Fucking 7 strings packs
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Tommy Evans
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Trevoire520
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I've just grabbed myself some sets of the cheap (about 80p) Thomann 9's aswell as a single Pyramid 0.58 (about £1.60) for my 7 string, will report back once I've tried them as if you do a decent sized order to work in the postage cost it could be a great option for 7 string players!
ProjectHamsterdam
God of Emptiness
Tried these for the first time today, actually feel great and stay in tune well on my Ibanez (25.5 scale in Bb).
abt
BT
I've never come across a decent set of 7-string strings. They are all so pathetically wimpy it's not even funny. A sick child could snap a bass string on most sets. I use D'Addario EXL140 10-52 set with a 68 or 70 for the seventh string. This is the lightest you can go IMO that still sounds good and feels good. The best thing about it is that I use the EXL140 set on 6 stringers so the feel is the same.
MG-Chris
80's Thrash > *
If you're in the states, juststrings.com is the place to go. You can put together your own sets, buy singles, etc.
IMO 10-52 with a 68 for the B is just about perfect.
IMO 10-52 with a 68 for the B is just about perfect.
Yeah seems thin, haven't tried them yet but I do use 10-46 sets on my 6 strings dgcfad. The order seems logical with that yellow pack (which is a 10-46 pack + a .56) but I dunno, it's weird. Why does the low B have to be so big ?
LiberaScientia
Cat Dad
I'm so picky with strings, and it's expensive as fuck. One set is like £17 for me. Elixir 9 - 42, then a single Elixir .68 for the B, and then cause Elixir don't do anything thicker than a .68, I have to use a D'Addario .80 for my low E.
Unlike most normal strings, wound Elixir bass strings are the same as their wound guitar strings. If you look into their bass string section, you'll see they go up to 0.080 and beyond.
.80 for the low E what the hell man lol
What kind of fingers have you got ? Italian sausages ?
edit: wait, do you play a 8 strings guitar ?
What kind of fingers have you got ? Italian sausages ?
edit: wait, do you play a 8 strings guitar ?
Deus.exe
BBQ!!!
I custom order my stings for my 6 and 7 string guitars. I tune to B on my 6 strings and F# on my 7s. 13, 17, 22 (plain), 36 (wound), 52, 60, 80.
Mattayus
Sir Groove-A-Lot
I've been playing 7 strings for about 6 years now, I must have tried every brand's 7 string set there is, and they all get it completely wrong! That's why I always make up my own sets, usually by buying a 6 string pack first (since there are way more options) and then simply buying a single for the low B.
You'll want to take them off in about 2 days time. They lost their sparkle SO fast with me it was unreal, and I barely even played the guitar in those 48 hours.
Tried these for the first time today, actually feel great and stay in tune well on my Ibanez (25.5 scale in Bb).
You'll want to take them off in about 2 days time. They lost their sparkle SO fast with me it was unreal, and I barely even played the guitar in those 48 hours.
LiberaScientia
Cat Dad
ProjectHamsterdam
God of Emptiness
Might be so, I haven't had them long enough to tell.
Also, I changed my bridge pickup together with the strings (D-Sonic to Blaze - surprisingly I actually like it better now), so it's hard to tell how much of the difference is due to the strings.
Anyway, they're the only decent sized set they sell in my town so I don't have much choice. For sure the SIT 10-58 I tried before that doesn't cut it - 7th string was floppy as all hell!
