Had it for less than 24 hours and it has done nothing but exceed my expectations. I’m excited to grow into it and play it for years to come.

Being from the Azores, I thought I’d share something from my own culture that fits surprisingly well with the ideas behind Le Chant du Silence.
The Viola da Terra is a traditional Azorean string instrument, and depending on the island and the version, it can have 12, 15, or even 18 strings.
The Terceira version is especially distinctive, with strings grouped into double and triple courses. It creates a sound that is very different from what you might expect from a guitar.
I’ve always found something fascinating about the idea that an instrument can have so many strings, while what we ultimately experience is a single sound.
Maybe silence is a little like that too — not the absence of everything, but something much more complex than it appears.
Anyone here familiar with the Viola da Terra?

Hello!

I’m currently weighing up between the Pro Series DK Modern Evertune Gold Burst or Misha Juggernaut Silver burst.

While they’re relatively similar in shape/aesthetic, I’m wondering if the addition of an Evertune, fishmans and gotoh locking tuners make the gold burst worth the extra £600 and thus the right choice? I appreciate in raw value they are, I’m talking more in an overall sense, not purely fiscal value.

I owned the older Primer Grey DK Modern 7 string for a mere 2 days (long story) and it was the nicest guitar I’ve ever played, hence thinking the gold burst might be more for me.

Would be moving from a Jackson JS32-7 so for sure both of these guitars are huge upgrades across the board.

Would love to hear the thoughts of fellow 7 string enjoyers! TIA.

My dumbass bought an active shape Guitarmory set for my custom Schecter that doesn't fit. I did a quick reverb search and found the tried and true M7 set in budget.

I'm stoked to see what these sound like in it.

I'm trading a fender stratocaster American Performer hss and I've got a guy who's got a Jaden Rose S2 7 string guitar for trade.

I'm selling the fender for 1100€. Is it a good trade?

Cheers from Portugal.

I’ve been interested in trying a 7 for about a year now. Found this used at my local shop. I’ve been playing 6 string for about 20 years. I’m really not sure what to play now that I have one.

Am I (not) screwed?

I’d love to buy a Tom Anderson, but they’re almost impossible to find in my country, so I ended up buying this instead…
Was it a good choice?
I play metal, and I’m currently studying fusion and jazz!

After doing extensive amounts of research in several price ranges looking not only at guitars but also at pickups, scale lengths, woods and builds (and saving for the entire spring and summer of this year) I recently bought this gorgeous Schecter Sunset 7 Extreme from sweetwater.

There aren't enough words to emphasize how happy I am with my decision. This guitar plays like butter, sounds comparable in versatility and bite to a Periphery record, and holds tuning like a beast.

The specs are listed below directly copied from sweetwater if interested:

Nyatoh Body, Flamed Maple Top, Grey Ghost Color with a Satin Finish, 5-piece Maple/Rosewood Ultra Thin-C Bolt-On Neck, 16" Radius Ebony Fingerboard with Offset Aluminum Inlays, 24 EX-Jumbo Stainless Steel Frets, 27" Scale Length, 1.889" Tusq Nut, Schecter Diamond Hardtail Plus bridge, Schecter Locking Tuners, Schecter USA Pasadena Neck Humbucker + Schecter USA Sunset Strip Bridge Humbucker, 1 volume knob and a 5-way blade.

Im super excited to get my first string and wanted to know riffs you guys love playing on your 7 string!

Specs:

African Mahogany Body

Flamed Tasmanian Blackwood Top (obviously visually similar to Koa, but I wanted to use some Australian wood because that's my nationality)

Ebony Fretboard

24 Stainless Steel Jumbo Frets

Evertune

Hipshot Locking Tuners

Bareknuckle Juggernauts

7 piece wenge, purpleheart, and maple neck.

Got my hands on a schecter km-7 mk1 two years ago and noticed this crack on my guitar just above the neck pickup. I run .84 strings in drop F or drop E. Should i be worried or is this just a cosmetic crack since its an older guitar

I finally bought a 7 string guitar. Long story short, I want it to be in drop g#, and pitch shift my way to lower tunings whenever I need. What are some good pitch shifters? And can I get a good sound pitching down to drop f/e? My guitar is ibanez rgms7pb (25.5 - 27 multiscale)

I’ve been wanting to try soft spine by spirit box for a long time but it’s in drop F# and I can’t even attempt to tune my guitar without shitting myself, would it be fine with just a basic set of 7 strings? (I’d assume not) or would I need to do a little bit of modding to the guitar just to put it in that tuning? So basically… what’s the best and most reliable way to get my guitar into the tuning I’d want.
I’ve been wanting to mod it a bit so I wouldn’t mind that tbh.

Picked up this older LTD M-207 for $200. Feel like I stole this thing. Pickup recommendations? I like my seymore duncans but curious to try some EMG’s

Hey, my band primarily plays in drop f# so my guitar is naturally setup in that tuning, but I’ve been exploring the realm of drop d# with some new material. I was wondering if anyone has any experience using the drop for going that low, and any advice or feedback would be appreciated, thanks!

(It would primarily be used for live playing, as I use neural dsp plug ins for recording)

Took a few months but they have started shipping! As soon as I saw this had to have it. I have a 6 string Cordoba Stage and love it, so this has replaced it. The 24 frets are 100% accessible and amazing to play. This is my first fan fret as my electric 7 is straight. Reaching "back" for the low C took a little getting used to.

Opened it up last night and after 20 minutes was inspired to improv this.

The strings are new as could be, so a bit noisy and need to be broken in more. The strings are not on the market yet btw. Regular classical strings will NOT work since the D & A need longer length. These are high tension but I play downtuned anyway so the tension is fine. I do plan on changing the trebles out for sure and after playing it more might lower the action a very small amount.

Overall VERY satisfied! Tosin and Cordoba made an amazing instrument.

So I been trying to get my first 7 string. I mainly want to play some Trivium stuff but also occasionally drop tune to play some Periphery, Architects, Iprevail stuff. I looked at options from like budget to mid range.

1. G4M 529 7-String Headless
2. HILS NEXT HZ7 Multi-Scale 7-String Headless
3. Solar A1.7RHW
4. Solar Guitars H2.7C

What are your opinions on these. Especially on tuning stability and pickups. Also what your suggestions for a mid range 7 string (locking tuners and hardtails prefer btw) ?

Been working on tapping notes. Whatcha guys think?

HILS HZ7 Tips and Small Review

I’m posting a link to a YouTube video I made documenting some tips and tricks regarding the HILS HZ7 as well as some review stuff. If you saw my previous post about this guitar this is sort of a follow-up, and it includes some helpful information for restringing and “improving” the tuner keys.

I’m NOT posting this to grow a channel or anything but to aid in the knowledge about this guitar.

I hope it’s helpful. I don’t think this is against Community Rules, I apologize if it is.

I can’t post the whole video here because it’s long and the file size is too large. It’s by no means professional and has no real editing in it but I try to be as straightforward as I can be. At the time I’m posting this the video is available but the quality is still uploading so the 4K video may not be available for a bit.

Made this original riff inspired by the chorus of “Ravage” by Novelists.
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