I wondered this same thing, will this just contribute to more low end build up and 2 instruments fighting for the same frequencies.  Is it better to let the guitar handle the higher frequencies and let the bass take the low?  Seems like I am always highpassing some of the guitar to make better use of the bass.

I'm really no expert in the genre and I'd need to further analyze, but they seem to manage to get them to co-exist. Low end seems ok and the bass has plenty of definition up higher.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUuXiAsV7BQ


I guess that wouldn't fall into the easy listening category, though. But it gives an idea.

Rain
 

Should be mine.

 
 
 
 
Who could possibly argue with Captain Jean-Luc Picard?
 
 
Especially when he's talking in 'Megadeth' font
 
 
 

SteveStrummerUK

Rain
 

Should be mine.

 
 
 
 
Who could possibly argue with Captain Jean-Luc Picard?
 
 
Especially when he's talking in 'Megadeth' font
 
 
 

CHORTLE-CHORTLE

GASgasm!!!!!

Hi,
 
Yeah ... I can't stop looking, either!
 
What is weird to me, is seeing, mostly, just conventional instruments ... instead of further and stranger ones ... gads ... I wanna learn to play the double-stick! ... but Bapu won't let me! I'm thinking ... bass on bass on bass on bass with different sounds ... but that's too weird for here?
 
Btw, Egberto Gismonti has his own built 8 and 10 string guitars ... and his early accoustic albums with those, are insane, amazing and quite good. Although some folks don't seem to like freeform music that is not locked down to a clock! This was, then, ECM at its best freeform ... a veritable Keith Jarrett on guitar!

Hi Rain-

I bought a seven a few months ago, 'cuz I can't resist temptation. The good news has been that playing it has mostly been a snap to pick up. The only confusion in chording is remembering that the base chord forms we all have learned are the same if the think from the high E down. The shapes starting on the low B are similar too being that we're dealing with a fifth again. 

The tonality has been fun as can be. I love the sound, and it does inspire me to try new things. I haven't done much lately, as I've been involved in something else. But, I do enjoy playing it quite a bit. I didn't go all out. I bought a lesser-expensive one and installed high-end pickups in it. It sounds and plays great.

The funny thing is I haven't recorded it at all yet. Maybe I'll try it later with some bass and drums just to see how easily I can find space for it.

Best of luck!

Fortunately or unfortunately, Epiphone doesn't seem to be making them 7 strings any longer. Though I did find a sunburst on ebay for $679... But the bass is higher on the priority list, for now. My wife has her eyes on a red shortscale Mustang - that could be interesting.

I see 7's almost every day in my FB newsfeed and like the idea, but it just never really clicked before. The fact that it's a Les Paul just made it a lot more real though, like, now that's speaking my language. 

I suspect the 7 strings must be a lot of fun to play, and would probably be quite inspiring. Just like I always have tons of ideas when I pick up a bass or even just use the pitch shifter on my amp to push everything down. Ideas just seems to flow out non stop.

Rain.... You will never get over guitar GAS. There will always be one calling your name when you least expect it and that is the way it should be. It is a love affair where infidelity is expected and welcomed. So many guitars, so little time. I am that way about guitars but more so about amps. I can get all 'Ot N Sweaty about a new amp in a heartbeat... I have to be careful.
 
Go buy it!!!
 
Julien

I have a very simple technique to deal with temptation:  Give in.