Who inspired you to play 7-stringers??

[Michael]

Stephen Carpenter
Jeff Loomis
Steve Vai
Trey Azagroth
Korn

 

[SeventhSlinger]

Loomis and JP.

 

[Science_Penguin]

Korn introduced me to the concept, Dream Theater, Sonata Arctica, and Within Temptation fueled the interest...

...but in the end what made me put money down for a 7 String was the work of Arjen Lucassen:

 

[WhoThenNow7]

KORN!

 

[UnattendedGolfcart]

In order of inspiration

It all comes down to these guys. Jeff Loomis and Nevermore was my main inspiration to get a 7 string. Keith Merrow and Periphery greatly helped my decision and made me get more into the modern metal playing style. Other guitarists, like Chris Letchford and Robby Baca, helped me love 7 strings even more, but my main inspiration to play 7 string was from the three dudes above.

 

[Forror]

This guy. Aaron friggin' Marshall. I had heard plenty of other guys with 7s: Trooch, Periphery, Scale the Summit, Korn, etc. but none of them really pushed me to get one. The moment I heard In Time by Intervals I thought "Okay. I'm getting one the moment I have enough coin."

 

[curtisleviathan]

Unearth and Trivium's album Shogun really introduced me to the 7 string as I was listening to them during the time I started really getting into guitar. I had always liked Korn before but never even noticed how many strings they had.

 

[Andless]

No-one. I just woke up one morning and decided I had to play 7:s. I had always felt 6 string electrics were lacking something.

 

[shikamaru]

A Change of Seasons blew my mind. CAFO blew my mind. I’m playing 7 string guitars thanks to John Petrucci, now I want to play 8 string thanks to Tosin

 

[OmegaSlayer]

Steve Vai, even if I'm not a big fan of his musical work, he inspires me more on a simple human level.

 

[MBMoreno]

John Petrucci got me curious. Jeff Loomis and Nevermore got me on the verge of getting one. Then I tried a friend's Ibanez S of some sort for 10 minutes or so and the idea almost faded away. But playing six strings lacked something.
Then along came Periphery, Fred Brum, Ola, Keith Merrow, and the recent trend of ERG. And when a friend of mine started committing to being a luthier, I "committed" to the idea again and went through with it.

Now I can't play 6 strings having seen the world outside

 

[wat]

First Korn, then Dream Theater

 

[Promit]

Honestly - Jeph Jacques from QC. He did the comic about Marten getting an 8 string, then mentioned SSO, then I wound up here. This was sorta simultaneous with finding Ola Englund's videos, so I guess the two of them together did it. Of course I looked into more guys before actually buying, but that was really the trigger.

 

[Erick Kroenen]

i found about 7 string guitars because of mushroomhead, but i got a 7 because of Loomis and Korn

 

[BrailleDecibel]

Munky, Head, Wes Borland, and Dino Cazares got me into 7's at an early age, and I never looked back!

 

[RustInPeace]

Keith Merrow. I hope he see's this post and likes it so I can reach fanboyism level 9000.

 

[Svava]

Djon P3trucc1

 

[TheStig1214]

Technically I bought a 7 to play "Panic Attack" by Dream Theater, so John Petrucci first. Almost immediately after, though, I went through a Chelsea Grin phase. Now I'm inspired by Chris Letchford, Petrucci again, Devin Townsend and Meshuggah to an extent.

 

[mrdm53]

1st time i watch Ola Englund's Amp Demo on youtube, i was totally hooked with 7 string! now i rarely GASing for 6 string, unless some model which is awesome (currently saving for RickHanes Shredguy)

 

[metalocalypse93]

The usual suspects (korn & fear factory) were my first exposure, but it wasnt until cannibal corpse released kill that it intrigued me. Suicide Suicide Silence and Carnifex came along and I was tuning 6 strings down to Drop A alot. Naturally, my first 7 was the answer. As far as the range of a 7, I never heard it played beautifully until I found Loomis.