SAKI Unveils Her Signature 7-String Killer Guitar

Japanese metal guitarist SAKI gives an exclusive tour of her signature seven-string model from Killer Guitars, the 'Fascinator the Empress.' Learn about its custom narrow neck, unique pickup ...
loudwire

Why Korn Started Playing Seven String Guitars + The Reaction From Their Hero

Brian "Head" Welch explained why Korn started playing seven string guitars, and the reaction that one of their heroes had to it. Head and Munky weren't playing in a band together yet, but Head ...
Yahoo

Korn’s Head and Munky unveil new Ibanez 7-strings – and explain how it all comes back to Steve Vai

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few players have done more to popularise the Ibanez seven-string guitar than Brian 'Head' Welch and James 'Munky' Shaffer, and the ...

A Fantastic Solo Played on a 7-String Guitar [Ichika Nito's "illusory sense"]

This time, I will be talking about this song: "illusory sense" from Ichika Nito's 2nd EP, "she waits patiently."How I ...
JazzTimes

Chops: Ron Jackson Is in Seven-String Heaven

When Ron Jackson showed up for his regular lesson at the home studio of Bucky Pizzarelli one day about five years ago, he received some unexpected input from the venerated jazz guitarist: “Bucky told ...
Premier Guitar

7-String Guitars Aren't Just for Djent

Since attending a Dave Matthews Band concert as a teenager, Jason has been into all things guitar. An Iowa native, Jason has degrees in Music Business from Minnesota State-Mankato and Jazz Pedagogy ...
Metal Injection

BRIAN "HEAD" WELCH Explains How KORN Got Into 7-String Guitars

Dokken, Steve Vai, Munky, Head. It all came together. "I wasn't playing with James at that time, but he invited me to come back and jam with him. That's when I started playing seven-string. So I ...
Davis Enterprise

Hear seven-string guitars on 7-7

Guitarist and composer Matthew Grasso, a longtime resident of Davis, will feature in a midsummer concert, the 19th annual Celebration of the 7-String Guitar, on Tuesday, July 7, at the Davis Odd ...
Metal Injection

Steve Vai Credits KORN With Popularizing the Seven String Guitar

The seven string guitar has existed in many iterations over the years, though finally had its first mainstream electric production model as the Ibanez UV7 in 1990. The Ibanez UV7 was made for Steve ...
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BEHEMOTH Mainman Auctioning His Firs-Ever Seven-String Guitar

Guitarist/vocalist Adam "Nergal" Darski of Polish extreme metallers BEHEMOTH is auctioning a seven-string Ibanez guitar (pictured below) via eBay. He says, "This guitar is an integral part of BEHEMOTH ...
CNET

Ten fingers and a seven string guitar: CD Review, Charlie Hunter Trio’s Mistico

It seems like Charlie Hunter has always played a Novax eight string guitar, but for the new CD he slimmed the neck down and nixed a string. Even so, those remaining seven strings never sounded better ...