Who inspired you to play seven?

[Variant]

I might have already posted to this one but, 'The Mirror/Lie' by Dream Theater and 'God Of Emptiness' by Morbid Angel pretty much sealed the deal for me.

 

[TaronKeim]

Matte Henderson was the first big "whoa, holy virtuoso" I must get one moment...

Then later came the jazz guys like Bucky and Van Eps.

_TJK*

 

[Ojinomoto]

I've got really long arms with big hands and thick fingers. It's also kind of a comfort issue for me to have a neck that's a bit thicker and wider (sometimes longer as well). There's an old saying too that could easily work for 6 vs. 7: better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I'm the same way.

+1

 

[Robotechnology]

Dream Theater: Awake was the 1st time I'd heard 7-Strings used in not just a chug chugga way, other than the limited 7 play time on Steve Vai's Passion & Warfare. These 2 CD's are what got me interested in 7's. Nevermore also came along and kept it fresh with This Godless Endeavor.

 

[sonofabias]

When I was a kid it was George Van Eps, the great jazz guitarist whose method book I discovered at a friends house, then Vai made me aware of its electric potential but Loomis and Petrucci made me really want to try playing one and I finally started this summer with my first one, a Carvin Dc 747 c. Now I'm so addicted to it that I often forget to play my six's!

 

[Brewtal_Damage]

Nevermore

 

[Reece Fullwood]

I'd blame Rusty Cooley, the chops he does on his geetar are imense, as soon as i tried a 7 i loved the feel of the wider neck and had my mind set on one, ordered the dean RC7 but thats taking ages, so i kept it on order and brought an ibanez to keep me happy for the meanwhile. Gonna make it a project guitar asoon as the dean arrives, emg, paintjob, all that lot, Rustys cool, and started listening to alot more 7 string player since, i love tuning flat,

Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb,
with guage 8's,
the lighter the strings the easier and faster you can play!

 

[14strings]

John petrucci and trey azogoth. Met them both saw treys and John held mine (was going to get him to sign it but HE talked me out of it!!! DOH!!!)

 

[arnoroth661]

John Petrucci.

 

[Dr. Von Goosewing]

I guess it was Fear Factory that first made me aware of seven strings, this was around the same time I was starting to downtune sixes but I still sometimes like to play in E, so I figured why not just get a guitar that covers all bases? Then I heard Emperor's last album, once i found out that was done with 7's I was sold!

 

[wannabguitarist]

Joe Satriani, Unearth, and Dream Theater

I remember trying to learn a part of "Mind Storm" then I figured out it was a seven and was like "that's fucking awesome" . Then someone I worked with introduced me to Unearth and for the longest time i thought they played dropped tuned sixes until I looked up some youtube videos and that got me thinking about the advantages of seven strings (not having to drop tune, extra range, etc). Then I went out and bought a bunch of Dream Theater CD's and decided I had to have a seven

(I love the variety of smilies)

 

[ZXIIIT]

KoRn

 

[Andretti]

The only person who inspired me to even look at Ibanez was my guitar teacher Rusty Cooley, now I bought his guitar and have been shredding it ever since for years.

 

[headtochrist]

trey azogoth, meshuggah and Steph C

 

[Uber Mega]

John Petrucci, Meshuggah and Paul "chimp spanner" Ortiz

 

[Jerich]

Meastro alex gregory." the first original 7 string player"....and Gorefest!!!!!!

 

[bulb]

john petrucci

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

When they first came out with the Universe, upon the release of Whitesnake's record with Vai and Passion & Warfare, I thought, "man, I'm still working on 6" but then the band I joined Gateway whom eventually became Prodigal Son in 1994, we were downtuning to DGCFAD on 1/2 the set. I was listening to Awake by Dream Theater quite a bit during that era, so later on I wanted to have the option of exploring more range on one instrument, so I got my first 7 on 2000, an ESP/LTD F207.

 

[Aled Smith]

Chris Broderick also John Petrucci also i kind of influenced myself, i really wanted to be different so i went out and swapped my Dean Razorback for an ibanez rg1527

 

[RGmaster]

Korn, Meshuggah, and Vai...tuning-ADGCFAD or BEADGBE depends on what i feel like using that particular day.