who's got seven?

[headsup]

yep, and how they didn't know the right chords to "The Weight" was a little upsetting...

[fongie]

Seven? I'm still working on six strings!it will take me a long
Time to get to where I want to be,sheesh
David

[rockstar_not]

Thought of this thread this evening as my wife and I enjoyed another concert by Acoustic Eidolon. Joe Scott plays a couple different double neck acoustic guitar, both necks sporting 7 strings. Lower neck has 5 string banjo tuning with two extra strings. Upper neck is standard 6 string with a lower bass string added.

https://www.acousticeidolon.com/instruments/double-neck-guitjo/

[headsup]

My problem with a 7 string is in the basic way a guitar is tuned.

In standard tuning, each string is 5 semi-tones off from the next string, except the B string which is 4.

So, a 7 string give you the range of a baritone on the lower 6 strings B to b, but you can't just move chord shapes up a string, because your G string really should be F#.

So I'd rather have 2 guitars, one tuned E-e and one B-b than try to span the range using 7 strings.

I mentioned this on my baritone re visit last night...
on the 7, simply tuning the G down a semi tone to an F# gives you a 7 string baritone, then the possibilities REALLY open up....

so much so, that I am now considering selling my BT.