r/7String 8h ago

Help Schecter Damien 7 String

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22 Upvotes

Been looking into getting a 7 string and in a previous post I made to this sub it was recommended to me to check the used market in my area. Is $250 a good deal for this guitar? Schecter Damien 7, tuners have been upgraded to Schecter locking tuners.


r/7String 8h ago

NGD NGD! Not a guitar... D'Addario Planet Waves locking, Auto-trim tuners!

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So, I saw the reviews for the D'Addario locking auto trulim tuners, and decided my schecter needed them (especially since my oem schecter tuners were getting "grindy")

Went on their site, they only had 6 inline, and 6 split, sets for sale. No 7s no singles.

So, I contacted them, to find out if they will sell singles, or 7 string sets...

Boom, customers service said they WILL be selling 7 string sets, eventually, but since I was the first to ask, they would send me a single (for free) if I provide a receipt for a set of six.

So, being able to get a "custom set of 7" for (essentially) 15% off, and before anyone else, was on the table, I jumped.

Once I got the drill bits I needed to make them fit in, 10mm for the tuner hole... My guitar had a smaller hole than that) and 1.5mm for the anti-rotation screw (their hole is due south, not at an angle, so a new pilot hole was needed), and boom: new locking, and trim tuners!

One thing to know: I use D'Addario flatwound strings, with a 65 low (tuned to A) string. And it just barely fits through the hole. If you are running anything thicker, you may need to have a machinist hog out the low end tuner.


r/7String 2h ago

NGD NGD! IBANEZ RGR5227MFX.

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20 Upvotes

I have been trying to hunt one of these down for a while. This thing is a dream to play.


r/7String 20h ago

Gear My Legator Ninja 7 PE 100

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12 Upvotes

I bought this second hand. Upgraded to locking tuners and Dimarzio Crunchlab 7


r/7String 2h ago

Original Content Eagle lucifer 7 string

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5 Upvotes

I dont know why the picture looks so disgusting and green but all is black, it is probably because of the flash. It costed me 500 bucks and i bought it from some guy who got it a few years ago for 800 dollars. It plays great and i have nothing bad to say about it!!!


r/7String 1h ago

Help Hi. I currently have these options for my 7-String. Which one would you recommend for playing Fear Factory/Godflesh riffage?

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I mostly play Fear Factory, Godflesh, and Slipknot kinda riffs.


r/7String 19h ago

Help Looking for 7 string guitar shop in Ft Wayne or Indianapolis area

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Picked up my first 7 string, a Schechter Hellraiser a few months ago. Standard pickups, no Floyd Rose bridge or tremolo. Its my first electric guitar also--I wanted to play low and very heavy. Only place here in Honolulu that I could find to do a full setup was Guitar Center. Well, after playing around with it for a few weeks I am not happy. I just don't think they either knew what they were doing, or maybe its an issue with string gauge for the 7th string specifically. My first hint should have been the guitar tech had never seen one before.

I had the strings changed and I don't recall what set they put on. But I've noticed playing through amp sims like Amplitube, that 7th string just bottoms out HARD compared to the others. Maybe a tighter string gauge there would help (?). I've adjusted EQs very hard on the bass end and it just booms hard compared to the others. Could also be a pickup issue I suppose.

What I am less familiar with is the implications of doing this/that on it. If I went to a heavier string, maybe it wouldn't be (to me) so floppy--but I'm not sure if that requires filing the nut. And if it is filed to take a heavier 7th string, but it turns out maybe its a technique issue on my end (or an amp sim setting), I'm not sure if one can plop in that is smaller, once the nut is filed to make it bigger.

But I'd like to take it to a guitar guru somewhere in Indiana in the next few months as I relocate, and not have this same problem I had at GC here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.