Stoner/Doom Metal on a Seven.

[FretWizard88]

I was just curious if anybody here has ever written a Stoner/Doom metal song on a seven string. I know a lot of guys simply use a Gibson LP, Wha Wha, and (insert Marshall or Orange here) for their gear.

I know it is not done a lot, so I think I am going to give it a go and try to write some Proggy Stoner/Doom with my trusty JP7.

 

[TXDeathMetal]

I suppose this could be done given that you've got the gear to accomplish your desired tone. You may also want to be advised that most stoner/doom metal is played in C# (if my memory serves correct) which means that you'd have to tune your 7 up to achieve this in which case you'd probably be better off using a 6 and down-tuning.

 

[FretWizard88]

Yeah, I already have my strat tuned to C# and it works great, I was just curious.

 

[TXDeathMetal]

It's definitely worth a try, give it a shot and let us know how it turns out

 

[sun_of_nothing]

Since when does Stoner "have" to be in C#?

Mastodon can somewhat be considered stoner metal.

They normally play in D standard, but in several songs they tune their D down to A, so then then have AGCFAD, which is pretty much a 7 string tuned a step down, with the D string ommited.

EDIT- Sorry TXDeathMetal, the way I read your post made it seem like you were saying that Stoner had to be in C#, my bad.

 

[signalgrey]

Kylesa plays in drop B i think.

 

[TXDeathMetal]

Since when does Stoner "have" to be in C#?

Mastodon can somewhat be considered stoner metal.

They normally play in D standard, but in several songs they tune their D down to A, so then then have AGCFAD, which is pretty much a 7 string tuned a step down, with the D string ommited.

EDIT- Sorry TXDeathMetal, the way I read your post made it seem like you were saying that Stoner had to be in C#, my bad.

It's all good, I should have worded that better, what I meant was that the majority of stuff that I've heard that would be considered stoner/doom type stuff was played in C#.

 

[grog50]

Neurosis plays in drop A so you could definitely play that on a seven string, but I know they use 6's.

 

[FretWizard88]

Yeah, I suppose a lot of the stoner doom guys use 6's, but it would be interesting to do some stuff on a 7.

 

[Blake1970]

I believe Matt Pike from High on Fire uses a 9 string.

 

[Bigfan]

Well, yeah but he uses a double-coursed guitar (Like a 12-string) so it's pretty different.
Same range as a six too.

 

[Blake1970]

Thanks Bigfan. I'm reading about it, had no idea.

 

[Bigfan]

Apparently the guys from Mastodon do it as well, seeing as they're huge High on Fire fans.

 

[adrock]

Neurosis plays in drop A so you could definitely play that on a seven string, but I know they use 6's.

umm, I'm pretty sure neurosis has always played in drop d. I'm like 99.999% sure.

I think godflesh "recently" switched to sevens. they're like the only stoner/doom kinda band I can think of that uses them. I think it's a great idea though. "extra" low notes for the heavy parts, and you keep all the higher notes for the atmospheric parts.

 

[vampiregenocide]

Theres a band who play 6 strings in like D standard but with the low D tuned down so low it's like E maybe lower. They call it 'drop Z'. Can't remember who it was though.

 

[UnderTheSign]

Electric Wizard plays in B standard, perfectly doable on a 7. They're one of the absolute best in stoner right now, if you ask me.


Other doomy bands in B would be KYPCK (russian doom giants), Cathedral (If I remember correctly anyway), and more slugdy/post-metal than doomy, Pelican and Omega Massif.

 

[ivancic1al]

Nah bro, pretty sure you can't porperly accomplish the stoner tone unless you're rocking one of these:

But I play all kinds of stoner/doom songs on my 7. I tend to tune it up from B instead of in E standard with a low B. (i.e. tune the G string down to F#). Or sometimes I use the Isis tuning--B, F#, B G, F# B with a doubled B on both top strings, sounds pretty "doom-y". Your JP7 should do nicely then

 

[jcm900steroids]

I was just curious if anybody here has ever written a Stoner/Doom metal song on a seven string. I know a lot of guys simply use a Gibson LP, Wha Wha, and (insert Marshall or Orange here) for their gear.

I know it is not done a lot, so I think I am going to give it a go and try to write some Proggy Stoner/Doom with my trusty JP7.

I use a les paul traditional and a jcm 900 on my post metal / sludge band ^_^ however I think you can use a 7s with passive pups and mahogany body. (The darker tone of the wood and the passive/medium output pups should be the key to the tone)

 

[ry_z]

Theres a band who play 6 strings in like D standard but with the low D tuned down so low it's like E maybe lower. They call it 'drop Z'. Can't remember who it was though.

DUNNN DUNNN DUNNN DUNNN



(iirc it's xAADF#B - drop A without the E, moving the low A up a slot and having the lowest string basically slack. They call it the 'bomb tuning'.)

 

[diatron5]

From what I have noticed is that most stoner/doom bands tune to the "classic death metal" tuning of drop B. I can definitely groove on a lot of that stuff with my 7 tuned to F and have also been thinking about incorporating some more elements like that into my band.