[Jim Antonio]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

That's a hint from a mod, if you're not paying attention.

Then I'm just being old and cranky then, lol.

[eaeolian]

Originally Posted by Jim Antonio

Then I'm just being old and cranky then, lol.

Hey, it happens. I have no idea why I'm here at 6:30AM EST, other than the fact it's an addiction...

Back on topic, I don't think anyone's questioning Chris in any of this - we just know Dave entirely too well.

[Jim Antonio]

Which is a shame, cos it would be cool to hear new/future megadeth songs with a heavier edge; like, on steroids, lol.

It does look refreshing 'deth with another player brandishing a 7! Dave's usually OC to these kind of things; I remember James Hetfield playing an F-series LTD 7 string and it really made me excited.

[Sebastian]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

Chris is the consummate professional. Dave obviously hired him knowing he plays 7s and knowing he already had endorsements in place. That said, seeing Chris switch to Dean after a while wouldn't surprise me.

Yeah .. when Dave was with Jackson, ESP his lead guitarists played the same brand...

I dont know if he will switch to dean.. but i think.. maybe while playing with Megadeth he will get a custom dean.
time will show....

Originally Posted by Jim Antonio

I remember James Hetfield playing an F-series LTD 7 string and it really made me excited.

Yeah.. there was a pic with a "KH7" also...

[Jim Antonio]

Originally Posted by Sebastian

Yeah .. when Dave was with Jackson, ESP his lead guitarists played the same brand...

I dont know if he will switch to dean.. but i think.. maybe while playing with Megadeth he will get a custom dean.
time will show....

Well I'm sure most of us already saw Chris playing the sleepwalker solo in youtube and there's the ominous presence of a Dean VMNT beside him. Uh-oh...

Sure hope Dean would make a 7 for him the same way they did 1 for good 'ol Rusty...

[Edroz]

haha, i was gonna post that sleepwalker video. i find the strategic placing of that guitar in that vid more than coincidence

[Jim Antonio]

Which could either be a good or a bad thing. Good, if Dean makes him a sig 7 ala Rusty Cooley or Bad, if Chris ends up playing Cadillac or Vendetta 6 strings, like Glen Drover. I mean, why do I have a feeling that Glen wasn't so excited playing Deans? He goes from playing killer M-series ESPs to a Cadillac, which looks like an illegitimate offspring of a Les Paul and an Explorer?!

[lucasreis]

I agree completely with Naren.

If people only wanted lower notes they should tune their six strings down and that´s it.

I got a seven-string, personally, to have both low and high, so I do play E tuned songs on it and sometimes I don´t even use the low B, sometimes I use it, it´s an EXTRA OPTION that you got there, you know?

I love low tuned riffage and high tuned riffage too, so I think he can use the seven-string while playing E songs and he can add some lower octaves on soloing and stuff like that. But Dave is not going to switch to sevens, call me a bastard, but I like that he is still one of the guys playing in E because we have enough low riffage in todays music already, so I think he is good to go in E and D played stuff.

Remember what happened when Metallica tried DROP-C and baritone guitars.

[7STRINGWARRIOR]

i never expected chris having anything to do with megadeth, in still in shock

[JJ Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Jim Antonio

Kiddo, George Van Eps has been playing 7 strings since the 1930's. I played my 1st 7 string 15 years ago, an Ibanez Universe, which came out in 1990. An uncle bought that for me from a music store in Japan, so it was in production.

I don't blame you though if you first heard of 7 strings from KoRn.

Anyway, let's keep the discussion to Chris' 7 string skills and the possibility of affecting Megadeth's music.

So, most of us were in diapers 15 years ago? And quite a few folk here despise Korn, like me