Sentient66
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Jeff Loomis and Steve Vai. But mostly Loomis.
Who inspired you to play seven?
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xxdeliverance
Member
Nevermore!
Seventary
Norwegian metalhead
The almighty Steve Vai. After I heard the Passion and Warfare album. Standard tuning is enough for me.
TheAmazingBlob
Well-Known Member
Mostly Petrucci, plenty of Loomis and Broderick, and a tiny bit of Trivium.
failshredder
hammer every cock
Rusty Cooley. I don't really aspire to super-shredderdom any more, but he was definitely the one that made me want a 7.
vhmetalx
\m/
For me it was when i found out deathcore bands used 7 strings like whitechapel and SS and whatnot...
Then i found out about All Shall Perish and more importantly "Awaken the Dreamers" After i heard that i was determined to get a 7 string.
Took me a couple years but i got one!
I usually write in drop a but am learning some ASP at the moment in their tuning.
Hoping to incorperate some Chis Storey shred stylings into a drop a extravaganza!
Then i found out about All Shall Perish and more importantly "Awaken the Dreamers" After i heard that i was determined to get a 7 string.
Took me a couple years but i got one!
I usually write in drop a but am learning some ASP at the moment in their tuning.
Hoping to incorperate some Chis Storey shred stylings into a drop a extravaganza!
AeonBlue
New Member
I was really drawn towards the 7 string upon hearing Dream Theater's Awake album. I like the low end aggressiveness. 
Got my first and only 7 string year 2002 6 years after I heard the Awake album. An Ibanez Prestige XLRB.
Got my first and only 7 string year 2002 6 years after I heard the Awake album. An Ibanez Prestige XLRB.
DragonChild
New Member
ToneLabeouf
Se7en String Shredda
Jeff Loomis inspired me to play 7's. I tune my guitar down half a step.
Necrophagist777
can't bend....
John Petrucci, Jeff Loomis, Scale the Summit, Meshuggah.
Gitte
Well-Known Member
wes borland
espman
Is beardless....
Rusty Cooley, Jeff Loomis, Chris Broderick
DeathMetalDean
ss.org Shredder
Leftyguitarjoe xD I'm sure he's about these forums somewhere. But yeahhhh I seen his schecter omen 7 and was like OMG GIMME! 
then I found out about some awesome guitarists / bands which used 7 strings. Then I was reborn xD!
then I found out about some awesome guitarists / bands which used 7 strings. Then I was reborn xD!
Joelan
Ukulele Shredder
Initially Trivium, but after picking up a 7 at a music store I was left uninspired for some crazy reason and didn't think any further of it.
A while down the track I began to get into Nevermore and similar bands using ERGs and decided to just buy one, and that was the best decision I've ever made
In the end it was probably moreso just me wanting to try something different, and it is fun telling people that their guitar doesn't have enough strings.
A while down the track I began to get into Nevermore and similar bands using ERGs and decided to just buy one, and that was the best decision I've ever made
In the end it was probably moreso just me wanting to try something different, and it is fun telling people that their guitar doesn't have enough strings.
DeathMetalDean
ss.org Shredder
I love saying that to people too xD!!!! or they're not man enough to have 7 strings lmfao xD
Dusty201087
Kenyon class of 2014
No one really inspired me to pick up a seven. I knew what they were but I had the normal "why do you need those extra notes?!?!?!" attitude (Sorry guys, I used to be on UG a lot... So I just had got that 
). So one day I was in Sam Ash and I was bored, so I picked up the brand new LTD 408 8 string, and I was pretty much hooked from there 
About a month later I got my hands on a seven and that really seemed to "fit", so here I am. About to get a custom BRJ 7 string and couldn't be happier
Sometimes I kind of wonder if I should have ordered an 8 string instead of a seven though, I mean why not have the added range? But I think because of the scale that's required to keep those bottom strings tight and how that's going to effect the timbre and feel of the treble strings (I do a lot of bends too, so bending the high E a step and a half up at 30" scale would be a bitch!) I'd want a fanned fret... Which I think is going to be a pretty big leap for me. Right now, I'm pretty content with this seven
). So one day I was in Sam Ash and I was bored, so I picked up the brand new LTD 408 8 string, and I was pretty much hooked from there About a month later I got my hands on a seven and that really seemed to "fit", so here I am. About to get a custom BRJ 7 string and couldn't be happier Sometimes I kind of wonder if I should have ordered an 8 string instead of a seven though, I mean why not have the added range? But I think because of the scale that's required to keep those bottom strings tight and how that's going to effect the timbre and feel of the treble strings (I do a lot of bends too, so bending the high E a step and a half up at 30" scale would be a bitch!) I'd want a fanned fret... Which I think is going to be a pretty big leap for me. Right now, I'm pretty content with this seven
SnowfaLL
Well-Known Member
I personally feel 7s is the perfect compromise of enough notes/range and comfortability. For me, an 8 string would be too uncomfortable, where when I started playing 7 strings, It just felt natural from the start.
Its like I am learning with Bass now; I bought a 6 string and it didnt click at all with me, granted there were many other specs that I didnt gel with (35", 17mm spacing) but I know that 5 strings is perfect for me. I may try a 6 again in the future with 34" and 19mm, if I can find one, but I think 5 bass and 7 guitar are my "perfect medium".
Its like I am learning with Bass now; I bought a 6 string and it didnt click at all with me, granted there were many other specs that I didnt gel with (35", 17mm spacing) but I know that 5 strings is perfect for me. I may try a 6 again in the future with 34" and 19mm, if I can find one, but I think 5 bass and 7 guitar are my "perfect medium".
Joelan
Ukulele Shredder
I find sevens to feel more natural than sixers, possibly because I spent 5 years playing classical guitar first, and became accustomed to the wider neck before moving on to the thinner 6 string electrics. Now playing sixers feels like I'm fretting a noodle
Petrucci from the dance of eternity. Not intricate work but a song I wanted to learn. Also, amon amarth because I hate detuning to B to play it.
I developed my 7 technique through satch's strange beautiful music album(mindstorm) and a lot of loomis technique. Unearth is cool but not really influential on my 7 string playing. I like to take bodom, metallica, and other 6 string riffers and use that technique on the 7 so in that sense, any guitarist i listen to really is an influence.
Almost always standard tuning or a half step down. Sometimes drop A. I avoid open tunings or tuning the whole guitar more than a whole step down.
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I developed my 7 technique through satch's strange beautiful music album(mindstorm) and a lot of loomis technique. Unearth is cool but not really influential on my 7 string playing. I like to take bodom, metallica, and other 6 string riffers and use that technique on the 7 so in that sense, any guitarist i listen to really is an influence.
Almost always standard tuning or a half step down. Sometimes drop A. I avoid open tunings or tuning the whole guitar more than a whole step down.
so in a perfect world, all basses would go B E A D G
and all guitars would continue... B E A D G b e
thus creating world peace and lack of hunger.
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