[Stitch]

You've got to remember there is often a 100% markup on BC Riches at RRP - thats why you so rarely see one at that price

[Benzesp]

Originally Posted by Rotten Deadite

Nobody's mentioned the ESPs yet. Am I the only guy around here who owns one?

Anyway my M207 is quite good when it's not in the shop ('cause I broke it).

I like esp's/Ltd 7's. My first 7 that I got comfotable with was the H207 the DD pickups suck. The H307 is great. I wish they would reissue it. Both feel really solid. I like T.O.M. bridges, not a floyd or hardtail fan.

Worst 7 I've played was a Epiphone Flying V. It was a total joke. Crap!!! Epiphone is crap anyway.

[deathmask666]

I only own 2 7 string guitars at the moment and they are both ESP's....One is the H-207 and the other is the F-207. I replaced the pups on the H-207 with Invaders...Nice...My only prob with the 2 ESP 7-strings that i own is that the necks seem to be a bit wide compared to Ibanez's...

But all in all they have been nothing but good guitars for me.

When i get some money i might look into buying a Ibanez though.

[TheMissing]

My old schecter V-7 was pretty horrid... I liked the fit and finish... But the duncan designed pups were crap (even compared the the DD's in my new schecter!) and the licened FR tremolo would NOT stay in tune AT ALL.

I liked the headstock though
I've heard other people say they had no problems with these, I just guess the one I had took too much abuse before it got into my hands. I miss the flat black finish though.

[Prometheus]

I've got a RG7321 that I love to bits. Replaced the bridge pickup with a Lundgren M7, took out the neck pu, had it filled, removed everything except the volume knob. Something about having less options works for me Refinished the guitar to matte black, because the shiny finish, while pretty cool looking, also looked slightly... cheap. Don't ask me why. Anyway, what I have now, after a decent setup, is the best playing and best sounding axe I've ever tried, and it looks mean as HELL.

Goddamn metal MACHINE!

(runs off to go play)

[Drew]

Holy bump.

Nothing more to add from my last post.

[halsinden]

i was in dubai at the beginning of this summer, in a mall i tried out some of these fake ibanez imports and one of them played really nicely, to my surprise.

i’m not an expert on ibby 6s, but it was black with silver binding, a mirrored scratchplate and vines on the fretboard in mother of pearl. the neck was a very pale wood and the trem wasn’t a million miles away from a recent looking edge version. it was actually very comfortable and didn’t sound dreadful.

H

[Rick Pierpont]

Originally Posted by eaeolian

The DX7 is horrid. The DR7, RR7, and KE7 (I assume, I've never played one) are decent, but were overpriced, and consequently sell for more than I feel they're worth (They should be in 7421 range - good build quality with crap hardware and pickups.)

Funny, I was going to specifically state the DR7 as an absolute piece of junk. It sounded horrible, it played even worse, it didn't stay in tune -- nope not a good guitar in my book. Buying that thing was one of the dumbest things I've done, selling it was one of the smartest. ;-)

Now that I have the 7621, I realize that you don't have to spend a lot and you can still have a nice guitar. Once my new pickups finally arrive and I have them installed, it will really kick ass! I'm contemplating a makeover as well (I'd get my brother to paint it).

[djpharoah]

Originally Posted by Rick Pierpont

Funny, I was going to specifically state the DR7 as an absolute piece of junk. It sounded horrible, it played even worse, it didn't stay in tune -- nope not a good guitar in my book. Buying that thing was one of the dumbest things I've done, selling it was one of the smartest. ;-)

Now that I have the 7621, I realize that you don't have to spend a lot and you can still have a nice guitar. Once my new pickups finally arrive and I have them installed, it will really kick ass! I'm contemplating a makeover as well (I'd get my brother to paint it).

So agree - my DR7 when I first got it I was soo stoked to finally have a 7. But then I was like shit, this guitar is horrible. So off it went for me to get an rg7421.

So here is my list: Jackson DR7, Ibanez Gio 7, Kramer 7 (dont know the model).

[evolutionX]

I say anything that isn't hand built or from a custom shop. The amount of time and care that goes into making a custom hand built compared to a CNC-cut, corporate owned guitar. For example my BCrich isn't the best cuz its made in Korea with cheap wood, but its also a 1/3 of the cost than the hand made, neck thru, Kerry king signature model with tribal graphics and inlays, which was close to 3500$. But for my budget the Platnum pro was good enough 5 years ago.

So if you want a REALLY nice 7 string, order it through a custom shop for about 5-6K$

or you can go to a luthier school for guitar building/repair work for roughly 5-6$K, for about 6 weeks and you can build 2 really nice guitars built to your own specifications. ''Note you'll being spending roughly 700-1000$ per guitar that you could sell for 5-6K$''

Not only that, but you'll know how to make guitars and you wont have to buy a corporate guitar ever again.