Mastering 7 String Guitar Tuning to Unleash Brutal Metal Riffs!

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  • @VoidLeaperWNY
    @VoidLeaperWNY Рік тому +77

    I sit in drop G or drop G# most of the time. Fun little tuning trick: drop tune your 2nd string a 1/2 step above your 3rd string. You can do some very fun slide dissonant things!

    • @ryan-dxp
      @ryan-dxp  Рік тому +25

      I've been REALLY digging Tesseract tuning as well: G#-F-A#-D#-F-A#-D#!

    • @VoidLeaperWNY
      @VoidLeaperWNY Рік тому +5

      @@ryan-dxpooo I'll have to give that a try!

    • @Patrick-mg3jp
      @Patrick-mg3jp 3 місяці тому

      That tuning sounds like GUUU FAAAD FAAAD LOL​@@ryan-dxp

  • @ninefingerjack
    @ninefingerjack Рік тому +33

    After having mine for a few months I am now perpetually stuck in drop G with standard tuning. Still getting my Killswitch engage harmonies but with Chelsea grin drops.
    I don't think I can ever play a 6 string again. Not some elitist thing. I just love the 7 so much.

    • @WoWMinGM
      @WoWMinGM Рік тому +1

      Same here, the 7 just feels better to play as well with shorter string spacing and wider neck. I'm in drop A but use pitch shifting to go low.

    • @eddyray666
      @eddyray666 Рік тому

      ​@@WoWMinGMHey man, what pedal are you using to droptune?

    • @WoWMinGM
      @WoWMinGM Рік тому

      @@eddyray666 i use Neural DSP Petrucci. But right now I have thicker strings on my guitar so it’s in drop F# so I use pitch shifting much less often.
      I was gonna buy a Digitech Drop pedal though, they seem great too.

  • @AlexPhantom1292
    @AlexPhantom1292 4 місяці тому +6

    A# Standard: Morbid Angel, Trivium, Nevermore, Cannibal Corpse
    Drop G#: Periphery
    A Standard: KoRn, Fear Factory, Obscura

    • @raakareiska9804
      @raakareiska9804 20 днів тому

      Also Cannibal Corpse: G# standard on some songs

  • @Ajz092
    @Ajz092 Рік тому +12

    Back a long time ago, I was a 6-string player. Then I got into heavier music and found out they used 8 stringed guitars. So, naturally I tried one out and it was like a completely different instrument. Not only in tone, but the feeling as well. I figured it was simply too big and not right for me. So, then I tried a 7 string. Instantly fell in love. Super comfortable to play, and I found out if you drop the low B to an A, you get your dropped tuning as well while keeping standard tuning. This is the part that really stuck out because I constantly switched between dropped and standard. To me, it makes the most musical sense to drop your 7 string down and I haven't looked back. I will never buy a 6 string again. Perhaps I'll try out an 8 string again one day to find that it's much more comfortable now that I'm used to the 7 string. I'll do the same thing with it, too. Lowest string at E, the rest in standard unless I want to use drop A. Then it's just a matter of drop tuning the low B. Again, to me this makes the most musical sense.

    • @Jando_Fett
      @Jando_Fett Рік тому +5

      If you do get used to an 8, you should progress to a 9 and then a 10 for shits and giggles

  • @greysinclaire
    @greysinclaire 10 місяців тому +10

    Dudes got a Holcomb, Misha, and Rishardson signature series... oh yeah.. I'll listen to what he has to say 😂❤ #Goals

  • @thexombie3225
    @thexombie3225 Рік тому +12

    Thank you so much for making more 7 string content!
    Would love to see a video of scales and chords with the 7 string. Please keep it up!

  • @AcousticSerenity
    @AcousticSerenity Рік тому +13

    I use mine tuned to A,D,A,D,G,B,E. My vocalist for the band sings best in drop d, so i utilize the low a for intros, breakdowns,etc.

    • @ljl9552
      @ljl9552 Рік тому +1

      Thinking of using this in a song I love the more metalcore drop D, but then I have access to big drop A chugs

    • @TheRealxVincent
      @TheRealxVincent Рік тому +1

      Just got my first 7 (black version of the orange Jackson in the video) and struggling because I normally play in drop D/drop C. Been in drop A with the E, but I'm gonna try this! Thanks for the comment!

