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09-20-2020, 04:08 AM
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7 string acoustic guitar
Did a search but string and guitar are such common words. I'm curious if any companies make a lower end (less expensive) standard 7 string acoustic guitar. The seventh string would be lower than the E 6th string. I've never played one. It would be a treat to have that extra low string. Maybe. Depending on how wide the nut has to end up being.
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#2
09-20-2020, 04:22 AM
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Here's one...
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09-20-2020, 04:58 AM
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https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=446024
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09-20-2020, 05:10 AM
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Thanks guitararmy and fingerpicker. I've got homework to do.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down, “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. —John Lennon
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09-20-2020, 07:39 AM
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I have a 7 string jumbo for sale currently. https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/...d.php?t=593069 I thought that 7th string would be a treat too. Alas, I was wrong! Between the 2 1/8" nut and 1.5" scale length difference barre chords were very hard to make and required a lot force to get clean sound when fretting especially with hammer-ons and pull-offs from the barre . I had planned to tune it C2 E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 and use it play songs using G and B shapes . I'm a Travis style player and wanted the low string for that extra bass, but using it required many new different left hand fingerings. Also The only capo I found that would even begin to cover all 7 strings was kyser mega death grip 12 string capo and even that wouldn't capo past the 3rd fret.
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09-20-2020, 09:08 AM
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Quote:
https://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...lectric-guitar
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09-20-2020, 09:17 AM
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I’ve come to terms with it now, by treating it as an entirely different instrument. I’m not trying to emulate what I do on a 6-string, but am playing differently. No barre chords, for one thing! I’ve settled in BEADF#BE for tuning - like a baritone, with a high E. All the regular open chord shapes work, shifted over a string, and that high E provides lots of possibilities for augmentation. A regular capo works nicely as a partial, covering the top 6 strings - at the second fret, it gives a lovely drop-B variant which I can get lost in for hours. All this to say - don’t give up on that beautiful guitar too soon!
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09-20-2020, 03:04 PM
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Thanks. As much as I like the sound of a 7 string, I think the neck is going to be too wide for me. Thanks for sharing your experiences.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down, “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. —John Lennon
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09-20-2020, 07:52 PM
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Anyway, that’s all moot if the fingerboard and nut configuration turn out to be wider than are comfortable for you to use. For a while in the 1980’s I was playing a 1974 Martin 00-21, which was factory stock with a slotted headstock (and crappy tuners) plus a width at the nut of 1 7/8”. The guitar sounded great, but it was pretty uncomfortable to play, frankly. So I sold it for its market value at the time. Then four years ago I ran across another 1974 00-21, which sounded terrific but the store had it priced at $3,500 - which is more than I had in my wallet, let’s leave it at that. But the real deal killer, once I thought about it, was the uncomfortable neck and nut width it had. No matter how great a guitar might sound, it’s not going to get played much if it’s physically uncomfortable for its owner to play. So I think you’ve made a wise decision in that regard. Wade Hampton Miller
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09-22-2020, 05:48 AM
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Thanks Wade for your thoughts.
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down, “happy.” They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. —John Lennon
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