• 7 String guitars.. Why?
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[QUOTE=hypno-toad;19920556]All my guitars have relatively thin necks, but weather you like it or not, an extra string will add on about 1/4 of an inch at least compared to a 6 string guitar of similar specs.[/QUOTE] To the thickness of the neck? Of course the neck is going to be wider but the thickness can remain unchanged. Not that it really matters as you're not going to build one :v:
[QUOTE=mynames2long;19841502]-snip, misread the tablature- I'd like an 8-string guitar that goes B-E-A-D-G-B-e-a[/QUOTE] You're gonna have a garbage bag full of broken strings if you try...
[QUOTE=rightpillock;19923848]You're gonna have a garbage bag full of broken strings if you try...[/QUOTE] Not if he buys the right strings.
[QUOTE=TheGuru;19924261]Not if he buys the right strings.[/QUOTE] Diamond filament :3:
[QUOTE=bravehat;19912715]How about human creativity and self created beauty being destroyed, cause that wouldn't have a disheartening effect on humanity at all. Without music, life would be insanity.[/QUOTE] because all music has guitar, right?
You get a different sound with less or more strings. That's why,
[QUOTE=cherry gmod;19808007]I mean, why do you need that extra strings? other than extending your imaginary penis. I can make do with 6, and i have a little trouble coping when shit starts to go down, I just can't understand the advantages of having a 7 string guitar. Discus[/QUOTE] yep same shit
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[QUOTE=SaWAH;19972747]dis b y: [img]http://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/uploads/1211920568/gallery_1632_91_55238.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Superhero pose \m/
Real men play an 8 string guitar.
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6luoadT3e4[/MEDIA] Should be enough reason to get one imo
[QUOTE=Nonikai;20001085] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6luoadT3e4[/URL] Should be enough reason to get one imo[/QUOTE] And how was that ANY different from pretty much all other bad metal bands out there?
[QUOTE=Nonikai;20001085] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6luoadT3e4[/URL] Should be enough reason to get one imo[/QUOTE] Maybe I'm just being blunt, but couldn't that have been done a 6 string with a lower tuning? I don't think he really touched the high e string anyways.
[QUOTE=Nonikai;20001085][MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6luoadT3e4[/MEDIA] Should be enough reason to get one imo[/QUOTE] Wow. That guy is great. I think I'm going to get that EP. Would be great music for a zombie game or the like.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;20013029]Wow. That guy is great. I think I'm going to get that EP. Would be great music for a zombie game or the like.[/QUOTE] it's free. both of his are.
[QUOTE=Nonikai;20001085] [URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL] [URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=T6luoadT3e4[/URL] Should be enough reason to get one imo[/QUOTE] Oh wow... I really fucking liked that. Some of the grooviest, heaviest riffs I've heard in some time.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20010526]Maybe I'm just being blunt, but couldn't that have been done a 6 string with a lower tuning? I don't think he really touched the high e string anyways.[/QUOTE] Do you always use all 6 string on a sixer?
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20010526]Maybe I'm just being blunt, but couldn't that have been done a 6 string with a lower tuning? I don't think he really touched the high e string anyways.[/QUOTE] You may dislike it, but does that really fucking matter? A lot of guitar players prefer it. Ever heard of Sleep or High on Fire? Matt Pike, the lead guitarist is a master of the 9 string and 12 string guitars. His riffs sound amazing thanks to that, they have more depth than a simple 6 string possibly could. You don't have to agree, but they do. Hell, do you hate 5 string basses too? Also, you're wrong about the guitar's history. It did not originally have 6 strings. In fact, it had 8 that were paired together to essentially play like 4 strings. Over time, this diverged into 6 strings, which gave us the classical spanish guitar, the closest relative to the modern guitar. All guitars as we know it are thanks to the Spanish. [editline]06:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=xxFoxxx;20013730]Oh wow... I really fucking liked that. Some of the grooviest, heaviest riffs I've heard in some time.[/QUOTE] He's awesome, great riff.
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20010526]Maybe I'm just being blunt, but couldn't that have been done a 6 string with a lower tuning? I don't think he really touched the high e string anyways.[/QUOTE] The low E string cannot be tuned down to B without having a nearly unplayable amount of slack. The 7th string allowed him to play otherwise impossible notes.
You can put heavier gauge strings on a sixer to attain the ability to tune down to the same regions as a 7 string. However I still think it's his choice to use a seven, and I even use a seven to play all my sixer stuff because I prefer the feel of the neck anyway. Playing on a 6 string now feels like I'm fretting a noodle.
[QUOTE=Crazy Legs;20018603]The low E string cannot be tuned down to B without having a nearly unplayable amount of slack. The 7th string allowed him to play otherwise impossible notes.[/QUOTE] Using D'addario 11's ive managed to get nearly down to F on my six to try out meshuggah with a bit of slack.
