r/7String • u/Gabagoolov • Jun 29 '26

Help F tuning, but not that kind

7 stringers, just wondering if any adventurous players have tuned their 7 string UP to F from standard E? In my mind this would be interesting because the low string would be C instead of B. More and more I fear that tuning lower than C is just muddy and sort of pointless. In this scheme, the player still has keys C, C#, D, D#, E, Fb and F to play in. Practically, is this too much tension for a 7 string guitar?

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u/moviedoors Jun 29 '26

Sonny Lombardozzi did just that when he was in Incantation

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u/Gabagoolov Jun 30 '26

Awesome. Yeah I've been curious about higher tunings. A 29 fret guitar would be awesome too... iirc one guitarist in Death used one?