Recommend me some 7-string bands

[Depth_Charge]

I am looking at getting into an originals band and I just found out the guitarist(s) use 7 string guitars.

I've not listened to a lot of bands with that setup, and I think Tool and Meshuggah use 7-strings, but I wouldn't mind hearing more.

Can anyone recommend some 7-string guitarists and bands to listen to.

Any genre, I'm not fussy as I need to get my ears used to listening to that whole 7-string/5-string low B type music.

Thanks!

 

[Surprise Panda!]

Tool doesn't use 7-strings


Korn, Steve Vai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Seven-string_guitarists

 

[santucci218]

Meshuggah uses 8's


Dream Theater

 

[Depth_Charge]

Tool doesn't use 7-strings

Oh, haha. My bad.

Korn, Steve Vai

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Seven-string_guitarists

Thanks for that link. Didn't think there would be such a specific wiki haha.

Meshuggah uses 8's

Doh! again. Twice. I didn't know they used 8's, and if someone threatened my life to answer whether there were 8 string guitars correctly, I'd have been guessing!

Dream Theater

Woohoo, I got one right. Wicked. I have some of their stuff. Listening to As I Am now

Thanks guys.

 

[Benjamin Strange]

Don't forget the great granddaddy of 7 stringers, George Van Eps.

 

[santucci218]

Oh, haha. My bad.


Thanks for that link. Didn't think there would be such a specific wiki haha.


Doh! again. Twice. I didn't know they used 8's, and if someone threatened my life to answer whether there were 8 string guitars correctly, I'd have been guessing!


Woohoo, I got one right. Wicked. I have some of their stuff. Listening to As I Am now

Thanks guys.

Dream theater songs that you should listen to -------

Dance Of Eternity
The Glass Prison
Dark Eternal Night

 

[derrenleepoole]

Charlie Hunter you could try, but I think his is an eight string - 3 bass and 5 treble.

 

[Cap'n Video]

Dream theater songs that you should listen to -------

Dance Of Eternity
The Glass Prison
Dark Eternal Night

I believe In The Name of God is done on a 7 also.

 

[theunknowndude]

I'm pretty sure FLAW (awesome band!) plays 7 strings,...

just checked yeah at least a few songs,...

awesome bass lines in there too

love this song



also can't think of any right now but im pretty sure alot of 90's metal bands got into the 7 string stuff?

I thought coal chamber did but they just play in A,E,A,D,G,B apparently... same stuff sorta I quite like coal chamber (loco, my frustration, clock, I, dark days, not living... just a few there)

apparently fear factory, lacuna coil and deftones as well

the number one band that came to mind was korn

 

[santucci218]

How good are you anyways? I dont want you trying to learn Dance of Eternity and failing miserably and getting discouraged.

 

[Depth_Charge]

Meh. I'm too old to get discouraged anymore. I'm currently failing miserably learning YYZ for my drummer and loving every minute of it, despite being stuck on the first quick bass run

I like The Glass Prison. I'll check them other tunes out.

Thanks

 

[Murder_Worship]

nevermore
hate eternal
unearth
battlelore (LOL)
Steve Vai
Cannibal Corpse
Mercenary

iunno thats the only ones i can think of at the moment D:

 

[jollygiantchris]

Deftones on the newer stuff

 

[cuddlemonster]

necrophagist is supposed to be using them for the next album
scale the summit's lead player uses one
periphery uses them
the tony danza tap dance extravaganza
knife the glitter

 

[baalroo]

A whole lot of doom, sludge, death, stoner, etc groups play detuned 6 strings that are the equivalent of a 7 string without the high E. Just sayin.

 

[heroincredible]

Pelican tunes to B-standard on 6 strings.

 

[baalroo]

Pelican tunes to B-standard on 6 strings.

yeah, that's kinda what I was sayin.

 

[Nyarlathotep]

Coal Chambers earlier stuff is BEADGB (on the guitar anyways, the bass is just BEAD iirc). Theres one intro where he drones the G and plays a note on the high b and gets a cool warble.

Found it! "Loco": <-- I Could Care Less (off the self titled DD album)

 

[velvetkevorkian]

Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad's newer stuff (The New Black and Ziltoid The Omniscient) are done on 7 strings. (although he tunes in 5ths)

Meshuggah use 8 strings now but played 7s before that.

 

[crapusername]

dino from fear factory used to, but not too sure whether Christian Olde Wolbers now does.