Who inspired you to play 7-stringers??
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pitchshifter13
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First I started with 6 strings in 1998. In 2002 I bought my first Ibanez RG-7420 BP. It was inspired by KoRn and watching their Rock am Ring 2000 live show in the MTV Live over and over again.
Then I realized Fear Factory was using the same standard A tuning on the Obsolete record as KoRn does. So, I started to play FF songs, and really liked the style.
I was really happy when saw Stef from the Deftones using sevens on the self-titled album, but hated, that he used standard G# tuning, and drop F# later... I could transponate some songs into A, but it wasn't really cool.
So, I go to work as doctor in 2011, and bought Ibanez RG 7321 for standard G# (without Floyd Rose I could easy tune down to drop F#, or use it for the Bizkit songs with standard C# or tune this string down to get a drop B
) and an ESP LTD SC-208 8 string tuned standard F# for Deftones Diamond eyes record and for Fear Factory 8 string song on Mechanize and Industrialist. Tuned down the 8 string to drop E, I can play the Koi No Yokan record now.
Now I bought an Ibanez RGD 7320Z. It was cheap because a painting failure, but I want to make it repainted by an artist, I want a Fear Factory Demanufacture logo guitar, quite the same, as Dino has (he uses RGA with Demanu logo, but who cares).
Next dream is to make a copy of Ibanez Giger RGHRG1 (laser engraved), but on a seven string (maybe with the old RG-7420).
Then I realized Fear Factory was using the same standard A tuning on the Obsolete record as KoRn does. So, I started to play FF songs, and really liked the style.
I was really happy when saw Stef from the Deftones using sevens on the self-titled album, but hated, that he used standard G# tuning, and drop F# later... I could transponate some songs into A, but it wasn't really cool.
So, I go to work as doctor in 2011, and bought Ibanez RG 7321 for standard G# (without Floyd Rose I could easy tune down to drop F#, or use it for the Bizkit songs with standard C# or tune this string down to get a drop B
) and an ESP LTD SC-208 8 string tuned standard F# for Deftones Diamond eyes record and for Fear Factory 8 string song on Mechanize and Industrialist. Tuned down the 8 string to drop E, I can play the Koi No Yokan record now. Now I bought an Ibanez RGD 7320Z. It was cheap because a painting failure, but I want to make it repainted by an artist, I want a Fear Factory Demanufacture logo guitar, quite the same, as Dino has (he uses RGA with Demanu logo, but who cares).
Next dream is to make a copy of Ibanez Giger RGHRG1 (laser engraved), but on a seven string (maybe with the old RG-7420).
Kullerbytta
Newborn
MUCC and Unearth 
Mostly MUCC.
Edit: Holy shit, how could I forget Morbid Angel?! Morbid Angel was the main reason
Mostly MUCC.
Edit: Holy shit, how could I forget Morbid Angel?! Morbid Angel was the main reason
chopshop777
Well-Known Member
Steve Vai
Steve Vai ... who else would?
Bisky
Well-Known Member
Korn back in the day. But i did not keep the 7 long. This time around I honestly got inspired by Keith Merrow. Agile should cut that dude a big check, I'm sure Im not the only one who picked up a 727 after watching Keith.
Taylord
Well-Known Member
My parents went a garage sale and found a frankenstein 7420 for 100 bucks and brought it home. I had no choice.
UltraParanoia
Well-Known Member
Dino would be the biggest for sure. I've been listening to FF for about 17-18 years, so even before I started playing Dino has been planting 7 string seeds in my mind!
Petrucci. Especially when I 1st heard Six Degrees, The Glass Prison was so heavy! Then onto Train of Thought with This Dying Soul etc etc
Buz McGrath. Being a teenager when Metalcore was on the rise in 2001, that new stuff was everywhere. But Unearth really stuck out for me & they still do! Buz is a great player & they write killer Metal
Of course I was listening to Korn, even before Dino started using them. Although I love their stuff, not sure they made me want to get a 7.
Alex Wade more recently can be added to the list.
Petrucci. Especially when I 1st heard Six Degrees, The Glass Prison was so heavy! Then onto Train of Thought with This Dying Soul etc etc
Buz McGrath. Being a teenager when Metalcore was on the rise in 2001, that new stuff was everywhere. But Unearth really stuck out for me & they still do! Buz is a great player & they write killer Metal
Of course I was listening to Korn, even before Dino started using them. Although I love their stuff, not sure they made me want to get a 7.
Alex Wade more recently can be added to the list.
Funnily I was curious about the 7-string for a long time but was always concerned of being labeled as a "nu-metal" guy Then I saw some footage of Morbid Angel with Erik Rutan, Cannibal Corpse, Meshuggah and some Brodequin (!!!) bootleg. All that looked so awesome that I had to get one! And here I am 10+ years later, using sevens, not really caring much for Brodequin and unable to be a Rutan fanboi cos he's back to sixers...
Then I saw some footage of Morbid Angel with Erik Rutan, Cannibal Corpse, Meshuggah and some Brodequin (!!!) bootleg. All that looked so awesome that I had to get one! And here I am 10+ years later, using sevens, not really caring much for Brodequin and unable to be a Rutan fanboi cos he's back to sixers... 
shadowvault
Well-Known Member
NEVERMORE
zechah
Well-Known Member
Keith Merrow , Jeff Loomis , Ola Englund !
FredRipper
Active Member
The reason Im getting a 7 soon is because I basically wanna keep the standard tuning I know so well, but also have the ability to play downtuned music as well. So the 7 string lends itself excellently for that.
The 7 string artists that impress the hell outta me are:
Jeff Loomis,old Korn, old fear factory, Unearth.
The 7 string artists that impress the hell outta me are:
Jeff Loomis,old Korn, old fear factory, Unearth.
hfam
Active Member
LULZ!! You win all the innernetz for the day!
Seriously (aside from agreeing with the fat part above), it's as many have already said, the idea of seamlessly moving in a downtuned direction while maintaining standard tuning was pretty appealing.
I actually bought my first 7 in a pawn shop for $150 (LTD F-207). Replaced the pups with SD Invaders and I still use that axe in the studio.
Skygoneblue
Frankensteeeeein!
This guy, this brilliant guy:
Tony Macalpine, Bulb, and to some extent Tosin (which may see me going to an 8 string at some point). I should have made to leap a long time ago but despite the fact that I do shred, I was always kind of in denial about it. I make no apologies now. If you want to hear blues stuff, get a time machine.
MetalHeadMat
Jackson/Charvel Connoisseur
My main influences for getting my first 7 string were Trey Azagthoth and Erik Rutan, mainly the Domination album from Morbid Angel, however their later albums also swayed me in that direction:
And to a lesser degree, John Petrucci on the Awake album:
And to a lesser degree, John Petrucci on the Awake album:
