7 string owners, how do you feel on a 6 string?

microdmitry · #1 01-30-2003, 08:31 PM

I've got my RG1077XL and my RG3120 feels AWKWARD after just 3 hours of playing on RG1077XL. The neck seems way too narrow. What the heck? I guess there are guys who have both 6 and 7 strings. How do you guys maintain your chops on both? Is it something I'll get used to?

track7 · #2 01-30-2003, 09:40 PM

i wouldn't worry too much...

i spend most of my time on a 7620 now...and it is really cool and comfortable, however i always welcome the change of going back to the 7vwh.

I think that if you have good technique then it translates to either neck fine. It should only take a few minutes at the most to adjust - physically that is...if its psychological then sorry cant help you.

Try re-evaluating your hand positions posture etc it may help.

Hopefully you'll find the switch less a problem after a bit more experience with the 7. Everyone has a preference, but it shouldnt be uncomfortable

Hope this helps.

track

Dead Roman · #3 01-30-2003, 11:30 PM

I feel a lil lost on a 6 string now too, unless its an acoustic. It feels a little weird going back to a 6-string nec for me too, but i wouildnt say that it is uncomfortable. It takes me about 5 minutes to adjust to not having the same girthy neck in my hands buit it isnt hard to do. BUt i find myself reaching for that low b sometmes when i get into it, so i just play my Universe all of the time now.

darren wilson · #4 01-31-2003, 12:04 AM

How does it feel? Like i'm playing a toothpick.

ns9 · #5 01-31-2003, 12:40 AM

Hi! Hmmm. Tape your thumb to your hand- hand feel almost useless now? Can still use it as a club. Backscratcher. Chase small children and make monster noises while waving hand in air. Hmm. Like losing a finger to me. Scales end early. Like driving down a well known road, only to fall off a cliff a mile before you thought the road ended. Lastly, makes me angry. My 7 strings will laugh when i pick up a 6 string. Maniacal laughing. So evil. Really ticks me off. But the 7 strings know I will be back- all too soon...smug, steel stringed bastards...

nikki

Z0rn · #6 01-31-2003, 01:45 AM

I still play both my 6 & 7 string back and forth. They both feel fine, now. I prefer the 7 string though. I like the options I have a little better.

Ancestor · #7 01-31-2003, 01:54 AM

Not too good. I get lost on the neck and the feel is weird. I'd rather stick to the 7.

bryangraye · #8 01-31-2003, 02:07 AM

but... the 7 string neck feels gooooooood, and my six string feels different, but still fine.

I've got a UV and a mesa boogie - great stuff - but now I want a marshall (800 prolly) and a fender strat or jazzmaster! (Never thought I'd want another 6 string, but I just sort of changed direction overnight - I really annoy myself sometimes).

microdmitry · #9 01-31-2003, 02:16 AM

Man, had I known what I was buying into I'd be afraid of buying a 7 string...

Dylan7620 · #10 01-31-2003, 03:05 AM

i can now move really fast on amy six, but the 7 just feels like it fits

The Dark Wolf · #11 01-31-2003, 11:15 AM

Hmm... well microdmitry, it all is a matter of perspective I suppose. I don't even own a 6 string, except for my classical, and the neck on that is wider than my electric 7's. I can still play a six string fine, but it takes a few minutes to adjust, mainly because of the NARROW feeling neck. On my classical, or on a 6-string bass (I love 6-string bass necks. WIDE!) I have no problems. But it does take a small period of adjustment to play a 6. However, I wouldn't worry, because I rarely play 6, and yet, when I do, it only takes a few finutes as I said. I think it's more kinetic memory than an intellectual problem. You hands just have to remember what to do on that small-feeling neck.

Two hands31 · #12 01-31-2003, 11:25 AM

I picked up my friend's Yamaha the other day, and that thing had the thinnest neck I've ever played, the thing felt tiny.

Jim Soloway · #13 01-31-2003, 11:30 AM

I'm hopelessly lost on a 6 string. It's as though I simply don't know how to play anymore. I suppose I could adapt back if I had to, but it would take a serious effort.

Gresh · #14 01-31-2003, 11:54 AM

The more you switch back and forth the more comfortable you will be going back to six strings. It gets easier the more you play around with both guitars.

brianboros · #15 01-31-2003, 08:05 PM

Funny thing, my playing on my yamaha flamenco is pretty good since playing sevens exclusively these past 6 months. 6 string electric feels like I'm playing a toothpick with something missing.

Although I am gasing for a LP.