    • @JacobParr-mj2st
      @JacobParr-mj2st 7 місяців тому

      I've been wanting to try the same thing with drop B having the 7th string in F#

  • @MrLawDawg
    @MrLawDawg Рік тому +4

    Full step down on my 7 string Schecter Hellraiser for those Korn jams 🤘

  • @isaacjeanneret3533
    @isaacjeanneret3533 Рік тому +4

    7 strings quickly became my favourite type of guitar after getting my first one. I once threw some hectic fat strings (like 0.74-0.14 or something) on my ibanez gio 7 and managed to hit drop F with a minor truss rod adjustment.
    Meshuggah time 😀

  • @Ajsbored
    @Ajsbored Рік тому +4

    I love the green fret wrap with the orange finish!

  • @_L0RD_HYPN0S_
    @_L0RD_HYPN0S_ Рік тому +4

    I'm a recent 6-string convert. A standard is my tuning, and always will be. It just feels...right.

  • @philcollins5890
    @philcollins5890 Рік тому +4

    I just put my Jackson Dinky 7 string in A standard this morning.

  • @dittohedi7014
    @dittohedi7014 Рік тому +2

    My tuning has been ADGCFAD over 10 years when I bought my LTD SC-607B. I'm huge Fear Factory fan, that's the reason :D

  • @uruhara8803
    @uruhara8803 8 місяців тому +3

    The breakdown of 7 string that we noobs need. Thank you! 🙏

  • @rotaryrevivalist5095
    @rotaryrevivalist5095 10 місяців тому +4

    Drop F# on a Schecter Reaper 7 multiscale. No rhyme or reason other than 2 of my absolute favorite guitar players abuse that tuning lol. Jesse Cash and Mike Stringer. Just got my first 7 string and I’m probably gonna take some lessons. Entirely self taught to this point. Ready to actually get good.

  • @bradshannon862
    @bradshannon862 Місяць тому

    OH SWEET! I just started with 7 strings. I won a Schecter C6 and my buddy traded me for his new Demon7. Your 7 strings are like being in 7th heaven! Great tuning tips. Thank you! I can really hear the difference in how it changes the feel completely!

  • @JJSkywalker2407
    @JJSkywalker2407 Місяць тому

    I have a Jackson King V 7 string which I love it goes hard even tried some crowbar songs that are written on a 6 but the riffs are sick on a 7

  • @quinnquitars
    @quinnquitars Рік тому +6

    love the thumbnail haha

  • @710clique9
    @710clique9 10 місяців тому

    love the channel, great tips and just the right amount of sarcasm! might even subscribe.

  • @kingisis74
    @kingisis74 Рік тому +2

    Still getting used to mine, so standard b. Love the videos man!

  • @hamboner3638
    @hamboner3638 14 днів тому

    I have an Ibanez RG series 7 string I bought recently tuned standard (used) I like it

  • @Gareth91Hill
    @Gareth91Hill 9 місяців тому

    My 7 string is in Drop A and then I use the transpose feature on the kemper to drop down into G,F, E etc

  • @jonnydoesguitars4247
    @jonnydoesguitars4247 4 місяці тому +1

    Hyuuuuge fan of A-D-A-D-G-B-E
    That richardson signature is DOPE btw!

  • @ascendthetorpid7320
    @ascendthetorpid7320 11 місяців тому

    Great video dude - thanks for that!

  • @SurrendertheEctypeofficial
    @SurrendertheEctypeofficial Рік тому

    Nice!

  • @repoman5581
    @repoman5581 Рік тому +1

    Thank you.. not so easy to find this type of explanation of a 7 string

  • @creaturefiend6319
    @creaturefiend6319 Рік тому

    Such a huge help thank you brotha!

  • @RainerFauzini
    @RainerFauzini 3 місяці тому

    What's that ring on top of the neck?

  • @Guitarray_417
    @Guitarray_417 2 місяці тому

    I use drop f# most of time on my 7 string... and song I want to play is in drop d# Can I go that low without the string tension completely loosening? Or is there another trick I'm missing?

