Guitar players!!! I guess I have a stupid question about 7 string guitars.

[ZANEX]

O.K. I "dabble" with playing guitar and know a few chords like A, E, C, etc... and am aware of tunings such as "drop D", E, etc... My question is, what is the extra string on a 7 string guitar called??? It is it another D string??? Pardon my stupidity, but I mainly attempt to sing and write lyrics. Thanks in advance.


Zane

 

[Galiral]

B it's like --> E a d g b E -7 string-> B e a d g B e ->8 string -> G b e a d G b e

 

[Will Bozarth]

yep, it's a low B when tuned in standard

 

[ZANEX]

Thanks folks.

 

[Dead Winter]

Now to blow yer mind: Nile tunes to drop A. They use like 60 something gauge for the top string. They don't use 7 strings though; they just tune five strings down 2.5 steps and then drop the top string another step to be an octave lower than the fourth string.

I still don't know how they play with that setup.

 

[Galiral]

it's a really cool tuning , you can do heavy and fast-shifting chords, like the burning pits of the duats.

 

[deathstrike from hell]

sanders is known to use a fender stratocaster. boar out the string threading and you could easily fit a .60 gauge string in there. they tune to a in a lot of songs, so you'd definately need the heavy strings to stop the spaghetti factor.

 

[Liverslapper]

and just in case you want to know, Nevermore tunes on "most" songs, not all of them, half a step down...which is

Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

 

[hangtime]

Now to blow yer mind: Nile tunes to drop A. They use like 60 something gauge for the top string. They don't use 7 strings though; they just tune five strings down 2.5 steps and then drop the top string another step to be an octave lower than the fourth string.

I still don't know how they play with that setup.

That's fucking ghey

 

[JBroll]

Galiral, the usual 8 string (low 8) tuning is F#-B-E-A-D-G-B-E, not G.

Zanex, you can think of it as a lower string or as a guitar tuned down a fourth (like Carcass, old Arch Enemy, At The Gates, countless other death and melodic death bands) with an additional high string. Mnemic actually tunes the whole bit down a fourth, so it's like a six-string tuned down a fourth with an additional lower string - F#-B-E-A-D-F#-B - on their newest album.

Nile is just nuts. They don't pound the hell out of the strings like a lot of other people do, but they sound good enough the way they do it. Loomis uses 10-70 for his seven, last I heard.

Jeff

 

[flying_whale]

That's fucking ghey

look who is talking...
i rest my case. Also people posting above except hangtime make good and manly points. I am considreing to get a hellraiser 7 with financing soon!

 

[JBroll]

That would be an excellent choice. I've got a Blackjack myself, because I go for passives more, but if you're set on EMGs then have fun.

Jeff

 

[Liverslapper]

look who is talking...
i rest my case. Also people posting above except hangtime make good and manly points. I am considreing to get a hellraiser 7 with financing soon!

i have a C-7 hellraiser...very very cool guitar.

 

[Calamitas1786]

I have one as well. It's got a very thick neck, but easy to get used too. One of the more heavier guitars I've played. Great tone, though.

 

[Liverslapper]

my neck is slightly warped though when i got it, but i fixed it but plays well, just wished i could of waited for the floyd, but i couldn't resist.

i am friends with an owner of a music shop whom is a dealer and got me a good discount on the C-7, i traded in my KH-602 ( i miss the thing) and paid a few hundered on top for the C-7.

 

[deathstrike from hell]

hs3's + yjm's > emg anyday

 

[flying_whale]

hs3's + yjm's > emg anyday

i dunno, but i loved the emg's 85 7 string equivalent's neck tone on the clean channel. So fat, so awesome.

 

[ZANEX]

On a related note, I guess, I heard that Scott Ian of Anthrax has 5 string guitars and doesn't have the last/bottom E string. Don't know if anyone remembers a band called D.A.D. (Disnleyland After Dark) from the late 80's, but they had a bass player that only used 2 strings. John Myung and other bass players have 5-6-8 string basses, but I guess that should be another thread. Comments welcomed.

 

[deathstrike from hell]

i dunno, but i loved the emg's 85 7 string equivalent's neck tone on the clean channel. So fat, so awesome.

you'd be referring to the emg 707's. nice pickups! loud as hell, too.

 

[Burti]

I'm gonna hijack this thread for just a second here, need to know where this solo is from.

Annihilator solo, new Nevermore solo, Jeff Loomis solo project?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXLELUx0Dh4

Also, tips on speed picking would be fantastic.