10 Riffs That Taught Me The 7 String Guitar

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Riff 1
1:21 - Riff 2
2:15 - Riff 3
3:07 - Riff 4
4:07 - Unstoppable love affair!
4:40 - Riff 5
5:34 - Cort Ad
5:56 - Mission to master the 7 string
6:05 - Riff 6
6:48 - Riff 7 almost broke me!
7:36 - Riff 8
8:34 - Riff 9
9:10 - Jamie Slays Custom Riff Bands
9:22 - Riff 10
10:17 - Tab Playthroughs!
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@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Like this comment if you want to see TABS at the end of videos. Is this useful for you??

@FlyingIceFinger 15 күн бұрын

Yes very much i was looking to up my riffing skills on the 7 string and checked other youtubers who where only flexing their skills. This video is very useful for me, you hooked me with the tabs and playthroug! Subscribed :D

@darkstar8196 2 ай бұрын

Trivium's Shogun album has a lot of riffs that are great for getting used to 7 string.

@chrissgardiner 2 ай бұрын

This! Shogun is the album that made me pick up my first 7-string. Down From the Sky specifically.

@ejw3006 Ай бұрын

Yeah I wanted one when I heard Trivium’s What the Dead Men Say (song), the use of the 7th string just sounds so good

@414pseudo8 Ай бұрын

This was honestly a super sick video. Reminded me of a lot of bands and songs i havent listened to in a while and its good inspiration for when i eventually pick up a seven string. Tabs/the play along at the end was a nice touch and much appreciated.

@TaylorDanley 2 ай бұрын

💪 for Divine Heresy and TTEOTD 🥳

@adamcogan211 2 ай бұрын

That cort looks sick! Trivium and Babymetal were the reasons I got into 7 strings

@TheMirrorify 2 ай бұрын

Getting a 7 was a game changer for me. Drop Ab and Eb standard at the same time on my guitar. I always hated the scale shapes getting messed up when drop tuning a 6.

@jonnylawless6797 2 ай бұрын

The way I looked at it, I was playing in D# with a low G# instead of playing in G#. That helped me learn how to navigate the fretboard

@ScottStieg 2 ай бұрын

+1 for the Sylosis shirt. I own the KX700. it's rad. Good riffs!

@joedarenutrition 2 ай бұрын

Lovely production quality Jamie!!

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Totally appreciate it. I’ve been working super hard recently to change up my video style

@damianquesada9818 2 ай бұрын

me watching the intro and glancing at my 6 string ibanez tuned to drop A because of slipknot 👀

@adamwilliams7850 2 ай бұрын

For me, it was KoRn. I loved how they sounded. Thats where and why I started on a 7 string.

@spencdawg 2 ай бұрын

Keep up the great work you play the best metallica riffs my favorites master of puppets and creeping death fantastic!!

@8KilgoreTrout4 2 ай бұрын

That Cort is gorgeous! I want one

@kma6881 2 ай бұрын

“Termination Proclamation” by Nevermore is a good one

@gianmarcobaudazzi9961 2 ай бұрын

Always Loved Them

@indianriffmaster 2 ай бұрын

This Proves that Jamie is Great Player🤘🤘

@LysisZero 2 ай бұрын

My fav 7 string jam riffs come from nevermore and keith merrow. Anyone can pick like helicopter. Anyone can play the bazillion open note combos. To play something that doesnt just sound like blended noise requires more than lows otherwise all i hear is drums and fuzz.