  • @matthewbenton7676
    @matthewbenton7676 Рік тому +2

    Just put fluence fishman Stephen carpenter pickups in my Jackson and have been playing in drop g really fun and heavy!

  • @SteeleMusic574
    @SteeleMusic574 9 місяців тому

    🤘 Bad Motor Finger. I need too pick one of these up asap!

  • @SeniorFeliz
    @SeniorFeliz Рік тому +1

    I don't own a 7-string yet and now I learned the 7 string has a low B I always thought it had a high A string dummy me. So needless to say I won't be rushing out to buy a 7-string anytime soon but my favorite alternate 6 string tuning is Dadgad F major 9 and C minor 9 and drop D of course

  • @PointlessExistence.
    @PointlessExistence. Рік тому

    Great job man, extremely helpful vids. Subscribed, done!

  • @ShadowT23
    @ShadowT23 2 місяці тому

    Just picked up a 7 string I'm running drop d with the extra low G

  • @JamesFarmer-p8r
    @JamesFarmer-p8r Місяць тому

    Awesome video!! I'm new to the 7 string world and was wondering if you could break it down for me on your 3 tunings, for me to make it easy would look like, Example- B E A D G B E, I'm familiar with this but gets confusing what a half step on all 7 strings looks like on a tuner!! Thanks if you can help me out on all three tuning options

  • @xarris37
    @xarris37 Рік тому

    i got my 7 string a little less than a year ago and i have ashamedly not used it as much as i should have.
    i keep it standard because when i do pick it up i've been trying to learn Whales by Scale the Summit, also its a 25.5in scale length ibanez so i've been warned against too much down tuning without changing the intonation, although i'm sure i can do a half step down.

  • @777james777
    @777james777 10 місяців тому

    Question, I'm looking at getting a Ibanez q527pb headless 7 string that is 25.5 scale length and i want to tune it to the band Volas tuning which is F#BEADF#B. Is that to short of a scale guitar to do that with?

  • @ed278
    @ed278 10 місяців тому

    This might be stupid to ask, but what's the name of the noise like in 1:58? everybody especially in heavier genre uses it but I have no idea what to search if I want to learn the technique

    • @jeremy888ferris7
      @jeremy888ferris7 10 місяців тому

      I think it's just a string scratch... You can slide your down the scale for the same effect

  • @mikehill666
    @mikehill666 Рік тому

    I play a multi scale Ibanez axon label I tune it basically half step down with a drop G #Flat, then I drop the E flat to C sharp

  • @SamBrockmann
    @SamBrockmann Рік тому +1

    My 7 string is in a very odd tuning. BEAC#F#BE, aka Open B11(no3). (Note: BEADGBE is Open Bm7add11#5.) This allows me to do some pretty tasty, big chords using 6 or 7 strings, without altering things so dramatically that I can't play regular major or minor chords.

    • @bennymountain1
      @bennymountain1 Рік тому +1

      "Hey man, how do you tune your seven string?"
      "Oh, this one? It's in Open Bm7add11#5."

    • @SamBrockmann
      @SamBrockmann Рік тому

      @@bennymountain1 , you don't know how to construct chords? You ought to know exactly what notes are in Bm7add11#5.
      Of course you do (because I listed them above). But c'mon. It's basic music theory, bro!

  • @brettmarlar4154
    @brettmarlar4154 Рік тому

    Coming from a largely Jazz background, my "standard" tuning is basically the same as your PRS tuning; only up a half step/tone. I find it easier to play bigger chord voicings that your other two examples don't allow. Of course this does make using all 7 strings in a lead context a bit more challenging, but there are trade-offs in every tuning. I have also experimented with Open G and a combined 4th/5th tuning. (Lowest 3 strings tuned in 5ths, highest 4 tuned in 4ths with the 4th and 5th strings a minor 3rd apart. Low to high: G,D,A,C,F,Bb,Eb.) These latter two aren't very conducive to lead playing, but give some awesome chord voicings.

  • @AmitDas-wp4vp
    @AmitDas-wp4vp Рік тому

    Next video idea: teach me how to choose the kind of right string gauge for djent style of riifs?

  • @jamescreekmore2381
    @jamescreekmore2381 Рік тому

    What is the fabric thing around your locking nuts

    • @radink
      @radink Рік тому

      For people who cant mute properly.

