H guys. I've been looking for a new guitar lately. I've never had a 7 string before. My guitar teacher's got 3 very nice mayones regius 7 strings, which was one of the reasons I've been thinking of buying a 7 string.
I went to the local store and I've tried a schecter hellraiser extreme 6 string and a schecter omen extreme 7 string. both fantastic guitars, but the hellraiser is still much better: better looks, neck, pickups and playability. but the omen was really good as well, and half the price (400 euros).
I want to start playing progressive metal (nevermore, dream theater, symphony x etc). jeff loomis is quite a big inspiration, and I really want to play his stuff. now i've currently got an ibanez rg with ibanez floyd rose, which prevents me from playing in lower tunings. this is great for soloing, but I want to play some heavier stuff as well. I wanna learn to play jeff loomis stuff, sweep picking and heavy rhytm stuff. would you advise me to buy a 7 string or not? of course I can tune my 6 string in a lower tuning, but I think a 7 string comes in really handy when playing nevermoren and symphony x stuff.
I went to the local store and I've tried a schecter hellraiser extreme 6 string and a schecter omen extreme 7 string. both fantastic guitars, but the hellraiser is still much better: better looks, neck, pickups and playability. but the omen was really good as well, and half the price (400 euros).
I want to start playing progressive metal (nevermore, dream theater, symphony x etc). jeff loomis is quite a big inspiration, and I really want to play his stuff. now i've currently got an ibanez rg with ibanez floyd rose, which prevents me from playing in lower tunings. this is great for soloing, but I want to play some heavier stuff as well. I wanna learn to play jeff loomis stuff, sweep picking and heavy rhytm stuff. would you advise me to buy a 7 string or not? of course I can tune my 6 string in a lower tuning, but I think a 7 string comes in really handy when playing nevermoren and symphony x stuff.