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Old 02-02-2007, 02:02 AM
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7 gauge strings?

Hey guys I was watching the special features on the steve vai astoria dvd and thomas holds up a pack of strings and he says that their 7 gauge! Does anyone know where you can go to get them because Ive played on 8s and wow they were tiny so I wanna try a pack of 7s.
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Old 02-02-2007, 05:05 AM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

Sevens? Wow. Haven't heard of those before... those must feel like wires. Wouldn't last more than a couple of days!
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Old 02-05-2007, 05:30 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

They were more popular in the 70's than now... I think it was Dean Markley that might have made them... possibly

I know Tony Iommi had a signature set in the 70's that were 7's

Last time I tried them was probably in the early 80's
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Old 02-05-2007, 05:34 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

7's !!!
must feel like playing angel hair !!
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Old 02-06-2007, 01:18 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

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... those must feel like wires.
Don't all strings?
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Old 02-06-2007, 01:58 PM
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7 gauge!
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Yngwie will hear....
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Old 02-06-2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

Wonder what a .007 tuned to G would feel like...
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Old 02-06-2007, 02:48 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

7 gauge...'so thin that it'll cut your skin'
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Old 02-06-2007, 03:13 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

Thats my idea of guitar purgotry...
my mate uses 8's and they just dont give you any feedback on your fretting or your picking hand - nightmare......
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Old 02-06-2007, 03:24 PM
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Re: 7 gauge strings?

I went through a brief "light guage" string kick, back in the mid 90's when I first started playing. I went as low as 7's once, when I found a D'Addario pack.

They were laughably light - instant Yngwie vibrato, not that I recognized it, in my big Nirvana phase...
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