Romeo and a 7-string...

[Strat Player]

what do you people thnk? personally i think he would rock with one. His riffs would be even heavier.

 

[Luis]

Mr Romeo sounds good with six-strings, i think he doesnt need seven-string becouse he tunes his guitar in D.

Stephan Forte french guitarrist (Adagio) plays a seven-strings, becouse the last string help him to build exotic chords.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

I don't like 7-strings, once people get em they start writing nu-metal riffs.

 

[Pharaoh]

RE: I don't like 7-strings, once people get em they start writing nu-metal riffs.

Hmmmmmm......what an interesting observation. I'm gonna think about that one for awhile.

 

[Dado-x]

I wouldn't mind if he started using one.

 

[Yngvai X]

I agree with Luis. He already tunes to D so he doesn't really need one. Actually I used to have one but sold mine when I started tuning my 6 string to D cause I was like "well whats the point of a 7 string now?"

 

[†Russel Allen†®]

Well, I wouldn't mind of using a 7-string... it would give me more possibilities of heavy and power chords, just as Mr. Romeo fires with his ESP babies...

If he already shred with a 6-string one, what can I say if he'd start using a 7-string baby?!?!

 

[rockmanxpr]

Acutally lot of you guys forgot about the Arpegios and string skipping possibilities with a 7 stringer.

 

[Bear]

I agree it's not needed because of his tuning already and string skipping on low strings ,specifically B to A doesn't really seem to be much of a prospect to warrant it. BUT! I am probably going to buy a 7 String sometime this year and I will have to test that out

Bear

 

[Djm]

Originally posted by the_satanic_rabbit
I don't like 7-strings, once people get em they start writing nu-metal riffs.

Anyone hear Stephan Forte make a 'nu-metal riff' yet?

 

[Soul of Ice]

Jeff Loomis from Nevermore used a 7 string on the whole Dead Heart in a Dead World CD, and in my opinion it sounded pretty good. He didnt shred as much as he did on Politics of Ecstasy (i think that has to be the most shredding album ever, gotta love songs that start with solos ) but on songs like The River Dragon Has Come had incredible solos. On their next CD Enemies of Reality I really hope that Loomis uses every different kind of guitar he had, just like Dreaming Neon Black. ramble ramble ramble....

 

[Demonspell]

Originally posted by Soul of Ice
Jeff Loomis from Nevermore used a 7 string on the whole Dead Heart in a Dead World CD, and in my opinion it sounded pretty good. He didnt shred as much as he did on Politics of Ecstasy (i think that has to be the most shredding album ever, gotta love songs that start with solos ) but on songs like The River Dragon Has Come had incredible solos. On their next CD Enemies of Reality I really hope that Loomis uses every different kind of guitar he had, just like Dreaming Neon Black. ramble ramble ramble....

That would be great, diversity has always been a strength for them, and Loomis is equally adept at creating dark textures as devastating riffs. If you want to hear seven-strings used properly, listen to Nevermore.

 

[Thorns of Sorrow]

Stupid elitist prog snob answer: Haven't they ripped off Dream Theater enough?

Seriosuly though, if he already tunes a whole step down its pretty much overkill to start writing riffs in a low A. Although, it would be cool if he tuned his 7 string standard, and hear him write some songs in B, and standard tuning. That would be interesting. I play 7's and only 7's, I just love the huge neck, fits my big hands really well.

 

[Chris Brooks]

I don't think he needs it.

Anything beyond the third fret is gonna sound like his normal 6 stringers tuned down anyway.

Seven strings provides some interesting chor voicing possibilties, but with all respect, much of MJR's electric guitar rhythm approach has a lot more to do with distorted riffage and power chord domination than embellished voicings, so not a lot would change with the 7 string. His acoustic rhythm, playing might sound interesting with a 7 string acoustic though.

 

[the_satanic_rabbit]

Originally posted by Soul of Ice
Jeff Loomis from Nevermore used a 7 string on the whole Dead Heart in a Dead World CD, and in my opinion it sounded pretty good. He didnt shred as much as he did on Politics of Ecstasy (i think that has to be the most shredding album ever, gotta love songs that start with solos ) but on songs like The River Dragon Has Come had incredible solos. On their next CD Enemies of Reality I really hope that Loomis uses every different kind of guitar he had, just like Dreaming Neon Black. ramble ramble ramble....

I agree that there are some awesome moments and solos on DHIADW. River Dragon, and Track 7, can't remember the name.
There are some killer riffs but I can hear the nu-metal in the distance.

I really like DNB, that is my favorite.

I hate that on DT's latest, on the Glass Prison, that crappy simpleton riff with the scratching, that is just crap.

I guess it all depends, you can have nu-metal like riffs but it still doesn't sound like nu-metal, which is cool because you're still doing your own thing.

Like "Inside Four Walls" kind of has a nu-metal like riff on the verses, but they way the whole thing is set up around it, especially with Warrel's vocals, it doesn't sound nu-metal.

Also, with SX, on "The Odyssey", if you were to take the riff that is in the middle of the song, in the part where Allen is signing "A legend spoke of a beast"
Right there, if you were to slow that riff down and put a different beat to it, it could sound nu-metal. But the way they play it, it definitely does not sound nu-metal at all.

So I guess it just depends on how you're gonna use it!

Don't be like petrucci though. Although, most of the heavy stuff on Awake is pretty good.