7 string Les Paul for 2015

[EllenGtrGrl]

Nope. That scale would suck...I play 7 strings and for the tension I like I use a 70 for the low B on a 26.5" scale. I don't even want to think about what I'd have to use to get the same tension on this. Plus theyre probably going to price it at around 3k, which I have no use for.

Good on them for trying something different, though.

IIRC, it would be about .083" for the 7th string (kind like what Zak Wylde uses on his Les Pauls, to tune down to C).

 

[EllenGtrGrl]

I would have hoped they'd have adopted the long scale as a platform for this.
If it plays like the 7 string V (which they only did for 1 year) it will be challenging.
Still, I think its a good for Gibby to branch out like this. (meaning that it isnt done across every single model, and forced upon you like some other innovations)

I seriously considered buying a 7-string Flying V (the same place I bought my Les Paul Melody Maker from had one last year), but the 24.75" scale made it a no go for me.

 

[Ermghoti]

Well, they won't have to come up with a wider fretboard.

 

[dodger916]

Never mind. I answered my own question..

 

[jc2000]

It doesn't have any of the 2015 features. I wouldn't believe it.

 

[dodger916]

It doesn't have any of the 2015 features. I wouldn't believe it.

I thought so too, then I realized it has Duncan pups. Maybe a custom run for Thomann as someone else suggested, on a pre-2015 Les Paul?

 

[Richard W]

I thought so too, then I realized it has Duncan pups. Maybe a custom run for Thomann as someone else suggested, on a pre-2015 Les Paul?

You can find it at this dealer as well:

Köp Gibson Les Paul Classic 7 string Ebony - 4Sound.se

 

[Lucidsounds]

What, you mean it doesn't come with a 7-string version of the MiniToon?

 

[fleahead]

Well at least they found a use for that ****ing wide neck!

 

[GibsonMarshallGuy]

This I like. I think though Schecter makes a really good affordable 7 string that can't be beat at the moment.

 

[TheX]

A seven string without a Floyd on it? Strange.

My Ibanez 8 string is a hard tail.

 

[noodlesatf]

I want another 7-string (especially if it's not the typical super-Strat variety, that most 7-strings are), but even if this is a regular production 7-string, it probably is like every other 7-string that Gibson has made - it has a 24.75" scale length. Sorry, but that's too short for my 7-string tastes - it makes the the 7th string (especially if you tune it to Drop A, like I used to tune my 7-strings to [that tuning gives you the capability to play particularly crushing, 5-string barre chords]) too loose feeling, unless you roll your own heavier custom gauge set of 7 strings (the heaviest gauge 7-string set I've ever found is 10s) to get the desired string tension (I used to use 11 gauge, 6 string sets, combined with individual .062-.065" strings I purchased separately [to use as the 7th string]), or use a telephone cable thick 7th string (which causes issues with intonation, and playing feel).

Even a 25.5" scale length (ala Fender and most Ibanez RG-type guitars) is too loose at times. I prefer 26.0 or 26.5" scale lengths (like my old Schecter 7-string had), for adequate tension. Make the new Les Paul 7-string with this longer scale length, and I'll be interested (despite its probably pricey cost), otherwise my response is - pass!!

Roy Z and Adrian Smith respectfully disagree with you. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ0wd0w2fQg]Bruce Dickinson - King In Crimson [The Chemical Wedding] - YouTube[/ame] Les Pauls in drop-A. Generally I agree with you--I play seven strings in my metal band, and my main axe is 27"--but some people want that lose, open feel of a short scale guitar tuned low. The entire doom genre, for example.

 

[noodlesatf]

That's too bad. Both my Schecter Jazz 7, and my Schecter Omen Extreme 7 had tune-o-matic bridges. They were definitely more comfortable for me playing-wise, than the typical Strat-style bridges (both hardtail and floating) that 7 and 8-strings come with.

This. There are a bunch of us 7-string players out there who HATE the stupid Strat style Hipshot flatmount bridges that seem to be cropping up on everything these days. The right hand playing position is all wrong.

 

[EllenGtrGrl]

Roy Z and Adrian Smith respectfully disagree with you. Bruce Dickinson - King In Crimson [The Chemical Wedding] - YouTube Les Pauls in drop-A. Generally I agree with you--I play seven strings in my metal band, and my main axe is 27"--but some people want that lose, open feel of a short scale guitar tuned low. The entire doom genre, for example.

True (Josh Homme was the same way in Kyuss, he used light gauge strings, and tuned down to C#). I prefer a tighter feel - it works better for me, for playing fast single note stuff (I do more than just play djenty stuff on 7-string guitars).

 

[brianbzed]

Blasphemy!!

 

[EllenGtrGrl]

This. There are a bunch of us 7-string players out there who HATE the stupid Strat style Hipshot flatmount bridges that seem to be cropping up on everything these days. The right hand playing position is all wrong.

You've got that right! I rest my hand on or slightly behind the bridge (I pick from the wrist), and tune-o-matic bridges on 7-strings, are a lot more comfortable to me wrist angle-wise, than the flatmount Hipshot/Fender-style bridges.

I had to sell my Schecter Jazz 7 a few months ago, due to a money crunch. I'd prefer not to get a Strat bodied 7-string (I'm majorly Stratted out), but if I have to I will (Ibanez does make the Les Paulish ARZ 7-string, but with its 25" scale length, it's a little short for my preference), and it'll be another Schecter with a 26.5" scale (either I'll cheap out, and get another Omen Extreme 7, or I'll get a Blackjack C-7), due to the tune-o-matic bridges, and due to them NOT having Wizard profile necks (I can't stand Wizard necks - they make me feel like I'm fretting 2x4s!).

 

[noodlesatf]

True (Josh Homme was the same way in Kyuss, he used light gauge strings, and tuned down to C#). I prefer a tighter feel - it works better for me, for playing fast single note stuff (I do more than just play djenty stuff on 7-string guitars).

I'm in a tech thrash band that migrated to sevens. To me, it's more about the extended range than chugging in B. Yeah, we have B songs, but it's not the majority. We've also got a real singer and loathe that djent garbage.

I love the 27" guitar for the ridiculously tight rhythm assault, but it just doesn't work as well for solos. To thin up top on the high B and E strings. Not that anyone really notices live, though.

 

[Emddie]

hideous.

 

[circles]

Hey look, they just announced a new 9 string model!

 

[rockstar232007]

I prefer the new 2015 Les Paul Ukulele that I heard is coming out in January.

You mean, like this?: