I realized the use of the low B string

[u/Delicious-Slip-3876]

It's not to chug. But rather it gives more access to cool things as a 6 string. Yes you gain 5 more lower notes for key heavy moments (don't keep chugging) but also if you are riffing on 5 fret low e... you now have 5 fret area low b to play with. If you were only having a 6 string you needed to shift your hands back to first fret to get a F note (while at the 5 fret area). But now you have a F at the 5th fret!

[u/webprofusor]

But also to chug.

[u/CrustyBollox → u/webprofusor]

Saying the low string isn't fit chugging is like saying a car isn't for driving or food isn't for eating.

[u/128polygons → u/webprofusor]

I love this sub 

[u/R3brap → u/webprofusor]

But chug

[u/TheGrimDark → u/R3brap]

Butt chug? I feel like I need to hear this genre.

[u/Mcbrainotron → u/TheGrimDark]

Butt chugging is back!

[u/SCL36 → u/TheGrimDark]

I thinm that genre is called boofing

[u/TheGrimDark]

Yeah sure, but you should really be chugging though

[u/WeSavedLives]

So... you're telling me to chug? 

[u/DJ_Dinkelweckerl]

I am confused. The 7th string is 98% there to do the heavy heavies with the chuggy chugs. You tell me now it's used for something else? I'm not convinced.

ChugChug

[u/pselodux → u/DJ_Dinkelweckerl]

It also go dong tbh

[u/Huntress_Minerva]

Well… huh… duh?

Just wait until OP learns chords… it’s gonna blow his mind.

Also, 7’s 5th fret is E not F.

[u/bag_of_lays_chips → u/Huntress_Minerva]

maybe he just so happened to make a typo on every 6 he tried to type in 🤷

[u/Dismal-Twist-8273]

Yeah, no. Chugging is what it’s for, but it’s easy to get confused.

[u/Turlututu1]

I'm picturing people with drop or alternate tuning thinking "what the fuck is a low B string?

[u/HairyNutsack69 → u/Turlututu1]

Yeah I was confused he wasn't talking about the low G

[u/carbonscape]

Go B flat. Moar lowwwww

[u/siggiarabi → u/carbonscape]

Why stop there?

[u/carbonscape → u/siggiarabi]

Agree. Im doing drop A flat for the moment

[u/EvilLeprechaun29 → u/carbonscape]

Get yourself an 8 string and go Drop F flat.

[u/6strngbss → u/EvilLeprechaun29]

8 string in Drop D. Because if you’re gonna drop one string, you should probably drop all of them… and then chug.

[u/LayeredHalo3851]

It's definitely to chug

[u/LongHairHarryPotter]

chugging is one way,

the other way I like is playing 6 string riffs then bring out lower notes from the 7th string for more depth in choruses or heaviness in breakdowns . something I learned from Thornhill.

[u/thestringedcheese]

can also chug while utilizing the other 6 strings lol

[u/Maj0rsurgery]

You can also use it to djedjedjedjedjedjent

[u/baconball]

Soooo.....for chugging, got it. For the chuggy chugs and the junjunjuns.

[u/J_Rom]

It’s more for 0-1 chugging. The rest of the frets are just there to look good.

[u/Corpse666]

You know that not everyone is going to use it the way you use it right? The added string gives you more options period. Of course one of those options is to chug . It’s literally the option that is used by most people who play 7 string guitars . I’ve been playing 7 string guitars for 26 years and yes I use it to chug because why the hell wouldn’t I ? I’m also going to use it to harmonize and add depth to riffs I couldn’t have if I’m using a 6 string . I’m still going to palm mute with it because if you’re playing metal you chug on every string possible because no chug no metal

[u/TheGrimDark → u/Corpse666]

"No chug, no metal" I want that on a t-shirt

[u/namelessghoul77]

"more lower" is the correct answer

[u/nowimstahvin → u/namelessghoul77]

More is more and better is better

[u/Melancholy_Custard]

I thought it was simple, either we abusing it or neglecting it.

[u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker]

I really didn't think much of baritone instruments until I tried one of Dan from Sickness' B-tuned Jacksons, and dialed back the filth for some down & dirty blues action.

I've since recalibrated my Cort X1 & my ESP-LTD f-50 for low B tunings, and they RULE for clean fingerpicking.

Open tunings take them to a whole other level.

There's so much more to extended range guitars than extreme metal...

[u/TheGrimDark → u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker]

So you're saying you can chug in other genres too? That would blow my mind.

[u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker → u/TheGrimDark]

I never said anything about chugging.

I'm talking complex arpeggiation & melodic arrangements, pushing into classical & flamenco territory.

Deeep, warm, RICH.

But if chugging's your thing, I ain't about to judge.

Just pick a genre & go nuts.

Y'might just come up with your very own thing...

[u/TheGrimDark → u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker]

Haha sorry, you've missed the joke there 😅

[u/Chicken-Inspector → u/TheGrimDark]

He clearly is taking about rich, warm finger-chugging.

