soul_lip_mike
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Playing songs in standard drop D tuning (6 string) while doable on a 7 just feels weird to me. That said, any song that is in standard tuning I’d probably opt to play it on a 7 in drop a for more chugga chugga.
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That makes sense but what about the people who want 23" scale and 43mm nut on their 5 string guitar? jk but you see where I'm going with it. The 6 is so prevalent because it was the starting point, not because its better IMOI get that, but for me the issue is that my ideal 6 string specs don't really work on a 7 string (24.75" scale, 45mm nut width so the 7 string version of that), and I doubt I'm the only one.
That makes sense but what about the people who want 23" scale and 43mm nut on their 5 string guitar? jk but you see where I'm going with it. The 6 is so prevalent because it was the starting point, not because its better IMO
I guess it comes down to personal preference with how much you are willing to compromise on your ideal specs.
my majesty 7 is 25.5 scale and 47.6mm nut, it's close enough for me to my ideal 6 string specs(similar to yours)
but I'm probably not skilled enough to notice the difference either. I don't think 24.75 would be impossible on a 7, tuning up a half step and using heavier strings could potentially fix any issues related to scale length. But again it comes down to preference.
Good call to not sell off your sixers. I almost made that mistake when I got into sevens.. thought sevens were the end-all and that I might never play a six again. But within a year I would occasionally pick up one of my six-strings and I found it a really nice re-connection of sorts. Now I'm down to just two sevens... one hard-tail and one FR and that's all I need. I still play my sevens but have migrated back to sixes as my primary go-to.Probably because I'm a n00b to sevens and have yet to reach enlightenment, but I'm starting to feel like I should sell my 6
I've only had my 7 for a month or so, and the overlap feels quite large between it and my 6. Like I could grab either for what I play (the low B is a nice to have bonus). Whereas my 8 is a completely different thing to me. It's easy for me to ignore one string for standard songs, but 2?...phew, no way lol.
But time will tell, I'll hang onto both for the time being. Plus, left handed headless guitars are pretty much worthless on the 2nd hand market anyways
When I first got a 7 I played it in ADADGBe (both low strings dropped a whole step) for a while for this exact reason. Worked well for our existing songs and inspired some interesting riffing. Eventually though, I switched to a more straightforward drop A tuning and finally just a regular scale 6 in B std/drop A. It wasn't so difficult to transpose things and it wasn't long before I forgot they'd even been written using another tuning.Playing songs in standard drop D tuning (6 string) while doable on a 7 just feels weird to me. That said, any song that is in standard tuning I’d probably opt to play it on a 7 in drop a for more chugga chugga.