The wonders that are seven string baritone guitars
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Deftones,
Korn, Fear Factory, Orgy, Steve Vai, Doug Doppler (student of Joe
Satriani and artist of Steve Vai's record label Favored Nation) and
Jeff Loomis of Nevermore. They all have something in common, seven
string guitars. Steph Carpenter of Deftones actually uses 7 string
Baritone, signature ESP guitars that have been known to of been dropped
to a low F on some occasions. Now some people might think that that is
extreme and over the top...screw them! Extreme, over the top, its what
guitar is all about! Some of my favourite guitars are extremist: Tom
Morello, Dimebag Darrel, Daron Malakian, all players of the utmost
quality and style! I have been looking for the perfect seven
string guitar for a long time and I have not yet found one, I think the
only option for me to do is to buy something farely cheap like a
Schecter Omen Etreme and replace the pickups and any other cheap
equipment that may come along with the guitar. I am very glad that very
few artist use seven string guitars as I don't desire for them to
become the 'standard' for nu metal bands. Trivium, Slipknot, In This
Moment and Dream Theatre have all dabbled with seven string guitars in
a few of their tracks and it does sound very exciting and deep but I
just don't want it to become the 'new thing'. In my opinion the seven
string guitar is a new method in which one can generate riffs and ideas
from, not just a mindless way to sound lower than low, if thatis your
plan, why not just play a bass guitar, put light gauge strings on it
and add a distortion or overdrive to it! I am in a band that doesn't
play extreme metal like Fear Factory or even Korn although we do
encourage each other to add more grooves similar to what Korn do. But
we generally follow more along the lines of Deftones with a more
melodic, epic style. I don't enjoy describing our sound because I never
like reading about other bands saying, "Oh yeah', well I think we sound
very like Metallica but our lead guiarist bases more of his techniques
on Megadeth with sweeping and spanish scales. While our singer tries to
sound like Pantera with low, gutteral growls."
I know its fair enough to put your opinion across about what you
imagine yourself to sound like, but something I just don't give a crap
what you think of yourself, it only matters what the public thinks you
sound like in the end of the day, for record sales anyway. If you want
to think you sound like Rage Against The Machine and you are a death
metal band then thats up to you but the public will not respect you
very much!
Anyway, enough of my angry cynical rambling and I'll return to my love
of seven string guitars...there bloody great aren't they! I love trying
out alternate tunings and the such and the seven strings that I have
played in shops and at friends house have complemented that really
well. (The shop keeper wasn't too pleased with a messed up tuning on
his guitar)
I do truly hoope that the perfect seven string guitar comes along, it
took two years to find the perfect electric guitar (Maverick F-1, then
the Razorback came out of course!)
So come on guitar manafactures...I want a seven string guitar that
looks hella cool, is not black (I already have two black guitars) has a
long scale length so I can reach low tunings such as G# if needed, has
two humbucker pickups of the utmost quality (does not have to EMG's)
has two tone and two volume knobs so I can add toggle switching to my
playing, has 24 frets, does not have stupid cross inlays (Jesus did not
die on a cross, where on earth did everyone get that idea from?). I
suppose thats about all I ask for, oh and a neck that is in between an
Ibanez or Maverick and a Gibson LP or PRS. The woods need to have a
nice resonatating sound to them as well! HA! Cheers folks!
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So come on guitar manafactures...I want a seven string guitar that
looks hella cool, is not black (I already have two black guitars) has a
long scale length so I can reach low tunings such as G# if needed, has
two humbucker pickups of the utmost quality (does not have to EMG's)
has two tone and two volume knobs so I can add toggle switching to my
playing, has 24 frets, does not have stupid cross inlays (Jesus did not
die on a cross, where on earth did everyone get that idea from?). I
suppose thats about all I ask for, oh and a neck that is in between an
Ibanez or Maverick and a Gibson LP or PRS. The woods need to have a
nice resonatating sound to them as well! HA! Cheers folks! 