@speaknoworforeverhol 2 ай бұрын

Down tuning your sixer will only do so much. I used to only play six strings and down tune but after playing a 7 string for the first time and going back to my six string I could definitely feel the emptiness

@GeorgeWalsh-ek3yw 2 ай бұрын

Awesome video, just bought myself another six string but I think I might need my first 7 string

@sangramos 2 ай бұрын

Awesome songs and awesome format. I love the little personal experience with the riff breakdown… and I don’t even play guitar haha

@sartajhanspal5604 2 ай бұрын

8:35 Divine Heresy! Omg what a throwback! That band is criminally untalked about these days but their albums were such a riff barrage

@nickloos3202 Ай бұрын

Yep its a shame Divine Heresy didnt get the attention it surely deserved. Dino Cazares is the 7, but mainly 8 string riff machine 👌

@Musicislife668 4 сағат бұрын

I got that Cort 7 string just recently it sounds so good!

@HivernaalChannel 2 ай бұрын

Great :! Thank you !

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@WagnerPiruca 2 ай бұрын

Many bands made me go to the seven strings, like Korn, Fear Factory, Suicide Silence, but the real trigger was the music Down From The Sky from Trivium.

@nickloos3202 Ай бұрын

Great 7 string video! Im looking forward to the 8 string guitar video. With hopefully Divine Heresy songs in it 👍

@manunascimento6186 2 ай бұрын

Sick AF!!!

@Andy_Yates 15 күн бұрын

I'd love to get to a point when I can play Cytotoxin - Dominus. A lot of Allegaeon songs are written on a 7 and 8. Dyson Sphere is a good alt picking challenge with an accessible solo for sweeps. They play 6s but I'm pushing my down picking learning Misery Index. New Salem will get that endurance built up

@EmoMetalhead95 Ай бұрын

You're metalxcore stp preset is my favorite and go to ❤ 🤘🤘🤘

@BranniganCarter Ай бұрын

I needed this video. Ive had a Legator Ninja7 for a while and I couldn't get it down. This helps so much

@JamieSlays Ай бұрын

Thanks! You’re welcome. Hello from Japan 🇯🇵

@cleverg1555 2 ай бұрын

I owned my Schecter blackjack 7 string a year ago and i’ve been loving it but the only problem i found in my case it’s that i can’t remember more than 5 or 6 songs at the same time with it and i had to rewatch tabs so many times, with 6 string i’m sure i can play and remember more than 50 songs almost perfect

@JoshuaKamer 2 ай бұрын

so, im having trouble getting a good sound when recording to my pc. i use the new Focusrite, bandlab and neural dsp plugin (amp). Any tips?

@iduncanw Ай бұрын

Awesome stuff Jamie, definitely useful for me as I'm looking to get a 7 string 🤘🤘 Going to finish watching this after work but decided to add these songs to a Spotify playlist. Couldn't find Devine Heresy "Failed Creation" though - just the one album available (Bringer of Plagues), could it be under another name?

@RequiemDead 2 ай бұрын

My love affair started with the likes of Korn, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Morbid Angel, and of course Vai and Petrucci.

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Oh sweet!! That’s intriguing

@TheHeadown 2 ай бұрын

I remember that show on MTV back in the day. Listened to "Unearth" a lot during a period back then.

@ancientgalaxy7697 2 ай бұрын

I got my first seven string yesterday and i have been learning septuagint from Obscura for the past 4 hours, its by far my favorute 7 string song tho il have to learn the whole Omnivium album

@IWILSONMCF 2 ай бұрын

Far from heaven by fit for an autopsy is great to warm up to 7 strings I’ve been learning the first 2 riffs for the past month and at full speed holy shit you’ll definitely have to be comfortable on the wider fretboard.

@sanchopanzo110 2 ай бұрын

Same story. But reason to buy my esp nt-7 was Thy Art Is Murder - Shadow of Eternal Sin, Carnifex - Unil I Feel Nothing, Chelsea Grin - My Damnation, Suicide Silence - Slaves to Substance, Emmure - Protoman, Divine Heresy - Facebreaker. Now most impressive 7 string music, for what I want to buy 7str baritone - is Lorna Shore with Adam de Micco. P.s.: still dreaming to buy 8 string guitar to try to play my number 1 band - Aversions Crown (Tyrant and Xenocide) and Archspire, and of course Bleed by Meshuggah)))🤘

@diegonz0802 Ай бұрын

The song that made me want a 7-string guitar was Members Only by Veil of Maya, it just blew me away.

