Hot or Not? Gibson Les Paul 7 String

Guitar Heel said:
lol...ok.
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Think about it. People are going into it grumbling about something they feel adds cost without a benefit. So they check it out begrudgingly in-store. When it doesn't tune the shopworn strings 100% perfectly within 1 second, their negative preconceived notion is confirmed.

Secondarily, if a company is producing something that turns you off, stop supporting that company. They'll either get the message and refocus their product line, or go out of business. Another company will step up to fill the void.
 
Help!I'maRock! said:
Think about it. People are going into it grumbling about something they feel adds cost without a benefit. So they check it out begrudgingly in-store. When it doesn't tune the shopworn strings 100% perfectly within 1 second, their negative preconceived notion is confirmed.

Secondarily, if a company is producing something that turns you off, stop supporting that company. They'll either get the message and refocus their product line, or go out of business. Another company will step up to fill the void.
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Almost everyone that purchases a new Gibson will never use alternate tunings on a regular basis. So for all of those people, not only is it an extra cost, it's an extra hassle when it breaks. And it's an eyesore all of the time.

Secondarily, I've never purchased a new Gibson and certainly won't start now.
 
Guitar Heel said:
Almost everyone that purchases a new Gibson will never use alternate tunings on a regular basis. So for all of those people, not only is it an extra cost, it's an extra hassle when it breaks.
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Those people need to realize they aren't Gibson's target market for those models.

And it's an eyesore all of the time.
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This part just confuses me.

Secondarily, I've never purchased a new Gibson and certainly won't start now.
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That's the spirit!
 
Ibanez has an LP-style 7 with the same scale length IIRC. They go used for around $250 all day, so not really sure why one would pony up for this one unless the headstock is really important.

I have 2 7's and, after a fair bit of struggle, have come to appreciate the added range. One is 25.5" strat scale and the other 26.5”. I find both work well with the low string but would be wary of a short-scale, as everyone mentions above.
 
Meh. I don't play 7 string enough to justify another one. I have a lower end Japanese ibanez 7 string that does the trick, and that is probably even one 7 string too many these days.

I wonder how the scale length will impact jazz players who want a 7 string with heavy gauge not so bendy strings and a frets close together for complex movable chords.It might work pretty well for them. Heck, this might be the target audience for this thing.
 
Jazz musicians who favor 7-string tend to play solo or small combos, and use the extra string for walking bass lines, tuning down to AEADGBE. George Van Eps tuned a full step down from that.

Plus clarity and brightness.

So, no. Jazz 7-stringers typically want 27" or so; Soloway got frustrated during the nu-metal period and started building his own
 
There are plenty of people in the metal world playing in the A–B range on 24.75" guitars already. Those guys don’t mind using a .60 or .70 for the low string. And the ones who do mind just use medium strings and let the heavy string flop around.

That said, I don’t see many people buying this. The seven string crowd is mostly people playing prog, fusion, and extreme metal. Those genres are Ibanez territory, with Schecter and ESP following. A Les Paul is just too traditional for a lot of those guitarists to play on stage.
 
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