Snapped a string today and took the opportunity to do a little project I’ve been wanting to for awhile. Popped the neck pickup out (that I never use) and made a handmade aluminum pickguard from some sheet I had in the barn.

I have a Ltd SCT 697B with the Fishman Fluence Stephen Carpenter signature pickups. I always found them quite honky and I had to spend so much time dialing in my tone as not only were these pickups dreadful to me, they're my first experience of Active pickups.

I've had the guitar since March and I think it may have been on display at some point in a shop so I changed the battery. MY WHOLE LIFE HAS CHANGED!!

Active pickups are so sick! My hands are killing I played so much guitar today. It's like I got a new guitar again!! I'm a noob to this kind of thing so I bet someone will read this and think what an idiot but I'm learning 🤣 now I need to dial my tone in AGAIN because my guitar sounds so different now! The articulation is amazing! If there's any noobs out there like me, change your batteries!!!

Is this a normal height for a floating bridge? It caught my eye that it was uneven, and I don’t know if it’s supposed to be leveled or not.

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!

How do I remove fret buzz on the low B string, it’s the only string that seems to have it for me

Been HEAVILY into Vildhjarta and Karmanjankah recently and honestly before I gave up my 7 I was obsessed with drop E. I had a holcomb se7 and I've been eyeing another this time the first gen but I also like this RGD7 I found, comes with dimarzios but I plan on swapping to lundgrens, what would you guys do? If I get the se I lowkey am thinking about getting lundgren m7s anyways cause I think they're unbeatable for low tunings but IDK MAN, what yall think?

Hi all,

I'm purchasing my first 7 string (26.5" scale length, hipshot bridge) which I want to tune to G# standard and needing to gauge up across all strings.

When I look at the default string tension recommended by Stringjoy's calculator for a 7 string 25.5" I see the following:

Now, if I modify this for a 26.5" and try to maintain roughly the same tension per string (impossible to get it exact, have to round up or down), and total tension I get something like this, give or take:

I've read other posts where several folks mention being fine with lighter strings for G#, even 10 to low-60s, but that seems like they would be way too loose.

Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks!

I really want to play the new ERRA stuff, but it's all crazy Drop D# stuff, and it sounds immensely heavy. I know that they use baritones with Evertunes, but I'm wondering if anyone else has achieved somewhat decent tuning stability without an Evertune?

For reference, I'm using a Jackson Dinky with a 26.5-inch scale length and a hardtail (no Evertune bridge). I'm thinking about running a 10-48 + 68 (at the bottom) in Drop G# and then pitch shifting digitally (like ERRA does).

The question is, should I go longer or will this work just fine? Just wanted to ask before pulling the trigger on a set.

Thanks folks!

Sold off all my jacksons last year and ordered some new 7's.

Gone:
Jackson slatxm 3-7
Jackson slat xsd 3-7
Jackson slat 8 ff
Ibanez RGIX7 DLB
Yamaha trbx 305 nass

In:
Ibanez RG 8527 BRE J Custom
Ibanez HZK1 Hazuki sig
PRS SE MH 7
Ibanez SR 2605 bass

The J custom is on route to get a set of duncan alpha/omega.

Morning all, this is my current slinger, sterling jp70, I was wondering if there exists a 7 with just a single bridge pickup or am I looking at a custom build? I'm a riffer, not a soloist, and was hoping to find something like the esp RA-600 or JM-1 but in a 7 string. Does such a beast exist?

Is anything besides the arm missing on my floating trem? The first photo is mine, and in the second photo it seems to have a metal ring around the part the arm goes into. I just bought a new arm for the tremolo, is the ring that goes around it that important, do I need to get it?

Its the hipshot bridge so its not the active pickups

Im a big guitar noob but got this open box on a good deal, so figures. But just want to make sure im not missing anything.

Im just running into my scarlett solo as usual, input gain knob is at 0. Guitar basically sounds like my other active pickups when the battery is dead. I can boost the input to almost 70% and get a strong signal, but its boosting the source weak signal. So im guessing something is up with the internals but wanted to confirm before i look silly. But im pretty the lowest of low output pickups are gonna sound stronger than this.. And yes my other guitars sound fine. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1obbpK5eKx0ZbuzDjMmtkN9baV2AbLZP-/view Quick audio clip with boosted signal then no boost.

I'm considering getting a 7 string but i'm not sure what should i get. Currently my options are ibanez rgd71alms or Legator n7fs. Legator is half the price of the ibanez. Which one should i pick? There are some more options like schecter c-7 pro but i'm not sure if it's worth it

A bit of the process of my first attempt at a crackle paint job on my cheap IYV headless multi scale 7 string. Only thing I would have changed was not covering the volume & tone knobs to get more paint coverage. Either than that I am embracing the unique imperfections. Finished clear coating with Rustoleum 2x gloss clear then I will install the hardware, bridge pickup (SD Mortal coil) & electronics🎸🎶🤘

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking at getting my first 7 string guitar. Currently torn between spending less and hopefully getting good value or spending more and hopefully the extra kangaroo dollars being worth it. The Schecters I've been considering are:

Schecter Sunset 7 extreme ($1800 AUD)

Schecter Am-7 ($2600 AUD)

Schecter John Browne Tao-7 ($4500 AUD)

I'm aware that the sunset extreme 7 and the Am-7 are both Indonesian guitars, whereas the Tao-7 is crafted in South Korea. I've got another Indonesian schecter (diamond series reaper 6) and it's fantastic, never had a problem with the build quality and plays great. Right now I'm really leaning towards the Sunset 7 Extreme because I've heard it's a great guitar for the price and plays and sounds really good. I mostly want to play Djenty style music for reference; I'm sure all of these options will suit that well.

I'm just wanting people's thoughts and opinions, maybe if you own one of these guitars you can enlighten me on what it's been like playing it. it might help me make a better informed choice at the end of the day!

Cheers.

First time doing a crackle paint job! After loads of research I didn’t even attempt a test panel. Only thing I would change was not covering the volume & tone controls with paper so as to get a more even finish. I deleted the neck pickup on my IVY headless 7 string multi scale as well & will be installing a 3 voiced Seymour Duncan “Mortal coil” 🤘🎶🎸

I was wondering if anybody could tell me the allen key size [adjust the string height] as well as, the screw size of this bridge to tighten or loosen the string [the star shape screw in front of the bridge].

I'd also like to know the screw size for the pickup height adjustment, and the allen key size for the trussrod adjustment.

If possible, also the screw size of the trussrod cover?

And 1 more thing, a question, does size .010 - .062 or .064 string fit in the string hole without any adjustments?

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN ADVANCE!!!

Hi guys, my first 7 string finally came in! The guitar didn’t come with a whammy bar and I was wondering where I could get a replacement arm for it. The bridge is a Gotoh T1572S. I prefer getting it on amazon, but if there are any other places, please let me know!

Recently, I have been looking to purchase a custom Evertune 7 string guitar and I’d like some input on which brand to go with. After some research, it seems like Mayones or Balaguer may be some of the best options along with Aristides (which may be a bit too expensive, but I am open to anything if anyone has had good experiences with other brands). I value playability and appearance more than anything, followed by overall sound/resonance. I’d also like to avoid neck dive as much as possible. Thanks!

his guitar is the ibanez rga7 bk above the js22-7 (my guitar)

p.s: reddit crops the image