6 or 7

[Drew]

Yeah, i know, Jim, which is what makes this discussion so amusing.

For me, that's where the real edge of a seven lies- sure, they rock for deep "chug" riffs, but you also get an extra 5th in any scale position, quite a bit more if you start sliding up and down the neck, and Rusty Cooley's "Seven Deadly Sins" CFH lesson was a total eye-opener, when he started talking about parallel scale shapes that were allowed due to that extra string.

Simply put, if you want to get into soloing, you cannot underestimate the advantage of having that extra string.

(though, I do still love my strat...)

[Flobanez]

I know alot of beginners that have picked up my seven and were lost because of the low b. To me, I don't see the low b as a hassle where I have to tell them just ignore the top string, and they can't somehow.....maybe they are meant to be 6-string players I guess. I love having the low b and I think the 7-string is a perfect instrument because you already have a 6-string in addition to that, the low b, it's perfect IMO.

[jdshredhead]

so how did my thread get to talking abuot which kind of guitar to start on... its about wether or not i should get a 6 or 7 string or a car(for more money of course)

[jim777]

Originally Posted by jdshredhead

so how did my thread get to talking abuot which kind of guitar to start on...

You know you're on Jemsite, right? If you don't stay involved, no thread stays on topic for more than 6 posts or so

[Hobophobic]

Originally Posted by jdshredhead

so how did my thread get to talking abuot which kind of guitar to start on... its about wether or not i should get a 6 or 7 string or a car(for more money of course)

Because somebody said you shouldn't get a 7 if you're a beginner and the levee broke.

[jdshredhead]

yeah the only thing is tho .. is that i'm definitely not a beginner

[7 Dying Trees]

7string? Go for it. I got one years ago, and pretty much unless forced to toherwise I now just play 7 strings. hardly ever touch a 6string anymore.

I wouldn't say it's harder, but you do need to make a few playing adjustments, and it'll take a month or 3 to really have it feel like second nature.

I actually also prefer the wider necks, and they do just feel more natural to play for some weird reason!

[Flobanez]

Me too, the necks are so comfortable now, playing a 6-string, while I may pick up my strat every now and then, feels awkward a little, I am so used to the Ibanez 7 neck.

If you could start out on a 7, that would be cool IMO, especially if you want that low b without having to tune your 6-string down.

[buddroyce]

If you've already got a 6 string a 7 string will just give you more variety. It realistically shouldn't take you very long to adjust to a 7 string provided that you are willing to open yourself up to the new 'wierd' feeling neck for the first 30-40 minutes. It took me about 30 minutes or so of doing string skipping exercises to get used to the neck. (that was something like 6-7 years ago when I bought my Universe[my first ibanez actually], since then I've picked up and gone through several 7's).

Seriously, aside from chugging riffs there's a whole lot you can do with a seven once you realize the potential.

[Roland]

Writing songs that go from the low B to the 20-something fret on the high E is always fun - makes it impossible to play on six-strings, unless you've got 29+ frets.

[Drew]

Of course, the other thing is unless you've spent some serious playtime on a 6, if you play a seven you'll never realize just how bad six stringers have it.

[Flobanez]

That is true.

I felt that way when I was jamming with a 6-stringer, we did alot of covers in d tuning as well as c, c# and b where I already had those notes on my 7-string, he would struggle to switch guitars, he had 4 guitars all tuned differently. The 7-string is an advantage, I told him