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7th string on 6 string guitar?


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01/01/2004 9:54 am
is it possible to take of a string (like the high e) move the rest of the strings down, and then add an a string (the 7th string on a 7 string guitar {i think}) for example, and put it on the sixth string location?
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01/01/2004 3:52 pm
that doesnt make any sense. Whatever your thinking of doing i dont think its possible. For a start the neck wouldnt be wide enough for seven strings.
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01/01/2004 4:33 pm
You'll probably have to increase the size of the slot on the nut to fit in the string. You could also put on heavy gauge strings, and then down tune them.
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01/01/2004 8:06 pm
thats what i thought
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01/01/2004 9:24 pm
a 6-string neck is not made for the much higher tension of those strings. what you are attempting is to construct a baritone guitar. but those baritones have a longer scale and a neck that is built for higher tension.
its as if you were attemting to put bass-strings on a regular guitar - the neck will either snap or bend. NO GOOD

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01/01/2004 9:59 pm
I was pretty sure the tension was going to get in the way, but wasn't sure.
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01/02/2004 9:19 am
oh, I see. Thanx for the replies.
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01/03/2004 6:05 am
so u saying that the 7th string become the 6th string and the 6th string become the 5th right???
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01/03/2004 7:56 am
Originally posted by livin_a_lie
so u saying that the 7th string become the 6th string and the 6th string become the 5th right???
I think he's asking about stringing a 6-string guitar with the bottom 6 strings from a 7-string set. Which, as Azrael pointed out, would be a baritone guitar.
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01/03/2004 10:55 am
Not sure if that's what you meant, but Dimebag Darrel (Pantera) replaced his 6th string with a 7th string tuned to Low G, and keeping the first 5 strings as they are and dropped one whole step down... Tuned like this : (Low to high) GGCFAD
He did that on a couple of songs from "The Great Southern Trendkil" album.

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