Are 7 strings on the guitar really necessary?
Isn't it better to just downtuning?
Are 7 strings on the guitar really necessary? Isn't it better to just downtuning?
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guitars aren't even necessary
anything that needs to be played on a 7 string would sound better if you just turned it off entirely
bro do you even djent?
>djents while djenting about djenting
If you want more low end and still be able to do solos, then it might be a choice to have a 7 string guitar.
Korn uses 7 string, sometimes they tune down all the strings for a muddy, gritty low end.
Lots of 7-string guitar bands rarely play guitar solos such as Korn for example.
>Isn't it better to just down tune?
it depends on what your goal is. if you downtune you lose high end notes.
cool story bro
I really want to make a band with m singing and playing a baritone guitar, and have a lead guitarist go nuts, and also have a bassist that takes the space and goes nuts with 27 year old Jon theodore on drums
7 strings are fucking dumb
Agree.
In classical and neoclassical music you need 7 and 8 string.
you don't need it but it's nice to have it. but i don't know anyone outside of Brazil and Russia who plays 7-string classicals
after that point you might as well play a lute
7 actually makes sense. Twingy twangy sounds of standard, with the lowend chugs of a downtuned.
Why not 8 string? Sounds darker IMO.
Down to A standard it's possible to downtune. Lower and you'll need a guitar that acccepts bigger string gauges, and most importantly has pickups that can handle the low-end. The upside with 7-strings is that you have the low-end plus the normal range of a 6-string guitar, that's what Korn were looking for with their deep ass riffs and super high SFX-like notes.
Personally I play in B-standard on a 6-string, Electric Wizard tuned in A#-standard on Dopethrone and bands like Nile tune in drop-A. Lower than A and you need an extended-range guitar. And with a 6-string, you can't play the higher notes like with a regular tuning.
Within the ruins tuned to drop G.
>Lower than A and you need an extended-range guitar
this could mean just a baritone guitar instead of a 7 string btw
Idk but my favourite classical guitarist plays a 7 string guitar and he swears by it, and it actually works for him pretty well
>classical guitarist
that's not a classical guitarist
No they aren't.
They are mostly for chugs.
They are if you want to be cool.
Korns guitarists look like rasta Jesus
>one string extra
Just like a banjo
No matter how many strings you have, you could use one more. How else did the lute end up with as many as it has?
you can play more shit with an extra string
they are also usually cheaper than mid-level-yet-good baritones, if you tune down any old guitar it's gonna prolly sound super shit and not be able to intonate
>Isn't it better to just downtuning?
Why would losing 5+ notes on the upper end ever be better than gaining them on the end while losing nothing on the upper end? Are you retarded?