Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

My latest build: (SOLD)

Trans Candy Red SS7

Mahogany body and headstock
Rosewood fingerboard
Maple 3pc neck
Bareknuckle Holydiver bridge p/up
Bareknuckle Mothers milk neck p/up
Kahler Tremolo
Grover tuners









Build pics here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 687&type=1

A very efficient looking device.

Just a question from someone who left electric guitar playing before the shredding era really took off: how do you tune a 7 string guitar? Is there a standard 'normal' way, or is it a bit like open tunings in acoustic fingerstyle, with lots of possibilities?

It's interesting that some folk are looking for more strings. I remember seeing a few people who copied the Keith Richards style of five string open G (to reduce the number of 'wrong' bass notes). And didn't Eddie Van Halen use dropped D quite a lot to make the rhythm and riffing playing simpler?

Kym

I think they chuck an extra low B on the bottom Kym but it could be a high A? Seem to remember reading about Steve Vai's seven stringer & pretty sure he strung a low B on the bottom end. But I'm sure Demon will correct me if I'm wrong

Very Nice work What are the pots doing, Volume and Tone with the toggle selecting the pup ?

Hows The Weight with the Hog ?

Is That African Mahogany ? And grown in Qld ?

Sorry about all the Questions

I'll try answer all the questions in order!

This customer asked for standard tuning with a low B, however you can really do whatever you want.

Pots are 500k CTS and they are Volume and tone with a three way mini toggle switch.

The weight on this is average as the Fiji Mahogany is light, so you could play it on stage for ages and not need to rest!

The headstock is African Mahogany, the body is Fiji Mahogany. Neither grown in Qld.