@markusm4rk38 2 ай бұрын

There's nothing like modern metal 7 string riffing especially when playing call and response style licks between bassy riffs and higher disonant or melodic chords over a groovy half time beat! Great looking course. Tabs please 🙂

@muhammadluqman9165 2 ай бұрын

Bro… don’t tell me that was orihime and ulquiora ? Bleach fans here too 🎉

@RobShreds 2 ай бұрын

Senbonsakura

@NuclearSoda 2 ай бұрын

The best riffs to play on a 7 string are riffs written for low tuning 6 strings 😆 usually the arrangement is much more comfortable..

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Yehhhhhhh

@CakedNinja 2 ай бұрын

I know this unconventional, but I really like to place a capo on the 1st fret to essentially play a 6 string in C standard with and additional high string.

@craftcrate6602 2 ай бұрын

All Shall Perish is an incredibly underrated band that sadly left the map too soon. And also how can a 7 string list be complete without any Trivium riff, I'd guess they started playing much of 7 strings later after you were getting into it, but their latest 2 albums really have some sick 7 string riffs worth checking out!

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Yeh they are so good. I’m so glad they’re back now!

@craftcrate6602 Ай бұрын

@@JamieSlays I didn't even know they're back, that's so sick to hear!

@JamieSlays Ай бұрын

@@craftcrate6602 10 days they’ll play their first gig in ages

@chrissgardiner 2 ай бұрын

I knew of 7-strings but absolutely didn't understand how scale length worked, etc. Trivium's "Shogun" album is what made me finally pull the trigger on my first 7-string. Down From the Sky being the first song I ever learned on a 7-string. Battle for Ozzfest was the SHIT! I've seen Unearth a handful of times and they're a stellar band. One of the bands that make me a proud New Englander here in the states just one state over from Massachusetts 🥹 Unearth was absolutely a band I learned as well but I think the band that really sucked me in with 7-strings the most was Periphery with Periphery I leading into Periphery II 👀

@alispie 2 ай бұрын

I clicked hoping to see Unearth, I am indeed happy. Got some All Shall Perish too 😮

@jamesbannister7512 2 ай бұрын

Devin Townsend ziltoid albums are what got me into 7 string. Gcgcgce/ fbfbfbd tunings.

@__belial__ 2 ай бұрын

I bought a seven for unanswered. Stayed for unearth, then archspire came along….

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Archspire 😰 I wish

@__belial__ 2 ай бұрын

@@JamieSlays a couple of the riffs, but only like 5%

@lucaspontes91 2 ай бұрын

Try Chimaira's Pass Out Existence. The whole album sounds like "simple" riffs, but boy, they're tough to play but feel suuuuuuuuper good to play 'em.

@acrylicrecording 2 ай бұрын

Sollllld list!

@adilO.o 2 ай бұрын

I sincerely expected to hear 10 Korn riffs 😂 I didn’t even knew there was someone on earth who didn’t pick a 7 string because of Korn 😝

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha yeh I’m the odd one out I didn’t love Korn especially back then. I do now!

@elliotjgc 2 ай бұрын

Mix of Wake up by Suicide Silence, Down from the sky by Trivium and Failed creation by Divine Heresy

@julianaraneta5416 Ай бұрын

For some reason, tech death riffs are easier on 7 compared to a 6 due to the wider n' rounder neck and it helps me grip on better also you get 2 tunings in 1.

@tomk8350 2 ай бұрын

I'm buying a seven to play some Polaris. Theyre not reinventing the wheel per say but what they do, they do at the highest level.

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

They’re incredible RIP my buddy Ryan

@k_miloam2429 2 ай бұрын

What guitar effects did you use for this video?

