7 String Guitars

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7 String Guitars

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I am back and forth on getting one. Share your experiences with me on them.
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Re: 7 String Guitars

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I treat my 7 string as a sixer... ignore the 7th. And then... when you need that extra low note, you have it. I think the 7 strings are a longer scale, to accommodate the heavier strings. I'm fine with it, but often they produce a deeper timber. I have small hands and play a 7 string to problem, but there is a definite size difference to that of six.
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Thank you for the response. I prefer thicker necks so I was thinking of getting a regular or thinner neck 7 so it wouldn't be obscenely different. I also have thought of a baritone 6 stringer, or just tuning down and being done with it..lol. Tuning down is the last choice on the list. A baritone 6 vs a 7 has me leaning towards the 7 on paper. I am ok with it being a lower / deeper sound. I just don't want it competing with a bass.
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I think anything above 7s and you're ok - those 8's and above, you chord on those low strings and it just sounds like crap to me and I just don't see the appeal of them. I have always dug the idea of 7s and the extra real estate they provide. Back years ago when they first came out, my friend Tim got one of the first Ibanez UV7's with the high A string - what a beautiful guitar that was.

Not his guitar but it looked exactly like this one:
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I am leaning towards the 7. Now just which one as most guitars I own and play are not in line with the makers of 7 stringers. :ugeek:
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