings on that guitar effed it up bad, though, so I won't bother recalling my experience with it.
Now, I know that Guitar Center sucks, and 99% of their guitars will play like shit, because there's a tiny chance of even feeling a decent setup. Or, at least, that's how it is at mine. So, this may be unfair judgement, but nonetheless, it got me thinking. Anywaaaaay,
The C7 was nice. I liked the semi-thick neck (it isn't as massive as you guys make it sound.. baseball bat? No. ) and it just felt nice. They have a 26.5" scale, right? I dug that. After playing bass in my friend's band, I feel like I can take on any scale. I went from 24 3/4" to.. what's the standard bass scale, 32"? 34"? It was insane to get used to it. But, I liked the guitar, took me a few minutes to adjust to having the extra string, but I noticed that when I detuned the B string to A, so I'd have AEADGBE (which is drop A on a seven, right?), the low A was really, really loose. Like I said earlier, this is most likely due to a shitty setup. But, to reiterate, it made me think: how do you handle loose strings, in correlation with scale length? If I remember right, longer scale length = tighter strings when you use lighter gauge, right?
Help me out, here, guys. BTW - tried searching, didn't quite help me as much.
Now, I know that Guitar Center sucks, and 99% of their guitars will play like shit, because there's a tiny chance of even feeling a decent setup. Or, at least, that's how it is at mine. So, this may be unfair judgement, but nonetheless, it got me thinking. Anywaaaaay,
The C7 was nice. I liked the semi-thick neck (it isn't as massive as you guys make it sound.. baseball bat? No. ) and it just felt nice. They have a 26.5" scale, right? I dug that. After playing bass in my friend's band, I feel like I can take on any scale. I went from 24 3/4" to.. what's the standard bass scale, 32"? 34"? It was insane to get used to it. But, I liked the guitar, took me a few minutes to adjust to having the extra string, but I noticed that when I detuned the B string to A, so I'd have AEADGBE (which is drop A on a seven, right?), the low A was really, really loose. Like I said earlier, this is most likely due to a shitty setup. But, to reiterate, it made me think: how do you handle loose strings, in correlation with scale length? If I remember right, longer scale length = tighter strings when you use lighter gauge, right?
Help me out, here, guys. BTW - tried searching, didn't quite help me as much.