@TrymYoutubeMainChannel 2 ай бұрын

btw Cort I never tried it out, just thought of it as a "new beginner based guitar brand" or whatever how is to play on them?

@alexr6913 10 күн бұрын

I've picked 7 string because of Lorna Shore and Slaughter to Prevail. 7 string are monster guitars!

@BobbyPVZ 2 ай бұрын

Loomis 🏆🏆🏆🏆

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Yehhhhh seed awakening is my fav

@jvallely_ 2 ай бұрын

TTEOTD was so good.

@dasi8111 2 ай бұрын

Haken - Puzzle Box. Beautiful thing!

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Oh sick I’ll check it out!!

@metalpuppet5798 2 ай бұрын

Arent Haken 8 string guys?

@dasi8111 2 ай бұрын

@@metalpuppet5798 Yeah, but at least this one can be played well on 7.

@metalpuppet5798 2 ай бұрын

@@dasi8111 ah. Gotta check it out then.

@thepotatotaxi2430 2 ай бұрын

I love Haken, absolutely best band out rn

@ultratacoRX7 2 ай бұрын

I bought a 7 string a while ago just because of one song. So I got a 7 and and then realized the song was harder than I thought and I've never been able to play it lol. Now I dont hardly play my 7 and when I do it's dumb stuff that I could just do on a 6. (The song is Doomswitch by Make Them Suffer)

@drwoah7242 2 ай бұрын

actual w vid

@damianquesada9818 2 ай бұрын

what song is that first impending doom one?

@kawaiihentaiboy 2 ай бұрын

Wow I'll be getting my first 7-string soon and this video came out with the perfect timing :O

@Ryoga770 2 ай бұрын

What Acacia Strain song is that riff from?

@kevind3094 2 ай бұрын

No Nevermore....shameful

@scaberouswretch3673 2 ай бұрын

Because they’re gash.

@gianmarcobaudazzi9961 2 ай бұрын

@@scaberouswretch3673They Ruled.

@dominiko5780 2 ай бұрын

deviloof was the band that got me into getting a 7 strings, no regrets

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Oh wow yeh! The Japanese band??

@dominiko5780 2 ай бұрын

@@JamieSlays YES, i love their riffs

@phucker 2 ай бұрын

lmao i've always played day of justice on the 6 string. it's the only ASP song i ever learned

@brianlee2646 2 ай бұрын

7 strings really aren't that difficult to learn. Think of it as having more options for lower tuning and longer scales. Also with a seven string you can use a .072 gauge string on the bottom which allows for some crazy picking and awesome sounds.

@PlanetaryCore 2 ай бұрын

I need to fix my 7 string and learn Divine Heresy 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🎸

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

It’s such a sick song! I love it

@thehoppo 2 ай бұрын

I played mostly Korn riffs on mine, then sold it

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

brilliant hahaha

@chrisking6695 2 ай бұрын

Not a single Nevermore riff. Wow.

@jantzencase7524 2 ай бұрын

If you tune a 7 string to drop c what do you tune the low b string to

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

G? I think maybe even lower

@jantzencase7524 2 ай бұрын

@@JamieSlays thanks

@chiefrebelangel 2 ай бұрын

If you wanna do a "double drop"/inverted power chord tuning, you can tune like GCGCFAD. If you drop just the lowest string then it's GDGCFAD.

@UnWorthyBand 2 ай бұрын

TTEOTD are the reason I played a 7 string. They were from my hometown and I’m still good friends with the guys. They toured with As I Lay Dying when their album Malice dropped. Since it was around my 21st birthday, they got me backstage to hang out with the guys in AILD. It was a memorable night for sure.

