Seven string or baritone?

[CGord]

Which do you prefer? I'm leaning baritone; those wide 7 necks look intimidating. I think I'd be more comfortable with an extended scale in comparision (I've yet to play either).

 

[nuntius]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

What do you want to do specifically?

It's not a black and white decision - there are plus points and minus points to each

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

i prefer seven. With the right strings and pups i can play any guitar dropped to b or A and still be tight, but i'd never have the extra range i get with the seventh string. I can have full droptuned rhythm sound while still having all the high notes there for soloing. And a hardtail seven will basically make any droptuning available within tuning just one step up or down(hope you get what i mean).

 

[JohnnyGuitar]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

Can't you just get a 7 string baritone and fire the bass player?

 

[Nite_Maresz_25]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

If you play alot of leads and solos, get the 7. cause you'll need the high e for solos.

if you're mostly a rhythm dude and hardly use the high e, then go for the bari.

and while 7 string necks may look intimidating, once you get your hands around one, it doesn't seem as huge as you'd think.

 

[D-EJ915]

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I have both and I like 7-strings better than Baritones. The Baritones are great but 7-string necks just fit better in my hand than 6-string ones and don't feels as weird when you're playing them. Standard superstrat baritones the neck sticks out farther than you're used to and it really feels weird, it threw me off, and I can play anything just fine, so that tells me something about them, lol. I've never had a problem picking up an ESP "FB" or "VB" and playing them just fine right there.

Of course...

7-String Baritones are the gods of the guitar realm, even if they are superstrats.

I can play all of those just fine, it's hard for me to do a quick low-string to 2nd low string 1-4 1-4 kind of thing on the baritone but I just need to practice more.

 

[Skarekrough]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

...why not go with a 7-string bari scale?

 

[Jeff Dunne]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

...why not go with a 7-string bari scale?

Egg-sack-ly.


Standard scale 7's sound like ass - way too flabby and loose. Baritone is where it's at.

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

Egg-sack-ly.


Standard scale 7's sound like ass - way too flabby and loose. Baritone is where it's at.

+1 schecter 7s own so much compared to regular scale 7s.

 

[Skarekrough]

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+1 schecter 7s own so much compared to regular scale 7s.

ESP also does the Stephen Carpenter 7 string in a bari scale.

 

[Loserchief]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

ESP also does the Stephen Carpenter 7 string in a bari scale.

i know and that guitar in natural gloss finish is so sexy. But compared to the schecters it's about the same build quality but is at least 30% more expensive.

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

Egg-sack-ly.


Standard scale 7's sound like ass - way too flabby and loose. Baritone is where it's at.

They sound great in standard tuning, but anything lower and the do get kinda flabby. Thicker strings and not mahogany solves that though

i know and that guitar in natural gloss finish is so sexy. But compared to the schecters it's about the same build quality but is at least 30% more expensive.

ESP uses better wood than Schecter does, or at least fewer pieces for its bodies.

 

[Skarekrough]

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i know and that guitar in natural gloss finish is so sexy. But compared to the schecters it's about the same build quality but is at least 30% more expensive.

True....but there's something about them that I liked over the Schecters.

My quest was to find a set-neck bari 7 string that didn't have EMG's.

It was alot tougher than I thought it was going to be.

 

[Zerberus]

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Well, I don´t like standard scale seven strings becasue they just produce mud, so that makes my vote go for seven string baritone

 

[CGord]

Re: Seven string or baritone?

Cheese an rice, 7 string baritone? I guess I hadn't thought of putting the two together. Sound quality aside, that kind of seems like the worst of both worlds with a wide, extended neck. I'm going to have to go play some.

If you've heard "No, my name is NOT Edward", you know I'm not much on the solos. I'm more of a low crunchy rhythym guy. I mainly just want to crank out some standard B & drop A stuff. I tune to drop C on my current guitars, & don't want to increase my string gauge (currently 10-52) to tune any lower.

 

[MikeRocker]

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I vote for 6 string baritone. There's no need to re-learn chord fingerings like you need to do for a 7 string, you just need to be able to transpose pretty well. I guess that doesn't matter if it's only for power chords, but for standard open or barre chords it'll be a lot easier. Also, 6 string pickups are much more readily available.

 

[Jeff Dunne]

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My next 7 will actually be the SC607B in natural... while it is a bit more expensive than the Schecters, you must compare it to the HellRaiser in price, which only makes it roughly 200 more, and you get some cool **** over the HR for that 200 - different pickup config, blank fingerboard, neck thru, better wood.

I vote for 6 string baritone. There's no need to re-learn chord fingerings like you need to do for a 7 string, you just need to be able to transpose pretty well. I guess that doesn't matter if it's only for power chords, but for standard open or barre chords it'll be a lot easier. Also, 6 string pickups are much more readily available.

Erm... advice from a man who obviously hasn't played a 7. There's no re-learning chord fingerings at all, only adding in extra notes you didn't have previously available.

That, and there are PLENTY of 7 string pickups available.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Erm... advice from a man who obviously hasn't played a 7. There's no re-learning chord fingerings at all, only adding in extra notes you didn't have previously available.

That, and there are PLENTY of 7 string pickups available.

I think most people really don't understand that a 7 is just a 6 with a low B. They can read it, see it, and hear it, but this idea of having to "relearn" stuff just doesn't make any sense. It's been quite awhile since I first picked one up, but I don't remember any disorientation or anything

As far as the pickup thing goes, yeah, EMG makes two killer offerings, DiMarzio offers most of their stuff that would appeal to metal guys, and Duncan has a bunch, too.

 

[Jeff Dunne]

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EMG should be releasing a 60-7 before the end of the year, as well.

 

[CGord]

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My next 7 will actually be the SC607B in natural... while it is a bit more expensive than the Schecters, you must compare it to the HellRaiser in price, which only makes it roughly 200 more, and you get some cool **** over the HR for that 200 - different pickup config, blank fingerboard, neck thru, better wood.

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.............you may have just made up my mind for me. I could do without the signature on the neck, but it's gorgeous otherwise.