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Stylistically radical, Ibanez’s multi-scale Alpha series might just be the 21st-century prog-metal player’s favourite new guitar – but do you get the 7-string or the 8?

The Alpha series has everything you'd need form a high-performance guitar, with stainless steel frets, Fishman Fluence Modern ...
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Best 7-string guitars: Extend your range with the top pro and cheap 7-string guitars

The 7-string guitar has long been the weapon of choice for the harbingers of doom, delivering the extended range needed to play everything from djent to death metal and, of course, nu-metal. So, if ...
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Misha Mansoor spills blood as a home shopping TV presenter to unveil new signature Jackson 7-strings

Jackson and Misha Mansoor have expanded their Juggernaut signature collection with three new 7-string guitars, all each equipped with Periphery riff-master’s 21st-century specs. After Jackson debuted ...
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Brian “Head” Welch Explains the Origin of Korn’s Use of Seven-String Guitars

Seven-string guitars became a staple of the nu-metal sound in the 90s and early 2000s, thanks in large part to James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch of Korn. It created the nu-metal sound that ...