It gets even worse when they start playing some flaccid hard rock riffs with an angry bee swarm tone and think that it sounds metal.

yeah, it's like every guitar magazine review is a bunch of blues and some box chords or triads. They go like "Today we have this metal machine with EMG pickups, a pure black finish with actual virgin blood used to paint some of the decals, it comes with 12-62 strings from the factory, it's shaped like a weapon and sounds like pure evil" *proceeds to play blues licks in E standard on a Fender 65 clean channel*

Expectation: *something awesome* Reality: AAAAAARE YOU REAAAAADYYYY?!

I'm tuning the B to an A and start 30 minutes of random slipknot songs

Reviews a 7 string proceeds to play soft rock and some blues licks.

i was half expecting wonderwall

Basically every single guitar review that I look up on YT. Even if it's a single pickup metal Axe with an EMG81 in the bridge, they always play the same old boring blues licks and chords.

*cough* guitarworld *cough* this is so true, it’s a bloody 7 string, play the low b…if you wanna play blues get a 6 string strat…🤣🤣

The guitar that does everything!!!!!

DAMN THAT WAS A SICK RIFF!!! The one at the start was prettty good, too.

thought it was gonna end with you hammering the low b for fun haha. You do nail this format though

dawg i was always a 6 string player, sold my SG cuz i needed money then about 7 months after got a ibanez 7 string, instantly tuned it to drop f# and been loving it ever since

Met this guy around 2017 since then i still love his videos Jamie truly slays

If someone removed the 5 highest strings on my 7-string I’d be like “that’s fine”

I was expecting the Blind riff on reality 😂

As an owner of a 7 strings guitar, i have to say: this is absolutely true! uhauuahuha

For a second he played chop suey

It's the Barbie dolls on the wall for me.

Such soft and delicate hands.

Literally my first week of getting a seven string and bringing it to jam session. Completely ignored the new string for the entire time 😂

That’s good riffs

I had to comfort my ibanez 7 string on the second video and tell her its only a video gave her a djent she purred happily back to sleep

The problem I have with 7 and 8 string bands is there's sooo much real estate to work with but people just drone the open string.

He really played a boomer lick on a 7 string ☠️

i didnt buy a 7 string until i had a list of like 30 songs i wanted to learn that were on 7, just so i knew id actually use it😂😂

Tuned to A Standard, with "Are You Ready?" Burned into its mind.

Lol so true. The first song I learned on my 7 string was "Bent Backwards & Broken" by CC. But since back than I still relied on tabs, I learned it about 1/4 faster than the original. lol And I actually could play it at altered speed. I love the challenge of shredding on a 7 string, only to go back on a regular 6 string & get overwhelmed how it feels much easier since the bridge is smaller. Check out Bucketheads Woods of Suicide, Final Wars, Worms for the Garden. Thats a worthy challenge for a 7 string.

I handed my grandpa my headless seven string and he started playing blues on it 🤦‍♂️

Honestly one of the truest videos I've seen you do. I own 27th string guitars and I play the 7th string about 3% of the time.

So true. Like wtf how do I judge it on open chords nonsense

Personally I like seven string humbuckers for their power. It really makes the low E have that sound I am looking for but can’t get on 6 string pups.

My pa got 7 string guitar. He ain’t no metal dude. He cut the 7th string off 💀💀

Hell yeah that riff was killing

i made this mistake at first lol, getting a 7 string just to use it as a 6 string. of course i don’t do it anymore but i frown upon myself for that

The expectation kind of sound like the band “vampireCunt”

This is definitely true when I get a 7 string I'm going to learn korn song.

*we’re looking at you, Paul*

Ugggghhhh I feel this! I recall a demo of the signature head and cab used by Dimebag... was just open G and A chords with a lil minor pentatonic thrown in. Absolutely killed me.

Love the shirt

I need a midi controller or a 7 string. I just want a 7 string more xD

Funny enough, I picked up a 7 string just to try one out yesterday, and that is exactly what I did 😅

This is so going to happen to me, when i get my first 7 string on next Monday 😂

The man bun gives him +5 shredding power.

what is that first riff?

