[Emperoff]

Naren, my 7-string history is pretty similar to yours, dude.

At the time I started playing guitar, I knew that 7 strings existed, but I didn't knew of anyone besides Korn that used them (but I was sure a lot of people used them as well, opposite to most people). The first time I saw a 7 string was on the suck-ass Metallica MTV Icon, when Korn played "One". They didn't even arranged the song for a 7 string, but when I saw that guitar with all that strings, I just thought that it looked awesome, and I wanted one so bad.

But was Unearth's "Oncoming Storm" what really bumped me nito sevens. When I heard Zombie Autopilot, my mind was totally blown away and I knew that it was the style that I wanted to play. So my 7 string guitar GAS began rising more and more since I finally bought one. Never looked back since then.

It sounds stupid, but when I decided to play guitar, I was really into nu metal stuff and since I had no idea about guitars (the first time I picked a guitar, I held it lefty style ), I asked a friend for some input. I remember him saying: well, there are guitars that are desgined ONLY for nu metal (refering to baritones and sevens), you just should pick a regular guitar for an all around instrument.

He couldn't be more wrong The 7 strings are the ALL AROUND GUITARS, not the 6s, since with a seven you got a regular 6 string with an extended note range. When a six string players look weird at me for playing a seven, and say the typical dumb comment about nu or extreme metal, I laugh at them on the inside

[Korbain]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

Nah, not really. we'd still have the UV7's if korn had never existed. so i'm content to play those. ;D

very true my friend very true! but i'd cry without my RG7620, or if there was no K7. I'd also hate to imagine the price of a UV7 if korn hadn't resurged the whole 7 string thing lol.

And yeh naren i know what your saying. People seem to think you just get a 7 string to play korn and korn only. Fuck i bought the 7 string to make my own music not play someone elses lol But the 7 string is such a versatile instrument, you can nearly anything basically. You can play any genre of music with it, thats for sure. When people go "sweet so you got a 7 string to play some korn stuff?!"! its pisses meh off. I won't deny korn made me want a 7 string, nor will i deny that without them i probably wouldn't have an RG7620 right now. No one sane enough buys a guitar and restricts themself to just playing one bands music lol. Well atleast i'd hope not!

[tehk]

the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible

Dictionary.com

6 Strings x 24 Frets = 144 Different notes
7 Strings x 24 Frets = 168 Different notes

Putting musical preferences aside.. 7 Strings scientifically/logically have more tonal range then 6's. CAN'T ARGUE ABOUT IT! THE NUMBERS ARE THERE.

Anyways, if there's a situation when someone else and yourself have your guitars (their 6 plus you're seven) and they say something bad about seven strings, just say this.

"Oh yea, betcha can't do this"
*Plays open b string*
....silence....

[Mr. S]

i just love how my 7 confuses the shit out of all of my lecturers who are all fantastic players but they just cant get their heads arround it (or thumbs in one jimi hendrix fans case), although we have a new bass teacher who used to be massively into metal back in the day but now plays jazz and latin music, he plays a 5 string, and asked to have a go on it and he loved it even if all he did was play slayer and metallica songs transposed onto the B string

[Sebastian]

"Oh yea, betcha can't do this"
*Plays open b string*
....silence....

+1

[Naren]

Yeah, I always used the argument, "Hey, it's got 36 more notes thn my Les Paul." (12 extra frets from the 6 strings that are now on 24 frets + 24 frets from the low B = 36 extra notes). That's a lot of notes.

Originally Posted by tehk

"Oh yea, betcha can't do this"
*Plays open b string*
....silence....

Knowing some of the people I've met, the conversation would probably go something like this.

"Oh yeah? Betcha can't do this!" (plays open b string)
"Oh yeah? Betcha I don't want to."
"... Why not?"
"Why would I want such a fucking low string? I'm not a bass player."

No logic to that. But every anti-7-string argument I've heard has been illogical. "It's not traditional!" (so what?), "I'm not a bass player" (Yeah, and what does that have to do with ANYTHING?) "I don't play nu metal" (Neither do I) "Guitars must have 6 strings and basses must have 4" (says who? Where is the rule that says that? Hell, even if you can find a rule that says that, I'll be all the more happier that I'm breaking it).

Some people...

[Metal Ken]

Originally Posted by tehk

Dictionary.com

6 Strings x 24 Frets = 144 Different notes
7 Strings x 24 Frets = 168 Different notes

Putting musical preferences aside.. 7 Strings scientifically/logically have more tonal range then 6's. CAN'T ARGUE ABOUT IT! THE NUMBERS ARE THERE.

Anyways, if there's a situation when someone else and yourself have your guitars (their 6 plus you're seven) and they say something bad about seven strings, just say this.

"Oh yea, betcha can't do this"
*Plays open b string*
....silence....

you only get 5 extra notes.. once you hit the 5th fret on the B, you get the same note as the open E.. lol.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Metal Ken

you only get 5 extra notes.. once you hit the 5th fret on the B, you get the same note as the open E.. lol.

I think the 5th fret on the B sounds different from the open E.

Also, any note above the 12th fret on the B will sound different than the corresponding note on the E string.

So, I view my R1527 as having 36 extra notes than my Les Paul. Because I see each fret as sounding different. I don't think the 12th fret on the low B sounds the same as the 7th fret on the E string. They are the same notes, but they sound different to me.

[Metal Ken]

they have a slightly different timbre due to the thickness of the string, i agree.. but i still look at "E...E.. Yep.", heh.

[metalfiend666]

True Ken, but it's the extra positions and chord voicings that we win over on remember.

Anyway, fuck the lot of you with your 7, 10, 17 or 27 strings, I play an 88 string

* metalfiend666 is of course reffering to his piano