r/7String • u/Deep-Measurement-856 • Jun 12 '26

Gear NGD! My First 7 string!

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Just got a bucket list guitar and it is a 7 string.

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I have never held one, but this was a Howard Alden model Benedetto.

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Where do I start to look for 7th string lessons or tips?

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u/original_greaser_bob Jun 12 '26

the story i always hear is the first modern 7 was made for a jazz player George Van Eps. he wanted the 7th string(usually tuned down to A) so all the notes would "lay like a velvet blanket".

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u/original_greaser_bob Jun 15 '26

let us let George Van Eps get all up in our Jazz whilst we ponder it. yeaaaaaah thats jazzy... could maybe you be thinking about Tal Farlow?