This is extremely accurate

Whatever you played first reminds me of some old school Chelsea Grin, Desolation of Eden type vibes.

Tbf I find it weird that people buy seven whole strings and only use the top 2

Man, your pinch harmonics are from other planet. Great job

i feel attacked of how accurate this is

Man I need more medley videos

Spot fucking on dude

omfg that sounds so good

Not sure if he was going for the Jonathan Davis look with the glasses, hair in a bun and the cannibal corpse shirt 🤷‍♀️

I barely know how to play 6 strings, if id add one more I would start crying lol 😅

I started out playing music with metal or grungey chops, but i play more mellow now with metal undertones. I always wanted a 7 string to find new beautiful, haunting chords!

Holy shit 😂 accurate

Every. Goddamn. Time.

When I first heard the opening note to reality, I thought you were gonna play the Better Call Saul

Those pinch harmonics were nasty

Anyone else notice the badass collection of DB characters he’s got in the back?

I feel personally attacked, cause I got a 7 string and I basically just play 6 string stuff

That was funny 😆 imagining myself doing exactly like it if I get one

The first one is literally me lmfao

I just bought that same Cannibal Corpse shirt, coming between December 29th - January 4th

All it's missing is either a slightly crunchy tone or metalzone distortion

Dude that sounded so heavy🤘🎸💀

When the expectation is literally reality lmao

If im gonna buy a 7 string ill play KoRn of anything

Lol it’s versatile. You can use it as a low tuned metal chug machine, or you could use it as an extended range 6 string. Lol The world in your hands

That was insane

Since i suck at theory i need a 7 string chord diagram.

I fkg love guitar

So over the 7 and 8 string etc fad. I play in an alternate Drop B on my 6 string PRS and achieve what I need on the higher strings with solos and leads and just use a pedal if for whatever reason I do one more on the high end. Not like I’ll ever be a Steve Vai anyway haha 😆🤘💀🤘🎸

Do u recomend getting guage 11 or 10 for drop turn

Duuude lol this is so dang accurate haha

Every time without failure lol

I saw the same stuff during 8 string reviews. They guys there played minor pentatonic riffs, but an octave lower 😂

I mean, if you just wanna play chunky drop a, a-sharp, or g rhythm riffs, get a 6 string baritone. To me the whole point of a 7 string is having a wider range so you can play crazy chord shapes and leads while still being able to get the low end.

I feel attacked. 😂😂😂

It's best to just keep your mind open to a 7, when you first get one... When I found mine, I first figured out to regard it as a 'baritone' tuned to B, but with an additional high E. So: the G string is actually tuned a half step lower to F#. And further in I started using drop-A and drop-D on the lowest strings. But I'm not really fixed on any one tuning anyway, I use multiple tunings on various guitars - like Robert Fripp's New Standard Tuning, or Nick Drake's... It just depends on what I'm aiming for sonically.

I haz that fret wrap.

Bros in drop grandpa tuning

I need that Dragonball POP collection!!

Gets 7 string, proceeds to play sweet child o mine 😂😂😂

How about when guitar center had Lady Gaga's guitarist, who doesn't play 7 strings, demo the Schecter Reaper 7

Your reality is my expectation

yo you rock!! what size are your gauges on your ears?

Never owned a 7 string....Can anyone give me a basic pros/cons over a 6 string?

For a second I thought I heard Nothing Else Matters solo when he switched to reality.

but... how? if i wanted to do that stuff id just use my 6 string...

Ahh the beauty of " E " 🤣

Bruh yeah. I just got an agile 7 to dive into extended range and I just play it like I would on a 6

I feel attacked

"Expectation" sounds like Psychosocial by Slipknot

Tuned so low I can hear the strings smash against the guitar :) 🤙🤙

It really sounds like cheyne stokes when you start playing

You can do both the brutal stuff AND the standard stuff.

This is way to accurate ahahaha

Hi Jamie, can u suggest me a good 7 string guitar under 1000 euro ? or if you have done some content about different 7 strings guitars

Unashamedly when I get writer's block, I will just jam out some dminor blues riff till inspirations strikes... Which is normally somewhere I can't record a voice note to myself or have my guitar nearby 😂