buying a 7, help please

azoictaint7 · 09-10-2005, 01:45 PM

Hey all, I want to buy a 7 string and since ive never played one i dont really know what to go with. Ive been looking at the Schecter C7 Hellraiser online and it seems like the way to go but the only way it seems i can get one would be to special order it through musicians friend but without testing it i dont know what to do. Currently im stuck with a cheap BC Rich 6 string and i like the neck ironically since i just bought it as a starter but are 7 necks that much of a change? Anyway since im a noob to 7's if you could just give me some suggestions about some good ones that would be sick.

Jeff

Metal Ken · 09-10-2005, 02:46 PM

7s are thicker and wider. The CLOSEST (not anywhere near a facsimile)to a 6 string neck is a RG7 neck. so you might want to look in to that. Schecters are cool, but a bit thicker and wider.

azoictaint7 · 09-10-2005, 04:08 PM

yeah im leaning towards some ibanez rg models now. The 7321 is looking promising because i like drop tuning and dont have a need for a tremolo at the moment. I just dont know about the 7321 though because of the price. Id like a higher end Ibanez 7 string without the tremolo. Are there any out there because ive been unable to find one? thanks

Jeff

Metal Ken · 09-10-2005, 04:17 PM

they dont make them anymore, but check out the RG7421 or RG7621 on ebay..

azoictaint7 · 09-10-2005, 06:51 PM

How can you tell if it is an RG7621 model or not?

Leon · 09-10-2005, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azoictaint7

How can you tell if it is an RG7621 model or not?

the RG7621 is a fixed bridge, while the RG7620 has a tremolo. most Ibanez RG names follow that convention.

i have an RG7621, it's a nice guitar

eleven59 · 09-11-2005, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azoictaint7

How can you tell if it is an RG7621 model or not?

Simple explanations of easily identified differences in the RG7 line:

RG7321 - white binding on neck
RG7420 - square holes for pickup tabs (where the screws hold the pickups down), floating bridge (Lo-trs-7)
RG7421 - square holes for pickup tabs, hardtail
RG7421xl - square holes for pickup tabs, hardtail, 27"-scale (XL logo on headstock)
RG7620 - triangular holes for pickup tabs, floating bridge (lo-pro-7)
RG7621 - triangular holes for pickup tabs, hardtail

Anything else in the RG7 line is a rarer/more expensive guitar (RG1077XL, RG2027X-VV, RG2127X-TKF, etc.)

azoictaint7 · 09-11-2005, 01:28 PM

thanks ill be looking around. Whats the difference between a 7621 and a 7421 though? just the pickups?

Kane · 09-11-2005, 02:10 PM

A Schecter A-7 was my first 7-string. It took less than 30 minutes for me to get used to the difference in neck size, and the extra string. They are also American made, whereas you'd have to spend quite a bit more to get an American made Ibanez.

eleven59 · 09-11-2005, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane

A Schecter A-7 was my first 7-string. It took less than 30 minutes for me to get used to the difference in neck size, and the extra string. They are also American made, whereas you'd have to spend quite a bit more to get an American made Ibanez.

And if, like most people, he doesn't care where it's made...

Besides, Schecter's are not made in America. Assembled, maybe. And even then it's only some models.

Quote:

Originally Posted by azoictaint7

thanks ill be looking around. Whats the difference between a 7621 and a 7421 though? just the pickups?

The pickups, the bridge, and possibly the neck. But the differences are really really small other than the pickups (and most people change the pickups on either one of them).

09-10-2005, 01:45 PM	#1
azoictaint7 ss.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Angels Camp, CA, slightly off-center of nowhere Posts: 14 Thanked: 0	buying a 7, help please Hey all, I want to buy a 7 string and since ive never played one i dont really know what to go with. Ive been looking at the Schecter C7 Hellraiser online and it seems like the way to go but the only way it seems i can get one would be to special order it through musicians friend but without testing it i dont know what to do. Currently im stuck with a cheap BC Rich 6 string and i like the neck ironically since i just bought it as a starter but are 7 necks that much of a change? Anyway since im a noob to 7's if you could just give me some suggestions about some good ones that would be sick. Jeff

09-10-2005, 02:46 PM	#2
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09-10-2005, 04:08 PM	#3
azoictaint7 ss.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Angels Camp, CA, slightly off-center of nowhere Posts: 14 Thanked: 0	yeah im leaning towards some ibanez rg models now. The 7321 is looking promising because i like drop tuning and dont have a need for a tremolo at the moment. I just dont know about the 7321 though because of the price. Id like a higher end Ibanez 7 string without the tremolo. Are there any out there because ive been unable to find one? thanks Jeff "if this doesnt make sense it doesnt make it lies..." Soundgarden

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Metal Ken Dissident Aggressor • Super Moderator • Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 16,452 Real Name: Legion Main Seven: Loomis, C7HR, Giannini 7 Rig: Mesa Rectoverb 50 Thanked: 73	they dont make them anymore, but check out the RG7421 or RG7621 on ebay..

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azoictaint7 ss.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Angels Camp, CA, slightly off-center of nowhere Posts: 14 Thanked: 0	How can you tell if it is an RG7621 model or not?

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azoictaint7 ss.org Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Angels Camp, CA, slightly off-center of nowhere Posts: 14 Thanked: 0	thanks ill be looking around. Whats the difference between a 7621 and a 7421 though? just the pickups?

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Kane Dark Scribe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 277 Main Seven: Carvin DC727C & Schecter Avenger-7 Thanked: 0	A Schecter A-7 was my first 7-string. It took less than 30 minutes for me to get used to the difference in neck size, and the extra string. They are also American made, whereas you'd have to spend quite a bit more to get an American made Ibanez.


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