Who inspired you to play seven?

[heffergm]

Vai... The Riddle. Droooolll.......

And here's my sad rendition... I couldn't resist.

 

[awesomeaustin]

dino, buz, and the dudes from scar symmetry

 

[FoxZero]

Steve Vai.
Shame he doesnt really play 7strings live much (or ever) anymore.

That's sad, yeah I always see pics of him with a six. Probably just for endorsment deals or somethin, I have a hard time goin back to my 6 nowadays, I try to play drop D stuff in B standard instead.

About a month after I got my electric six years I wanted a baritone so I could tune to B. Needless to say when I first started researching the 7 it was beyond perfect.

I could I have known one string could make such a difference. I have a totally different approuch now for the past couple of months since I got mine. I've been gasin for years but I'm glad I waited because I love the one I settled with and It's thanks to this place I found it!

 

[yellowv]

Definately Vai.

 

[B Lopez]

Petrucci's "Jaws of Life" got me interested, but Loomis was the final nail.

That means you'll sell me the warlock

 

[heffergm]

Pretty awesome! Much better than sad! You accent your notes really well IMO. I'd just work on the vibrato and the right hand tapping.

Yeah, noted. I've only been playing 6 months after a 10 year hiatus, so things are a bit rusty.

 

[wlminter]

Rusty - effin - Cooley. Once I saw him, and learned that he only played 7s, I almost immediately forsook 6 stings... that is, If a 6 wasn't my only guitar...

 

[nitelightboy]

I saw an F-207 at Mars (big music chain that went out of business) and had to play it. I'd been playing for a few years and the only 7 string stuff I knew about was Korn. And of course I wasn't a fan. So I pulled it off the wall, jammed a bit, and gave it a new home on my guitar stand. I got tired of playing 7 strings, so I sold it off and went back to 6's. Now I'd kill to get that guitar back.

 

[Adamh1331]

It would have to be Korn for me.

I absolutely loved the sound they was gettin out of one so i had to have one and haven't went back since.

 

[Groff]

well, Korn was the first time I had actually heard of a 7 string guitar, but it never thrilled me that much. Then I started hearing about Petrucci, Vai, which got my attention. But it wasn't until I heard Nevermore that I really WANTED a 7-string, and wanted one badly!

 

[FoxZero]

That means you'll sell me the warlock

You'd have to sell me that Bich then, but I see we're both quite happy with our axes so I don't see either transaction being completed anytime soon.

Seriously though you have such an eye on my Warlock I'm getting a bit nervous.

 

[Redman 2007]

I hate to admit it, I wanted one because of the low sound Korn could get with it, tuning down to A. Although I don't listen to them anymore. I like the fact they play their bar-chords with three notes. I found Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare in my room. Thats when I was 14 or 15 That was another reason to get a 7-string. After that I really got into Fear Factory. And then Meshuggah bumped it up a level, by adding a note. And making a four note bar-chord. In 2000 what really compelled me to get a 7-string was Dream Theater and Nevermore.

 

[Xaios]

I first thought about it of course when Korn and Limp Bizkit where getting big. But it wasn't until a couple years ago when Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor came out that I really started thinking about it as a serious possibility. It was the first time I really heard a 7 string be fully utilized. Nobody plays it like Loomis, not even Petrucci (and believe me, I LOVE Petrucci, my father knows quite well that ultimately Petrucci is my ultimate favorite player, but he doesn't use the string like Loomis).

 

[John_Strychnine]

A change of Seasons by Dream Theater
Sane by Meshuggah

bought a 7420 originally for like £180 brand new from music123 when they got discontinued.
Sold it a month later coz it was Pink
I REALLY wish i hadn't sold it.

HAHAHA this smiley is amazing!

 

[Despised_0515]

 

[7 Dying Trees]

Trey Azagtoth. Morbid Angel's God of Emptiness.

I really wanted to get one when i was 18, but they'd discontinued them at that point, and ebay but was a twinkle in some programmers eye. I remember pouring over the ibanez catalogues (yes, before 't internet). UV7BK. Had to be the one.

 

[Ojinomoto]

I was a bass player....(holy shit I just said "was!") Anyway, I was a 5er who used the B string a lot, and playing a guitar that didn't have one was stupid. So a 7er was the most logical choice. Wasn't trying to be special or "different" or whatever.

Mesh' just happen to come at the perfect time and put a staple in my choice.

 

[Ryan]

I bought one cause my other guitarist bought one. Then i got used to it.

 

[Addie5150]

I heard it for the first time on Dream theatre's Lie and then heard Steve Vai play one.
But i d have to say it was only after hearing Fear Factory and Nevermore did i want to play one.
After i heard Meshuggah i had to have one.

 

[ghoti]

Wasn't really one specific person. I saw a seven-string or two at Guitar Center back when I was just a bassist, but the feel wasn't too great, the low string was floppy, and the sound was mediocre at best.

I heard some of Korn's stuff, and thought it was cool, but you could do similar things on a detuned 6 (to my thinking anyway). Then I heard Steve Vai doing his thing on one and I figured maybe they can sound half-decent. I heard John Petrucci and Dream Theater and they were almost good enough to make me forgive the awful vocalist. I figured maybe I could try to pick up a cheap 7 and see if I liked it...I'm a pretty mediocre guitarist anyway so it's not like learning a 7 would be harder than really learning how to play 6, just a few extra notes...

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.