@TrymYoutubeMainChannel 2 ай бұрын

:D lets play some Korn heh

@gelosalva8570 2 ай бұрын

Whitechapel, Suicide Silence, Carnifex are my early 7 string heroes

@JuanWick840 2 ай бұрын

Borderline criminal that KoRn never popped up in this 😭

@user-rw7zt8hl6b 2 ай бұрын

First thing I thought

@SpaghettiFox87 Ай бұрын

"You can't talk about 7 string guitars without talking about this band" - It's Korn. The band is Korn!!!

@devendasmusic Ай бұрын

Idk man, I never really cared for them either. Different strokes for different folks I guess

@connormorse9191 2 ай бұрын

Blind by Korn got me into 7 string

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant song!!

@falsevacuum1988 Ай бұрын

Practice awesome riffs is best in learning guitar!

@JamieSlays Ай бұрын

Yessss

@Musicislife668 4 сағат бұрын

I play 6 and 7 strings they both have their place but I guess I play multiple genres

@Mettle_DAD 2 ай бұрын

Jamie has found his new calling....used car commercial salesman. This cadence feels so flase. If its ironic....cool.

@macabrecreation1067 2 ай бұрын

that guitar is damn nice I really like it

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Yeh!! Me tooooo

@macabrecreation1067 2 ай бұрын

@@JamieSlays I want to have one too. Where can I buy it?

@aphelionmk1 2 ай бұрын

@@macabrecreation1067there's a link in the description

@macabrecreation1067 2 ай бұрын

@@aphelionmk1 thank you

@jeffreyp1855 2 ай бұрын

I want a 7 string, so I can play Doom Metal.

@aboomer420 Ай бұрын

just made the switch, I'm pleased greatly.

@tannerc.390 15 күн бұрын

Please teach us some Ice Nine Kills

@blas3266 2 ай бұрын

For me it was Soil the Stillborn by Infant Annihilator. Well technically it needs 8 strings but still..

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Haha yea what a banger. Love that album. Can’t play any of the songs tho haha

@22TINCHO22 2 ай бұрын

❤

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

🙇‍♂️

@Seven7Pain1 2 ай бұрын

yeah but don't lie everyone's first riff on a seven is something by korn mine was blind

@jonnylawless6797 2 ай бұрын

Maybe I'm weird, I got into extended-range guitars listening to After The Burial

@misfit151 2 ай бұрын

Sick looking guitar, but that 25.5 scale just aint it for me. I feel like if you are going to play in Drop A or lower you really need an extra inch in scale for better tension. But thats just me. Great video brother.

@GlenMeye 2 ай бұрын

What about Korn?

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t really like Korn growing up. I do now though

@josephcarrington9686 2 ай бұрын

A good song to get used to the seven string with is pagan by vitalism.

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Jesus that song is intense haha

@rossidianprime 2 ай бұрын

I tune mine as ADADGBE

@xxitz_pr0gxx631 2 ай бұрын

I am a straight man and I must say, you are such a beautiful man.

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Why thank you 🙇‍♂️

@johnevan1063 Ай бұрын

learned how to play a 7 string because of self titled deftones record

@goobingtons 2 ай бұрын

Nothing by Morbid Angel? :(

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

I didn’t like them growing up. I do now!

@andypostema4269 2 ай бұрын

Isn't it great paying for an extra string and rarely using anything besides the lowest two strings?

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Haha yeh unless you play some of the songs i mentioned in the video :)

@Im_Guitarist 2 ай бұрын

No Korn?

@glebiank 2 ай бұрын

7-string is a definitely awesome tool but this video shows almost nothing about it. Instead, it mostly proves the point of 'just getting a 6-string and tunning it lower'. 6-string baritone and a pitch pedal do a great job together Still, there ARE riffs and crazy chords that are easier and more 'natural' to be played on a 7-string, too bad that most examples here are not showing this =(

@JamieSlays 2 ай бұрын

Indeed. Exactly like I say in the talking parts :) I’m only showcasing riffs but the songs I’m referencing are good examples. Also this isn’t a review of the guitar. It’s a riff medley. I have done a review of this guitar if you’d like to watch that one