  • @gnarwhalgamez7557
    @gnarwhalgamez7557 4 місяці тому

    I got a Schecter Reaper-7 MS, but I’m still kinda dogshit at guitar in general, so I’ve just kept it B standard since I got it. What is that riff from though? It sounds familia, but I can’t put my finger on it, and I need to learn it.

  • @Ben-ll3iy
    @Ben-ll3iy Рік тому

    How do you like your Jackson misha ht7? Any downside on that guitar?
    I'm planning to get this exact model but was looking for an Ibanez rga742fm as well.
    Which one do you recommend?
    Thank you.

  • @cartoonliker4666
    @cartoonliker4666 Рік тому

    Interesting video. One question ❓ I was always curious about tuning a seven string electric guitar into this tuning. D E B E G# B E Try tuning up the seventh string into D, and the rest into open E tuning. 😊

  • @yerylik
    @yerylik Рік тому

    my 7 string is usually in drop F# and that thing chunks so much i play it all the time and now i have a hard time going back to 6 string guitar

  • @NeuronPlaytech
    @NeuronPlaytech 9 місяців тому

    What is that riff it sounds awesome and familiar

  • @kermithead4201
    @kermithead4201 10 місяців тому

    I love to use drop f#

  • @Patrick-mg3jp
    @Patrick-mg3jp 3 місяці тому

    Wish they made the Misha in left handed, unfortunately I feel like Jackson guitars gave up on providing left handed models.ya they got the custom shop but its like double the price lol. Great video man. Imma subscribe , cheers man

  • @Ale_Sou_eu
    @Ale_Sou_eu 6 місяців тому

    There's an issue about dropping low tuning: the string starts to buzz. We have to adjust the strings action and sometimes it gets too far from the fretboard.

    • @rodneysnextchapter615
      @rodneysnextchapter615 3 місяці тому

      The extra tension from baritone doesn't help buzzing ?

    • @Ale_Sou_eu
      @Ale_Sou_eu 3 місяці тому

      @@rodneysnextchapter615 yeap... but I mean for non baritone guitars.

  • @LucasMastropasqua
    @LucasMastropasqua Рік тому

    What gauge strings are you using on the juggernaut for half step down? I have the juggernaut also and usually keep it in drop A with the factory string gauges but going any lower is a bit too floppy for me.

    • @ryan-dxp
      @ryan-dxp  Рік тому +1

      I'm using 9s (as I like light gauge), but on the other guitars that drop below that tuning, I shift to the 10s for sure!

  • @eyonnealchristmas3974
    @eyonnealchristmas3974 Рік тому

    Awesome

  • @MarkMessenger-m9b
    @MarkMessenger-m9b 5 місяців тому

    As for my emerald green 7 strings is standard tunings

  • @MarkMessenger-m9b
    @MarkMessenger-m9b 5 місяців тому

    Standard tunings I have 2 both 7 strings I have 1 in standard tuning and my black ibanez gio 7 strings wich is drop tuning

  • @primoinfernal
    @primoinfernal Рік тому

    Good video! In the last tuning (A standard) what string gauge you use? Or what gauge works in the 26.5 scale guitar? Thank you

    • @josuastangl7140
      @josuastangl7140 Рік тому

      To me a 59 in A at 27" feels amazing.
      For 26.5" 60-62 is probably very similar.

    • @philcollins5890
      @philcollins5890 Рік тому

      My Jackson is 26.5. It's in standard A, and it has 60-10's.@@josuastangl7140

  • @pauloing1pauloing167
    @pauloing1pauloing167 Рік тому +2

    00:53 click here to start the video

  • @Augustgrowe
    @Augustgrowe 7 місяців тому +1

    Interesting I got about two Jacksons from you and I just bought a 7 today and I'm make vide go live later Hey Ryan it's August I love a 6 and 7 ..........Dear Friend

  • @Jyzz420
    @Jyzz420 Рік тому +2

    2:47 that is so after the burial

    • @GaryIstAltMan
      @GaryIstAltMan Рік тому +1

      My fav Band ever.❤❤❤

    • @Jyzz420
      @Jyzz420 Рік тому +1

      @@GaryIstAltMan ME TOO MAN LOL!!! Thank you for posting good content dude keep it up 👍

