Who inspired you to play 7-stringers??

[GXPO]

Fred the Shred, Misha and every guy here who put a video of them playing one. I was also intoxicated by the HUGE sound Whitechapel got. I swear they must have like 6 tracks of those big open notes.

 

[sverrejk]

Misha and the rest of periphery alongisde keith merrow and ola englund!

 

[ImN0tTelling]

Meshuggah.

 

[clopstyle]

Saw Korn open a show for Biohazard and House of Pain back in 94'. I remember thinking "what is this asshole doing with the kilt and bagpipe?". The band I was in at the time decided to try and tune like them, but somehow ended up with tuning to drop G#. Played that tuning on a 6 string until ESP came out with the H-207 in 99' I think? Damn I miss that guitar!

 

[Heliumbunny]

KoRn. I absolutely love the way they have their guitars work together with the really low and really high notes.

 

[Timelessness]

Santiago Dobles, Aghora.

 

[tank]

dino cazares, jeff loomis, john petrucci, chris broderick,steve smith

 

[The Hiryuu]

Trey Azagthoth, Jeff Loomis, and John Petrucci were probably my biggest reasons for caving in and finally getting a 7...Steve Vai's what made me aware of their existence in the first place though.

 

[ThrashnBash]

John Petrucci, Rusty Cooley, Scar Symmetry, and Mercenary.

 

[Jason_Clement]

Daniel Gildenlow, Pain of Salvation.

 

[cthroatgtr]

Steve Vai...bought the original Universe 7 string when they first came out...couldn't get pickups back then. Argued with Dimarzio to no avail. SD was willing to make a custom pickup for $250 but back then couldn't afford it. Wish I still had that one! I want to call DiMarzio back and tell them I told you so. I hated the original Blaze PU and still do.

 

[WiseSplinter]

blotted science (ron jarzombek)

 

[Mega-Mads]

 

[supercolio]

This guy:
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Oh you don't know him? That's allright. He's so awesome that few know him.​

 

[myrtorp]

I started to get interested in 7 strings at the same time i was listening to alot of Scar Symmetry. When I learned that they used 7's I JUST HAD TO GET ONE!

 

[bob123]

Satriani!

 

[decypher]

This guy:
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Oh you don't know him? That's allright. He's so awesome that few know him.​

Edit: He's probably not worth talking about in first place then ;-) .

On topic: vai, petrucci and the thought of expanding in general.

 

[Sirppi]

This guy:
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Oh you don't know him? That's allright. He's so awesome that few know him.​

 

[SammyKillChambers]

Well for a start, music wise, it'd be Periphery.

But as a matter of fact, it was my friend Tom who influenced/forced me to pick up my first one!

 

[Rayaus]

Jeff Loomis and Per Nilsonn (Scar Symmetry) were my two biggest inspirations to pick up a 7 stringer.