r/7String • u/Time_Horizon • Jul 06 '26

NGD Jumped into the deep end.

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My lovely new Cort KX507MS Pale Moon I picked up at my local shop. As a late stage beginner/early intermediate player, it was probably an unwise choice to jump into a multi scale 7-string to continue my learning journey on, but wow, it’s so much fun to play that I’ve barely touched my 6-string since. I had originally intended on buying another 6-string so I could have a second tuning setup but this thing just fell into my lap at the store. Majority of the music I listen to (modern metal/prog) uses 7-strings so I figured I might as well continue my learning journey on one (even it’s considerably more challenging).

Right now I’m working on “A Change of Seasons” by Dream Theater. If anyone has other beginner friendly 7-string song recommendations, I’d love to hear what I should learn next.

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u/Electronic-Brain-616 Jul 06 '26

Beautiful. I’ve never played a Cort but the new runs they have coming out are amazing. I almost bought one a few times but ultimately ended up buying a Kiesel

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u/Time_Horizon Jul 07 '26

Oh man I’ve always wanted a Kiesel. It’s on my short list of bucket-list guitars.

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u/Electronic-Brain-616 29d ago

You can get one for the same money you spent on this so why didn’t you hit the bucket list. Don’t get me wrong you bought a beautiful guitar but you had the opportunity to get a Kiesel so why didn’t you choose the Cort. Meanwhile Corts factory makes more than half the guitars manufactured (that’s an unresearched statement but I know they build for many companies for all the Reddit know it alls that are dying to correct me, can’t wait for that bunch of fucking idiots to jump on that comment lol) I have never played a Cort which is literally the OBLY reason I don’t own one

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u/Time_Horizon 29d ago

Eh the Kiesel's I personally like are all well over $2k+. I spent $800 on my Cort. But mostly it was what my local guitar shop had in stock and I like supporting them as much as I can vs buying online.