    • @sokeresš
      @sokeresš Місяць тому

      for REAL it sounds like behold the crown

  • @diegobado1584
    @diegobado1584 5 місяців тому +1

    Key (to me) is scale length and to some extent neck width and strings spacing, an item nobody seems to take serioua until arpeggioa tend to sound muted on 7,8 strings and beyond for it having less space between strings, this is a big issue id you have fat fingers like me, believe it. Also, a good 6 strings baritone guitar will roar much better than a regular 25,5" scale 7 strings in the same tuning, even more in tunings you talk here like drop G# and lower. Also, beginner players tend to go lower with 7 or 8 strings cause they always think in standard tuning, but there are plenty othwr tunings to try on a 6 string that makes it a wider range instrument like open C, open B, robert fripp's new standard, drop B (late slayer) custom A# (pentagram) apart from the more popular drop tunings like drop D or drop C of course.

  • @rockmeoleft
    @rockmeoleft 11 місяців тому

    yeah ♥

  • @GMSlash
    @GMSlash Рік тому

    I'm surprised not to see the DADGAD-tuning equivalent for a 7-string!
    Have you ever tried it out?

  • @MyloPerez-oo8oj
    @MyloPerez-oo8oj 11 місяців тому

    Hey. That last tuning on the ernie ball guitar was ADC……. Then whats the rest?? 👀

  • @adamgh0
    @adamgh0 28 днів тому

    My license plate says BEADGBE. Nobody gets it but I see them pondering with their passenger in my rearview mirror at lights. 1:48 That's the tuning that I use in my band. Drop A flat is also brutal.

  • @MBeruty
    @MBeruty Рік тому +1

    I clicked this on a whim; we have the same guitars dude 😂

  • @Whydoineedoneyo
    @Whydoineedoneyo Рік тому +1

    Can you tune drop B on a 7 string?

  • @darkonation
    @darkonation Рік тому +6

    Im personally in ❤ with drop A. Drop D on a 6 is too much fun. I like having the standard E tuning with the A. I get BOTH!? 🤘That's just metal AF in my eyes. 🎸 I get the whole 1 finger laziness of it. Just don't do that. 😅
    Really like your shorts. No, not your actual clothing. Nevermind. 🎸🎶👍

  • @vibenc6481
    @vibenc6481 Рік тому

    What is that riff?

  • @andrewarnott6106
    @andrewarnott6106 6 місяців тому +1

    We play in drop C on our sixes. These days, I use a double drop on my 7 string (and buy 8 string sets for it, using the bottom three and top four).
    It's tuned FCGCFAD. It's a monster.

  • @Drunken_Hamster
    @Drunken_Hamster 5 місяців тому

    Bass should play in the bass range and guitar should play in the guitar range. Drop B used to be my hard limit with Drop C being the soft, but these days I find that going up a half a step. Why not tune a 7-string in C standard, but the 6-string version with an added F on top and the third being moved up?

    • @killahasbigrpk8711
      @killahasbigrpk8711 5 місяців тому

      you could definitely do that, but why shouldn’t you tune lower? What’s so wrong abt it?

    • @Drunken_Hamster
      @Drunken_Hamster 5 місяців тому

      @@killahasbigrpk8711 Most people don't have systems that can appreciate the excessively low tunings, chords that should sound good start to sound dissonant and muddy the lower you tune, and guitar scale lengths in general just don't sound good with really low tunings and fat strings.
      Running a true baritone guitar with a 28-30 inch scale length in G, A, or B sounds much better than tuning a standard 25.5" scale length guitar even to drop B. If I were making very low-tuned music, the only way I'd do it is with a Baritone as the low guitar and a separate higher-tuned guitar that was tuned a major third to a perfect fifth higher with the same range/spread and number of strings (6, IMO) as the baritone.
      *TL:DR:* Low-tuned standard guitars are muddy, low tuning, in general, creates dissonance on normally good-sounding chords, and 99% or more of people don't have sound systems or headphones that can accurately recreate anything below a C1 with any sort of power, anyway, and even that's being generous.
      Oh, and most singers don't sing in the bass register, so anything below a C2 on guitar will be more than a perfect fifth below most singers' tessitura, aka the start of their natural range, and as such will be dissonant and out of tune with the vocalist.

