Ts9 to push preamp, or metal zone and bbe sonic stomp and a noise gate if you are running on a clean channel is what I love :-).
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New toy today!!!! :-). Had a 15% off coupon for guitar center that expires sunday so I had to use it ;-)
Just got done with setup and I'm in love :-). Gotta get used to little 6 string necks again since I've been almost exclusively 7 strings for years. Tuned it to C, it likes it :-)
Ernie ball cobalt 13-62
Standard 7 string tuning is BEADGBE, so its exactly the same as a standard guitar just with an extra low B string. I love 7 strings and you will figure it out in no time.THECHRISE said:
Heres another of my 7s, and older Ibamez RGA7. It was black but I refinished it to natural, took out the crappy Ibanez active p/ups and put in some bareknuckles.
Only had it for a few hours. DIdn't like it for the first five minutes, now I am digging it. Going through all the open chord voicings and just mimicing the high B on the low B for now. Triads on the 4,3,2 and using the 7 as the low note.
Not having any issues with the wider fretboard nor the length (27"?). Maybe the flatter radius is going to take a little time to get used to.
I just stripped a cheap silver sparkle guitar to natural. Fortunately, it looks pretty decent underneath. I sanded it and just rubbed a few coats of wipe-on poly. Did you use the heat-gun method too?sevenstrings said:Standard 7 string tuning is BEADGBE, so its exactly the same as a standard guitar just with an extra low B string. I love 7 strings and you will figure it out in no time.
Heres another of my 7s, and older Ibamez RGA7. It was black but I refinished it to natural, took out the crappy Ibanez active p/ups and put in some bareknuckles.
No, I sanded all by hand from start to finish. Used danish oil for a wood finish. Took me forever lol. I don't use stripper or heat gun on painted guitars because you never know whats underneath and alot of painted guitars have multi segmented bodies glued together under the paint and the stripper or heat can ruin the glue bond.
The Ibanez was all one piece. I did a 80s american strat and was a combo of ash and alder, if I would have used heat or strippers the body probably would have fell apart. This guitar was purply blue but I got it cheap and the paint had to go lol.
The Ibanez was all one piece. I did a 80s american strat and was a combo of ash and alder, if I would have used heat or strippers the body probably would have fell apart. This guitar was purply blue but I got it cheap and the paint had to go lol.
I know the color you're talking about! Kind of a dark purple that looks blue in certain light, especially pictures with any sort of flash. I had a 2001 Strat in that color. Gave it to my dad and he modded it to hell and sold it. I still have the body and I will rebuild it one day. I love that color!sevenstrings said:
The two tone wood on your Strat looks pretty sweet, though. Same with the stripped down Ibanez. Natural finishes are sexy!
Mine wasn't sparkly, hard color to describe purply blue is the only way I can describe it. Probably same color or similar as TNR was saying. I gotta find a before pic of it.
I hate painted guitars and prefer natural as I love wood grain, plus painted guitars show fingerprints and crap so easy. One of my buddies is always like "your guitars don't look metal enough"...lololol. Wtf, "metal" enough lolol..., plus I don't only play metal so I dont care. Mabey if I cover my guitars in skulls and flames then they will be metal enough?? I want to take my schecter C1 down to natural but it will be a major pain removing all the binding without breaking it.
I want to order up a third Carvin but I'm still unsure of which body design I want and what woods, I've been changing my mind on it for over 6 months lol. Its fun to play on carvin's site building to your spec and seeing prices :-).
Chrise, is that an LTD? I had two LTDs, a EC700? (the les paul looking one with the emgs) and a viper (the sg looking one), I just never felt at home with them and sold 'em within a month I'm INCREDIBLY picky about guitars lol.
I hate painted guitars and prefer natural as I love wood grain, plus painted guitars show fingerprints and crap so easy. One of my buddies is always like "your guitars don't look metal enough"...lololol. Wtf, "metal" enough lolol..., plus I don't only play metal so I dont care. Mabey if I cover my guitars in skulls and flames then they will be metal enough?? I want to take my schecter C1 down to natural but it will be a major pain removing all the binding without breaking it.
I want to order up a third Carvin but I'm still unsure of which body design I want and what woods, I've been changing my mind on it for over 6 months lol. Its fun to play on carvin's site building to your spec and seeing prices :-).
Chrise, is that an LTD? I had two LTDs, a EC700? (the les paul looking one with the emgs) and a viper (the sg looking one), I just never felt at home with them and sold 'em within a month I'm INCREDIBLY picky about guitars lol.
I have a natural Rico Jr Vixen (posted a few pages back probably). The shape is METAL! but the finish is not, which is why I like it.sevenstrings said:
The seven stringer is an Agile. I wanted an LP-Style and a 7 string so I figured I can get both with this at a cheapo price. I don't like the strings that came with it 14 - 54. The tension on my six stringers according to the DiMarzio site is around 17-24 lbs, so maybe I can extrapolate and figure out what to try next. What gauges are you using?On my 7s I run the ernie ball cobalt 13-62. Amazing strings :-). All mine are 25.5" scale length though, I think all my guitars are. I may have a 24 7/8" in there somewhere, can't remember which one lol. I never got used to longer scale lengths so I just stay in the normal range even on my 7 strings, I also prefer a slightly rounded fretboard radius and that is the reason I only have one Ibanez as I'm not a huge fan of super flat fretboards. I like a nice fat neck too!! :-)
I've only played one agile, needed a major setup but after that it was great. I've heard nothing but good things about agile.
I've only played one agile, needed a major setup but after that it was great. I've heard nothing but good things about agile.
This might've answered my ? - http://stringtensionpro.com/SetBuilder?set=NYXL1046
Cool. What do you like about the Cobalt's? I am usually a buy a bunch of strings and slap them on type of guy. I used to love the smooth D'addario's. Only strings I really disliked were DR strings. Oh wait, I think my other ones have Elixirs on them?
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Cool. What do you like about the Cobalt's? I am usually a buy a bunch of strings and slap them on type of guy. I used to love the smooth D'addario's. Only strings I really disliked were DR strings. Oh wait, I think my other ones have Elixirs on them?
The cobalts are very snappy and pretty bright and have great clarity, I use them on all my drop tuned guitars and 7 strings. I like a snappy string, spaghetti noodle strings piss me off big time. The cobalts will also brighten up muddy pickups, a few guys I know had muddy pickups and were gonna change 'em but I said try these strings first and it made a big difference.
I wont use the cobalts on strats though because it just gets too bright.
I wont use the cobalts on strats though because it just gets too bright.