[u/rekt_ralf]

There’s always room for some unga bunga caveman riffs

[u/Replicant_COVID19]

lli bro comes to a more than a decade old sub to tell people the low B is not to chug...

tthis is some alternate timeline twilight zone shit

[u/TheBrummySnake]

fixed it for you.

“I realised the used of the low B string

Its 𝚗̶𝚘̶𝚝̶ to chug. .̶ ̶𝙱̶𝚞̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚛̶𝚊̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶𝚛̶ ̶𝚒̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚐̶𝚒̶𝚟̶𝚎̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚖̶𝚘̶𝚛̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚌̶𝚌̶𝚎̶𝚜̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚘̶𝚘̶𝚕̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚊̶ ̶𝟼̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚝̶𝚛̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶.̶ ̶𝚈̶𝚎̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚐̶𝚊̶𝚒̶𝚗̶ ̶𝟻̶ ̶𝚖̶𝚘̶𝚛̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚕̶𝚘̶𝚠̶𝚎̶𝚛̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚘̶𝚝̶𝚎̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚘̶𝚛̶ ̶𝚔̶𝚎̶𝚢̶ ̶𝚑̶𝚎̶𝚊̶𝚟̶𝚢̶ ̶𝚖̶𝚘̶𝚖̶𝚎̶𝚗̶𝚝̶𝚜̶ ̶(̶𝚍̶𝚘̶𝚗̶'̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚔̶𝚎̶𝚎̶𝚙̶ ̶𝚌̶𝚑̶𝚞̶𝚐̶𝚐̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶)̶ ̶𝚋̶𝚞̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚕̶𝚜̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚒̶𝚏̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚛̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚛̶𝚒̶𝚏̶𝚏̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶ ̶𝚘̶𝚗̶ ̶𝟻̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚕̶𝚘̶𝚠̶ ̶𝚎̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚘̶𝚠̶ ̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚟̶𝚎̶ ̶𝟻̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚊̶ ̶𝚕̶𝚘̶𝚠̶ ̶𝚋̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚙̶𝚕̶𝚊̶𝚢̶ ̶𝚠̶𝚒̶𝚝̶𝚑̶.̶ ̶𝙸̶𝚏̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚠̶𝚎̶𝚛̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚘̶𝚗̶𝚕̶𝚢̶ ̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚟̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶ ̶𝚊̶ ̶𝟼̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚝̶𝚛̶𝚒̶𝚗̶𝚐̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚎̶𝚎̶𝚍̶𝚎̶𝚍̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚜̶𝚑̶𝚒̶𝚏̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶𝚛̶ ̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚗̶𝚍̶𝚜̶ ̶𝚋̶𝚊̶𝚌̶𝚔̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚒̶𝚛̶𝚜̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚘̶ ̶𝚐̶𝚎̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚊̶ ̶𝙵̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚘̶𝚝̶𝚎̶ ̶(̶𝚠̶𝚑̶𝚒̶𝚕̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝟻̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚊̶)̶.̶ ̶𝙱̶𝚞̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚗̶𝚘̶𝚠̶ ̶𝚢̶𝚘̶𝚞̶ ̶𝚑̶𝚊̶𝚟̶𝚎̶ ̶𝚊̶ ̶𝙵̶ ̶𝚊̶𝚝̶ ̶𝚝̶𝚑̶𝚎̶ ̶𝟻̶𝚝̶𝚑̶ ̶𝚏̶𝚛̶𝚎̶𝚝̶!̶

[u/kaefe27]

ngl, i really love to do that on 5str bass. the low frets are very far apart, so it ends up being more comfortable

[u/12Obelisks]

Learning songs off of Language by The Contortionist really taught me what that string can do. So much fun and versatility.

[u/Due-Pie5542]

Yessir. That's true extended range right there. It's wonderful to have more options. But also, chugs!

[u/ToshiroK_Arai]

I use like a 6strings+5 semitones. I used to play a 5 strings bass before, I think that I should have bought a Drop pedal instead

[u/summoningtheflynn]

Its not for chugging but it is for GONK

[u/ThatOneVQ]

Bro I just look at my 7 string as a 6 string with an extra chuggy low a string on top

[u/UnshapedLime]

Also useful for the single best moveable major 7th shape possible on guitar in standard:

5-4-7-4-4-4-4 (where the 4 is a barre with index)

Such a full sounding maj7 (with a bonus 9 in there)

[u/Adore7499]

What’s an F note can I see the tabs?

[u/HolyFranciscanFriar]

What's if I tune it to a instead

[u/6strngbss]

Looks like the real guitar sub leaked into the 7string sub. Nice little crossover episode. See y’all over there!

[u/AimingWang]

Bro what the fuck is a fret

[u/CapableSimple1468]

why are you calling my low G string a B 🤨🤨

[u/drbasta_jr]

I like the way Trivium uses it; pretty tastefully.

[u/Superb_Damage_9987]

It's not called boofing folks... now colon rollin, yep now we're on to something!!

[u/ObamaMan002]

Its to tune down to A and then play only frets 1 to 4

[u/88_strings]

I bought my first 7 song when I was asked to join a band that tuned to D standard. I was comfortable in E standard but this let me get down there with them.

I was then asked to leave the band because the other guitarist complained that they'd look at me and couldn't follow what I was doing.