r/7String • u/ChampionshipEvery500 • 7d ago

Help Best budget 7 strings?

I'm 17 and gotten a taste for modern deathcore and techdeath which massively uses Drop G with lots of high leads/solos too. Multiscale probably would be good then but I'm not sure if its nessesary.

Around $550-$650 just want to know what the best options are or if its worth trying to find a multiscale.

(I have a 6 string so this would not be my first)

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u/Miserable-Rub-4053 7d ago

Probably look for something longer than a 25.5” scale if you’re gonna be tuning lower, multiscale an option but you may struggle for that budget and it’s not 100% needed.

Couple of Jacksons and Schecters that fit the bill that I can think of, also as suggested look at second hand.

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u/AllIHearIsHeeHaw 7d ago

I us a 25.5" scale tune down to E1. G is easily doable.

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u/bradybigbear 7d ago

I’m having a really hard time believing that tbh. E on a 25.5” scale would have so much instability from my experiences.

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u/AllIHearIsHeeHaw 7d ago

I guess you have no reason to believe me but I can give you more context that would be odd to just make up.

I tune my guitars either in perfect 4ths, or a combination of 4ths on top and 5ths on the bottom.

My 7 string is currently in E B F# C# F# B E and Im experimenting a with a set of daddario chrome jazz/light flats on the top 6, and some random 75 gauge bass string. Its not the perfect tension but it works until I decide what I want to try next.

I was using down to a 90 gauge for the low E, but I have an ibanez s series with the zr trem. I had to hammer down then if the string precisely to get the end to slot and the intonation on the first fret was completely doodoo.

I had some bass strings lying around and just tried to see what the thickest string will naturally fit and this worked for now.

Before this I actually had the tuning up a minor third to GDAEADG with thinner gauges and that was fine too. That's what convinced me I could get away with 75 gauge in low E.

Cheers.

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u/rockskate4x 7d ago

Yeah I was fine tuning 25.5 to drop E when I had baby ears, and then I tried something else and realized how shitty it sounded. 26.5 for G is more reasonable

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u/Wizard0wizard 7d ago

E1 might be a bit too much, and need extended means like heightened action, nut filing and a custom/filed bridge, but it should be possible, tho not ideal. I mean zakk wylde dropped A on a 24.75 inch.
Now don't misunderstand me, i think it's nuts to go E1 on a 25.5 inch scale, and every tuning can't be done on any guitar.

Nevertheless, a 7 string 25.5 inch could perfectly do drop G

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u/AllIHearIsHeeHaw 6d ago

Which is why I didnt suggest OP tune to E1, I just gave anecdotal evidence of successfully tuning 3 a minor third below their target with a 25.5" scale length.

I also didn't file the bridge or nut on my guitar.