How do you use your 7th string?

[Jongpil Yun]

More than the other strings when riffing, slightly less when doing anything else.

 

[Xk6m6m5X]

i use mine... kind like drop d on a 6...the main reason i got it actually...i like playin stuff in standard but i also love drop d so i bought a seven and put tune the b to a

 

[NiCkMiLnE]

i use my 7th string to behead anyone of the church, then chant words from the black book as i play some aborted.



oh, thats only sundays.

mostly riffage

 

[ZeroSignal]

i use my 7th string to behead anyone of the church, then chant words from the black book as i play some aborted.



oh, thats only sundays.

mostly riffage

Th 7th string of a 7th string will give rise to... A WIZARD...












































































...II Neck.

 

[newamerikangospel]

I use mine so I dont have to detune. I like the feel of smaller strings (9-42s), but couldn't stand only having E for a bottom note. Is can be a heavy stance, metal wise, but anything above that tends to sound too thin, so I can have a low B, without having to change any of the other strings gauge/tension, and have wiggle room for riff writing (B C C# D D# E) and still be in the "heavy" zone.

 

[RXTN]

Heavy riffs, and lots of cleans with my piezo

 

[Zepp88]

I lube it up and finger it for hours. Then I neglect it for months on end to really make it feel used.

 

[Espaul]

Th 7th string of a 7th string will give rise to... A WIZARD...












































































...II Neck.

Bit off-topic... Have you read the discworld novel?

 

[Tukaar]

I use it mostly for "mosh" purposes. Most of my riffs are actually based around my low E string.

 

[Born_Headless]

Well, there's not been too many rhythm parts I've written that didn't make use of the low B since getting it. It doesn't get used in soloing too much, but I like writing scales for my seven string.

 

[Xtremevillan]

I don't.

On occasion when it says to open mute the 6th string I palm mute the 5th fret.

 

[Desecrated]

I use it for everything.

I usually start on the C-string ( I have it tuned c-standard).
So if I'm doing a arpeggio in F-minor, I start on the 5th fret and run down to the high F string's 12th fret.

If I get a song that's in E-standard, I start on the 4th fret on the c-string and play it from there. Even with chords.

If it's riffs in drop-d or something like that I place a capo on the 2th fret.

I use all techniques I can, on every string I have.

 

[ibznorange]

Mostly for feel actually. Typically though it gets used clean for chord inversions

 

[british beef]

djent it

 

[playstopause]

djent it

Now, that's advice!!

 

[arnoroth661]

Breakdowns. That's it. chugga chugga chugga
















... No, really, just like any other string.

 

[deathmask666]

Breakdowns are for people that cannot think.

The seventh string?

I use it for death.

 

[Desecrated]

Breakdowns are for people that cannot think.

The seventh string?

I use it for death.

death-breakdowns then ???

 

[deathmask666]

death-breakdowns then ???

no...

DEATH!

 

[ghoti]

I just would like to know, how do you approach your B string?

1. I use it all the time in riffs, like the 6th string of a 6string
2. I use it if I feel I need those extra low notes
3. I only use it when I solo, it's easier to play scales with it.

It's an A string.

All of the above really. I don't use it all the time, but I don't use the other strings all the time either.