what bass/guitar do you own or want (bass, amp)

mr dave · 07-29-2010, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronMitchell

And I'll admit, I've always wanted to see what a 7-string is like. It'd be kind of cool to have that extra bass string... so I could have it tuned CEADGBE or something like that. But those are expensive, and it'd probably cost more to fix and stuff being that it's kind of a 'specialty' guitar. You'd need special pieces and all.

this is a common misconception. there are plenty of relatively cheap 7 strings out there. you can get Jay Turser 7s in the same range an epiphone les paul or a mexican strat if not cheaper.

personally i didn't like 7 strings the few times i tried it - and i'm a person who had absolutely no issues going from 4 to 5 strings on bass - but adding that extra string to a guitar just made the whole thing feel wrong in my hands. more power to anyone who digs playing them though, don't ever have to worry about me ripping them off or giving their instruments belt rash.

@RezZ - similar to the idea of downtuning half the strings and leaving the other in standard - have you ever looked into 10 string guitars? i think BC Rich started them with the Rich Bitch back in the day. the two lowest strings are left like normal then the 4 higher strings are doubled.