How do you tune your 7?

[Pat_tct]

Drop A
I'm boring I know :/

 

[Xardoniak]

EBGDADG but up half a step and Im pretty sure my gauges are 10-50+73 but I'm thinking of going up a gauge. Circle Ks.
26.5".

 

[Kharem]

Drop G# on standard or extended, with something like a 68 on top.
And drop A# with a low F, still playing with sizes for that one, probably around an 80 on 27".

 

[AliceLG]

daFCGDA on 25.5" with CircleK's 11-15-19-26-37-51-70

 

[The Spanish Inquisition]

I don't. I don't tune my 7.

 

[UV7BK4LIFE]

EAEAEAE so I can hold a beer with my left hand. Double chug!

 

[austinisahero]

My S7420 is in Bb Standard, and my RG1527 is in B Standard, but I put it in Drop A for some stuff. Both are 25.5 scales.

 

[Konfyouzd]

Anything with a floyd is in standard.

My ARZ307 gets tuned a couple of ways...

AEAC#EG#E
Drop A
ADADF#AD

 

[ElRay]

I don't have a 7 right now, but when I did, it was tuned in All Major 3rds (E-Ab-C-E-Ab-C-E). See: 3rds tuning - Sevenstring.org - Threads Tagged with 3rds tuning

Ray

 

[Curt]

Drop A and Drop G#
Sometimes Bb standard because Loomis.

 

[MerlinTKD]

25.5 scale
Drop-G (G-D-G-C-F-A-D)
Elixir 11-49 set + 68

It's a basswood guitar, w/ BKP Painkillers; that low, at that scale, especially with that guitar, the pickups have to be pretty damn tight for it to work. It DOES work however, wonderfully

I also have an 8-string I tune standard with Elixir 10-56 set + a 75 bass string (which, with Elixirs, actually works); my girlfriend/writing partner has my old Gibson Flying V tuned D standard to match my 7 and a Fender HMTele tuned standard to match the 8... soooo many fun combinations!!!

 

[DISTORT6]

25" scale
Bb-Eb
D'Addarrio EXL 110-7

 

[mnemonic]

Till i get something that's longer than 25.5 it looks like B standard is my tuning I'm stuck with. Bb is doable but A and lower just sound like farts after eating taco bell.

I think this depends alot on your amplification and what the guitar is made of. I have a 25.4" scale 7 string and normally tune to Bb, and have done A before and it sounds perfectly fine. I'd need thicker strings to go further though.

Think of it like this; going from 25.5" to 27" is pretty much like adding one fret on the low end (so a half step). So if Bb is the lowest you can go with 25.5", then roundabouts A would be as low as you could go with a 27" baritone.

 

[Chuck]

When I still had mine:

BEADGCF or AEADGCF

10-64 and 10-70 respectively

 

[Robby the Robot]

25.5" in Drop A. 10-13.5-17-25-34-46-64. Thinking about changing to a 10-70 set shortly though.

 

[lynchfan10]

25.5 Scale
Drop B
.009-.042 with a .59 for the low B

 

[WhiteWalls]

B standard and drop A, 9-46 + 74 on 25.5 scale
I would do the same on the other guitar but I need to drill the tuning peg first so right now I use the biggest string that can fit which is a 64

 

[Herrick]

Standard.

 

[Kaickul]

Standard with D'Addario 10s for my Ibanez 7

 

[Schizo Sapiens]

25.5 scale seven-string.

Usually standard BEADGBE or AEADGBE.

Custom 10-13-18-26-38-50-68 set.