Who inspired you to play 7-stringers??

[BrianUV777BK]

Some guy named Steve got me to thinking about using a 7 string. But more for heavy stuff than shreddy stuff. Around 97ish.

 

[cronux]

broke the neck of of my 6 string... since we were down in drop a, a friend was selling a COW7. my band said that i should go 4 it. i did...

never looked back

 

[thatguy87]

Chris Storey.

 

[Ulvhedin]

I'm pretty sure it was Nevermore that got me into the mojo

 

[ibanezRG1527]

first!!!!! good ole fashioned Head and Munky

second!!!!! just to be more metal >

 

[AlexQ1993]

Buz Mcgrath. Unearth was the first 7 string band I listened to and then i saw a Steve Vai clip where he was demonstrating his 7 and that sealed the deal

 

[Valennic]

John Petrucci, Jeff Loomis, Frederik Thordendal to name the top three. It was Mr. Petrucci that set it in motion with A Change of Seasons. Loomis sealed the deal

 

[Dan_Vacant]

I don't own a 7 string yet but I still want one badly
Slipknot cause they sometimes use drop A
Tosin Abasi no explanation thera haha
and actually tuning down to b I liked the low sound

 

[xenofife]

buzz mcgrath jeremy from rooks

 

[Somnium]

Man, my memory is pretty shitty but I think it was the dude from Beneath the Massacre and/or Trey Azagthoth.

 

[Entombthemachin]

It kinda was a natural progression for me, started down tuning, then played a 7 in Guitar Center and bought it.

but probably...
Misha Mansoor
Chris Storey
Rusty Cooley
Jeff Loomis

 

[Beowulf Von Thrashmeister]

The guitarists who inspired me to play seven string guitar are ...

Steve Vai (That tone he had on the `Passion And Warfare`album)

Trey Azagthoth (`Where The Slime Live`)

John Petrucci (That riff in `Puppies On Acid` that eventually became `The Mirror`on the `Awake` album)

Just love the concept of expanding the pallete of sounds a guitar can create, and I am very tempted to try an 8 string soon !!!.

 

[ibanice]

Wes Borland

definitley John Petrucci!!!

And my self. My eyes opened for the possibillities in a seven string, and BOOM! i got a Ibanez RG7321....

And Liquid Tension Experiment with Acid Rain. That's what made me get a seven-sting.

 

[Altaïr]

I can say although I would listen to korn I had no clue they were using 7 strings. Once I got into playing music it became more of unearth and korn that made me want one, mainly because I couldn't learn their songs without one. Then I discovered down tuning and blah blah blah the list then switches to petruccie, Messhuga, korn, periphery, trivium, born of Osiris, and so much more but it I got a shitty 7 string but I felt better because I had one. But I sold it now I'm on to getting my Agile =D

 

[Born4metal85]

Shane Gibson...

 

[munizfire]

a mix of loomis and curiosity

 

[SeanSan]

Jeff Loomis. had to snag a 7 when i heard Final Product

 

[yingmin]

I listened to 7-string bands like Nevermore, Meshuggah and Dream Theater, but what actually prompted me to get a 7 of my own was my friend Anthony in VMOD.

vmod

 

[AeternusEternus]

^ hi and thank you :3

korn and fear factory here. no shame in my game.

 

[warlock7strEMG]

For me it was Dino who first got me wanting a 7. I loved Korn and their tone but always thought it was super muddy for my personal tastes, tho it worked wonderfully for their sound. But it was Dino and his tone that showed me 7 strings don't have to be muddy and are good for not only sludgey stuff but also for precise percussive playing; he was also the reason I went with the EMG 707, which I still use to this day!!! Back then it was the only pickup that gave the 7 string tuning the clarity I like and is still hard to beat in my opinion.

Another band who got me wanting play a 7, was a quasi-death metal band called Embodyment. They had one good album called Embrace the Eternal(everything else after that sucked), after seeing them live in 1998 and purchasing that album shortly thereafter I absolutely had to have a 7 string!! I would say that not only were they the main determining factor in me getting a 7 string, they are also still to this day one of my biggest musical influences on both my guitar playing and drumming. BTW, to all those reading this that have never heard that album, check it out now!!!!!! That album was way ahead of it's time!!!