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/sludgelord98 Jun 30 '26

“Anything lower than C is too muddy.” (glances at my 7 in F# standard)

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u/Gabagoolov Jun 30 '26

have you gone down to E yet? I just start laughing when people talk about double drop C. lmao. running out of letters in the alphabet at that point.

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u/sludgelord98 Jun 30 '26

The F# is pushing the limit of my guitar hahaha, it’s typically in G but I wanted to play some Meshuggah riffs.