sell2792
SS.org Regular
Conveniently those are the only five notes I know how to play so really it’s perfect.
You only get 5 extra notes on a 7 string.
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Try putting the extra string in the middle. Then you get 2.5 extra notes at the top and the bottom.
OmegaSlayer
SS.org Regular
It's not only about notes, it's about solutions, fingerings and positions
And dynamics, because the 8th fret on the low B string doesn't sound like the 3rd fret on the low E (and that goes for all the strings)
And dynamics, because the 8th fret on the low B string doesn't sound like the 3rd fret on the low E (and that goes for all the strings)
I only play six strings. Hell I could play a damn 4 or 5 string and be fine
While we're discussing 7 string guitars, notes on a low "B" string higher up the fretboard than the 9th fret don't sound good to my ears, in fact the 7th fret might be the limit of the string's usability of sound. To my ears.
EDIT: When using thicker gauge strings for a low "B" string. Probably above 58 gauge.
EDIT: When using thicker gauge strings for a low "B" string. Probably above 58 gauge.
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CanserDYI
Yeah, No, Definitely.
Intonate your guitar? I use a .056 for a B1/A1 string and it sounds fine all the way up to 24th fret.
My guitar's intonation is fine, but you are correct about the low "B" string gauge. I should have been more precise and stated that thicker gauge strings don't sound good above the 9th fret. Probably above 58 gauge low "B" string.
CanserDYI
Yeah, No, Definitely.
Can you describe the timbre of the note? Is it tinny and metallic sounding?
The problem with thicker gauge strings is that the shorter the vibration length the worse they sound.
Test it yourself and hear what I am describing.
Play a B note at the 12 fret on the low "B" string and then play a B at the 7th fret on the low "E" string. Compare the two sounds, listen very closely to the quality in sound between the two.
Neon_Knight_
SS.org Regular
AXE-FX III offers 0 additional notes over AXE-FX II, so it's no better right? Also, my first ever amp (Marshall MG15) gave me all the notes, so I may as well sell all my other gear and just play a 6-string through that.
CanserDYI
Yeah, No, Definitely.
My B string sounds fine up the neck
of course the timbre of the note will be a bit different, but its completely usable and musical?
Neon_Knight_
SS.org Regular
The difference in timbre between the same note on different strings can be as useful as extra notes imo.My B string sounds fine up the neck
CanserDYI
Yeah, No, Definitely.
Truth!
It's also just as "bad" on a 6 string, do a 14th fret F# on the E string and a 2nd fret F# on the D string and tell me how different they sound lol adding a B string is no different...
BusinessMan
SS.org Regular
And we only use 2 strings
jephjacques
BUTTS LOL
I removed all the frets on my guitar so now I have infinite notes
More than that, you have uncountable notes.
Stay with me for a second. Infinity implies that you can count how many, there is just no end to the counting, mathematicians call the size of an infinite set of countable numbers "aleph-naught". The concept of "aleph-one" is demonstrably bigger than infinity, because you can't even start counting (chose any "real number" and then try to count starting with the next real number). You have aleph-one notes!
Neon_Knight_
SS.org Regular
If you have a 7th string, do you get aleph-one + 5 extra notes? 😅More than that, you have uncountable notes.
Stay with me for a second. Infinity implies that you can count how many, there is just no end to the counting, mathematicians call the size of an infinite set of countable numbers "aleph-naught". The concept of "aleph-one" is demonstrably bigger than infinity, because you can't even start counting (chose any "real number" and then try to count starting with the next real number). You have aleph-one notes!
