I've got 9-46s for the top six on my 26" scale 7 string tuned up to C-standard. They don't feel too tight. Two step bends are still feeling pretty normal to my average hands. I actually had a spare bass string laying around that I suspect is either a 60 or 65 for the low-C. I'll get it measured soon so I know, cuz this set is working for me. [edit] It was a 55... I ended up wanting just a smidgeon more tension so I settled for a 65. Still works great!
@@dragonballz1432009 Sure, you are only talking about six strings, which this video and my comment are not. They don't call it E-standard when you install a low-B string beneath EADGbe on a 7-string. Therefore, the tuning for C-standard on a 7 string is: *C* , F, Bb, Cb, Ab, c, f (if you transcribe the sharps in the vid's title to flats).
Probably a stupid question, but what is drop c in comparison to this? You got a video on that? This is my first 7 string, and the guys I'm gonna be jamming with mentioned drop c... and I can't seem to find much info. I've always played 6 string in either standard tuning or drop d. Thanks!
I saw no one replied so figured i’d share my knowledge. Drop C is a whole step down from Drop D, CGCFAD on a 6 string. Not a very common 7 string tuning. The first drop tuning you can use on a 7 string would be Drop A (generally).
You'd need something like 8 gauge for drop C on a 7 string. Pretty much custom gauge. You can sort of get away with drop b/drop a# on a 7 string with 9-62, but drop C would be overkill.
@@proudbrogressive315 An alternative Drop C on 7-String I've been wanting to use is ACGCFAd, for the version you mentioned I'd just be lazy and use a capo / pitch shift That gives the 6-String Drop C sound with an extra low A. But if you do the 6-String Drop C I personally use 60 gauge strings on my 2010 Fender Squier Strat
Have you tried the luthier's knot on the tuning peg? There might be a burr on the peg that causes this and the luthier's knot can reinforce the string so that any tiny sharp segments of the metal won't shave the string away. Other options are to try other gauge strings. As far as the burr, you might try sandpaper on the tuning peg to smooth it out. I'm with you because I tried Drop-B on my seven string, only to end up with the high f# string breaking within minutes no matter what I tried. It can tolerate a high f, but certainly not an f#.
Are you using floyd rose? If the answer is yes, always tune from high end to low end. Tune your first string, then your lowest one. Second string, then 6th one, and so on.
If you have a shorter scale length, it might help even out string tension disparities. Sure, you could just tweak the string gauges, but this might be a fun option to toy with
LMAO, this is 100% WRONG!!!! This is not C Standard. As reference E Standard, the most standard of tunings, on a 7-String is BEADGBe However we read standard tuning starting with the 1st string. C Standard is 2 full steps down and woul be GCFA#D#Gc
@@proudbrogressive315 Wrong, on GUITAR if you use a 7 string you are adding to the LOW end. So in Standard E on a 7-String you add a extra low B on the 7th. Guitar is ALWAYS read from string 1 first, it is NOT B Standard with an extra E string.. Seriously learn how to read, guitar tuning logic isn't that hard. Tuning does NOT change, even if you add 100 strings
@@dragonballz1432009 holy shit man are you okay? i think what you are trying to say is that this is "F standard" or "half a step up", but adding another string to a guitar totally changes tuning by lowering the range of the guitar. Since nobody tunes their guitar from top to bottom (smallest to largest string), because your largest strings put the most tension on the neck and tuning them last will knock a guitar out of tune, so the "B" string on a 7-string guitar will come first in the sequence. In this circumstance, half a step up on a 7-string would, in fact, make this tuning "7-string C standard". Nobody who plays in B standard on a 7 string says they play in E standard, which is applying the same logic you are using with the rest of your position.
A 7 string merely means added range. Whether you choose it to be low B or high A (assuming you're using E standard tuning) is irrelevant. It still has more range than a regular 6 string guitar. It's not like there's a law where someone is preventing you to use alternative tunings. As a matter of fact, there are 8 string guitars (multiscale) tuned to B standard with a high A. It all depends what youre looking for.