    • @killahasbigrpk8711
      @killahasbigrpk8711 5 місяців тому

      @@Drunken_Hamster so all you’re saying is it takes more effort to create good tone on lower tuning? That muddiness can easily be counteracted by slight off tuning, good tone usage and some experience. If I could make drop b sound relatively good on a sanchez guitar (25.5 inch scale length) and amp, I’m pretty sure you can do very well to counteract the mudiness on a well crafted 7 string and a decent amp. So if you mean the system the guitarist uses on average won’t be good enough, I’d have to disagree.
      if you mean the system of the listener won’t be good enough to handle, how do you explain the poularity of bands such as slipknot and deftones?
      using two seperately tuned guitars isn’t practical at all, how would you do this live for example? it also complicates the music theory a bit, but that should be able to be worked around.
      the note about most singers not being able to sing in lower registers is a good point tbh, however the sort of music that lends itself to lower tunings is usually paired with screaming or instrumentals. And if that’s not your thing, get a good singer, jinjer was able to pull it off very well.
      so as much as you do bring up good concerns and it is valid points, it seems more that you just orefer higher tunings, which is perfectly fine but that doesn’t mean that it’s a metric that should apply to all guitarists. Some black/blackened death guitarists might even enjoy that extra muddy, dissonant sound.

  • @thomasbrock6269
    @thomasbrock6269 Рік тому

    Hey!

  • @off6848
    @off6848 Рік тому +3

    Tune up to C if you a real playa
    C F A# D# G# C F

  • @KhyrisEidan
    @KhyrisEidan 2 місяці тому

    The Korn's Tuning.

  • @stationaryhearts7173
    @stationaryhearts7173 Рік тому

    Mine hit the ground and doesn’t seem to have much physical damage, but makes a grindy sound on all strings on the first fret only. I’ve replaced all strings and don’t know what’s up. Do I adjust the bridge?

  • @PJLifeofPJ
    @PJLifeofPJ Рік тому +2

    Serj, why did you gain a bit of weight and became a very happy person?

  • @yamraaj4529
    @yamraaj4529 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @grantglover1799
    @grantglover1799 2 місяці тому

    Drop A, but I’m tuned in all fourths from there. So AEADGCF

  • @IsaiahEstep
    @IsaiahEstep 10 днів тому

    I like drop E lol

  • @loudguitarist
    @loudguitarist Рік тому

    Which is the easiest to play, so many seem awkward - too wide.

  • @keithhulse8907
    @keithhulse8907 5 місяців тому

    Im.in a standard

  • @gainsofglory6414
    @gainsofglory6414 10 місяців тому

    I always enjoy whatever the heck this tuning is.
    GDADGBE
    I think that's right. I put the lower 6 strings into drop D and then double drop the B string on top of that so its drop tuned in relation to what is now the D. Easy big sounds.
    But I suck so it was actually probably terrible.

  • @DanDringle
    @DanDringle 28 днів тому

    4:42 laughs in caveman metal

  • @davidencoification
    @davidencoification Рік тому

    mark wholecum

  • @labeans4978
    @labeans4978 4 місяці тому

    GCGCFAD 😎

  • @josephseahorn7999
    @josephseahorn7999 Рік тому

    Drop f# for me

  • @danielmarshall6106
    @danielmarshall6106 Рік тому

    Drop A

  • @JohnPaulGiancarlo
    @JohnPaulGiancarlo Рік тому

    Drop A# to me is the king

  • @mkshafe
    @mkshafe 8 місяців тому

    Roast me. I buy 7-string sets, toss the high B and slap 'em on a 6 string guitar.
    I *rarely* see someone on a 7 or 8 mess around with the high string on it anyway. Case and point.. this video :)

  • @honigdachs.
    @honigdachs. 9 місяців тому

    People buy these guitars with too many strings on them and then tune them even lower. 🤣

    • @FireCampSecurity
      @FireCampSecurity 6 місяців тому

      Go back to your ukulele 🎉

    • @honigdachs.
      @honigdachs. 6 місяців тому

      @@FireCampSecurity I could play stuff on an ukulele that's heavier and more Metal than anything you've ever done.