[Labrie]

2077xl. The very first time I laid eyes on it I thought it was the sexiest thing in the world and I just needed to have one. I bought a cheap ax7221 to hold over my cravings and then like a year later I found my precious for sale and grabbed it and never looked back. Even today though I still don't listen to a lot of music thats made on seven strings, just detuned six strings which is kind of disappointing...

[Karl Hungus]

It might sound a little odd, but nobody inspired me. None of the guys I'm mainly influenced by (Friedman, Schuldiner, Akerfeldt) play 7's, but just the idea of extended range fascinated me, so I decided to get one.

[Wiz]

Heh I actually don't really remember.. I think I was really pissed off about having to de-tune differently for pretty much every song I was playing and then go back to standard, and the seven would have solved the problem for at least a subset of the songs.

Then I had a few months when I'd listen to Aghora for a few hours a day and there was no way back :P

[dtrax]

Vai, Dino, Meshuggah

*although I don't currently own a 7... (all in due time)

[BigM555]

Originally Posted by eelblack2

Vai in '90 had me jonesing to get one.

Then Petrucci sealed the deal with images & words.

[djpharoah]

My boys Head and Munky from Korn.

[skinhead]

I was playing some stuff and i thought "Shit, with a 7 string i can solo and play some twisted heavy rythms". Actually the words in spanish were different

[Drew]

skinhead, I just saw "Drew I <3 you" scroll by in your signature. What the fuck?

For me, well, Vai certainly intrigued me with "Passion and Warfare," and I got interested in lower registers while transcribing a Strangers With Candy (now the band formerly known as Lifer, not sure what they go by these days) song, tuning my Strat's E down to the pitch of the song (which turned out to be B), retuning to match, and playing an open E (now B) through my clean channel and hearing the biggest sounding chord of my life.

But really, it was mostly the symmetry of the guitar - on some level it always kind of bugged me that the guitar didn't have a middle string. When I first saw a seven, I sort of thought "Oh..." I liked the greater range, and I liked the symmetrical layout of strings on the neck, so I sold a 520 I owned for my first 7620, and immediately found about 48 other reasons why sevens rule.

[Volsung]

The number one influence on me to get a seven was Dino Cazares. Not only was it his playing style, but his custom 7s cought my attention like no other. I (along with alot a folks here) want one of his guitars BAD.

Another contrabution to the 7 string influence was Stephen Carpenter. Like Dino, his guitars really appealed to me. And after watching him jam on his 7s on the video from there 'Deftones' LP, I knew I needed one.

Other minor influences were:
Christian Olde Wolbers (again...it was the guitar that appealed to me)
the guys from Scar Symmetry
Head & Munky (it was the gee-tars once again)

[Aghorasilat]

Originally Posted by Wiz

Heh I actually don't really remember.. I think I was really pissed off about having to de-tune differently for pretty much every song I was playing and then go back to standard, and the seven would have solved the problem for at least a subset of the songs.

Then I had a few months when I'd listen to Aghora for a few hours a day and there was no way back :P

Thanks


for me it was Derek Taylor & Vai

That got me hooked. I have been using them since I was 17 - 18
I dont actually own a 6 stringer now.
Sold mine to get a 7.