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My first seven string!!!

DeadraveN	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 11:11 AM just got it at a pawn shop. love those places.. began fixing it up, restringing, etc... and noticed the person who had it before had the thing strung so there was actually a higher "a", instead of a lower "b" string, (with the rest in standard tuning..).. I admit I'm new to the whole seven string concept.. I was just wondering, is that common at all? is it useful for anything other than maybe ear shattering soloing? what other kinds of tunings are there with a seven string? I realize I should have thought about all this before buying one, but fuck it, I'm the type who buys an instrument then learns how to play it. any help would be appreciated...
EvilPicnic	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 11:20 AM Not common any more, but when 7-strings were first produced they were intended for jazz soloists so they cold play higher notes, the 7th string was a high A. Then they went out of fashion for a decade or two, until some guy found one and realised that with an extra bass string he could play lower without having to put up with the bother of detuning a six-string.
Alecs	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 11:46 AM I guess you could do that, but typically now you only find high A strings on 8-strings. If you want to see someone shredding w/ a high A string, check out Rusty Cooley. Here's a video of him on an 8-string: http://rustycooley.com/videos/outworld_03.wmv Another tuning you could do if it's strung up normally (BEADGBE) is Drop A (AEADGBE). It's basically like drop D for a 7-string. What brand is it? Anyways, enjoy your new guitar!
Bhairava	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 8:13 PM I want a 7 string which I would have to get to the lower sounds. I find a lot of what I write requires a lower change which I can't do properly and more strings mean more ways of using inversions and open strings in your song writing so its all good.
Bhairava	Date: March 17, 2006 @ 8:16 PM That vid was pretty awesome I liked what he did.
talentscout	Date: April 14, 2006 @ 10:48 PM It's taking me a lifetime to know the whole neck with just 6 strings!
talentscout	Date: April 14, 2006 @ 10:48 PM It's taking me a lifetime to know the whole neck with just 6 strings!

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