I got my new 7-string Schecter around a month ago and I cant live without it anymore. I love it because I've always thought that guitars range of notes is too small.
[QUOTE=TheGuru;20014512]Do you always use all 6 string on a sixer?[/QUOTE] Oh for fucks sake, this has nothing to do with 7 string guitars directly. He posted a video of saying it's why 7 string guitars are great, and the guy doesn't even make use of the seven strings in the video. The [I]post[/I] made no sense. Why post a 7 string video using six strings to make a point about how 7 strings are great (???)
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20033091]Oh for fucks sake, this has nothing to do with 7 string guitars directly. He posted a video of saying it's why 7 string guitars are great, and the guy doesn't even make use of the seven strings in the video. The [I]post[/I] made no sense.[/QUOTE] Neither do yours about how seven strings are inefficient and retarded.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;20033148]Neither do yours about how seven strings are inefficient and retarded.[/QUOTE] [B]What are you talking about[/B], did you even read my post? :psyduck:
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;19889871] Now, from a construction standpoint 7, and 8 string guitars are dumb. And, even from the musical standpoint, I'm skeptical as to how somebody will make [I]good[/I] use of 7 strings in one song.[/QUOTE] Did you read what you wrote? [editline]06:45PM[/editline] [QUOTE=hypno-toad;20033177][B]What are you talking about[/B], did you even read my post? :psyduck:[/QUOTE] I know what you're saying, or trying to say, that a video where the 7th string isn't super prominent isn't a good way to show it off, but that's not the point. He did use it, and could do a better/different tuning thanks to it.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;20033291]Did you read what you wrote? [editline]06:45PM[/editline] I know what you're saying, or trying to say, that a video where the 7th string isn't super prominent isn't a good way to show it off, but that's not the point. He did use it, and could do a better/different tuning thanks to it.[/QUOTE] No, see, the top and bottom post have nothing to do with each other. If you're going to be late to a thread, at least have the common courtesy to read [I]all posts[/I] before you step into somebody else's discussion. You see, I don't like 7 strings guitars, and they do. I don't care if they like them as long as they don't bother me about it (IE, "you should make a seven string guitar because they are cool :v:") As of the second page (and late first page), I was more debunking people's "fact" based opinions as to why 7 strings are as good or better than 6 string guitars, not because they were based on preference, but because they were trying to build those opinions upon false facts (IE: the guitar was a hybrid between banjo and bass) The reply to that video was not an objection to that song being played on a seven string; the objection was because it was because it was played on a seven string [I]without[/I] using 7 strings, [B]yet[/B] the reason for the song being "awesome" is that it uses a 7 string. Due to those factors, [B]that particular post[/B] made 0% sense. example: [I]"This song is cool, it's played on six strings of a seven string guitar, and that is why you should get a 7 string guitar."[/I] Do you understand, or should I continue to simplify my post and summarize the thread?
[QUOTE=hypno-toad;20033724]No, see, the top and bottom post have nothing to do with each other. If you're going to be late to a thread, at least have the common courtesy to read [I]all posts[/I] before you step into somebody else's discussion. You see, I don't like 7 strings guitars, and they do. I don't care if they like them as long as they don't bother me about it (IE, "you should make a seven string guitar because they are cool :v:") As of the second page (and late first page), I was more debunking people's "fact" based opinions as to why 7 strings are as good or better than 6 string guitars, not because they were based on preference, but because they were trying to build those opinions upon false facts (IE: the guitar was a hybrid between banjo and bass) The reply to that video was not an objection to that song being played on a seven string; the objection was because it was because it was played on a seven string [I]without[/I] using 7 strings, [B]yet[/B] the reason for the song being "awesome" is that it uses a 7 string. Due to those factors, [B]that particular post[/B] made 0% sense. example: [I]"This song is cool, it's played on six strings of a seven string guitar, and that is why you should get a 7 string guitar."[/I] Do you understand, or should I continue to simplify my post and summarize the thread?[/QUOTE] Except you got shit about guitars wrong too. So why do you lecture on that which you don't know?
I thought the arguement was about the point of adding the 7th string alone to the guitar. According to you hypno that makes the guitar inefficient due to the added width on the neck, but as we see in the vid he makes efficient use of the 7th string itself. I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to find videos where all 7 strings are used in a single song.
[QUOTE=Nonikai;20048301]I thought the arguement was about the point of adding the 7th string alone to the guitar. According to you hypno that makes the guitar inefficient due to the added width on the neck, but as we see in the vid he makes efficient use of the 7th string itself. I'm sure it wouldn't be that hard to find videos where all 7 strings are used in a single song.[/QUOTE] Lots of guitarists do it.
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