10 Best Seven-String Guitar Reviews 2022 – Best 7-string Guitar Brands

Schecter Guitar Research lasts for more than 40 years, launching itself as one of the elite guitar manufacturers. This particular model is one of their best guitar examples.

Now, when it comes to design, this model comes in a 3 black cherry color. For tiny detail lovers, on a fingerboard instead of dot inlays, there are royal looking symbols for a better orientation through the fretboard. Not only that, whole guitar is covered in small details that improve the overall impression.

Furthermore, the guitar is made out of the finest materials. The body of this guitar is made of solid-wood with mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard. In other words, these materials will drastically increase the durability of any product- guitar as well.

Pros:

• Appearance- Schecter Guitar Research care a lot about appearance, and that’s the reason of so many tiny details on their guitars in general.
• Fine materials- Wood quality affects not only durability that we mentioned but the quality of the sound as well. As we said, Schecter is using few of the most common wood materials (but also, most convenient for a guitar structure) such as mahogany or rosewood.
• Vibrato system- This guitar has one of the most familiar vibrato systems, so-called whammy bar. Whammy bars are ways of preventing flatness of the sound by adding vibrato to a tone. That directly implies better experience for musician and audience.

Cons:

• The fatness of the neck- Namely, the neck may be a bit fat if you switch from the six-string to a seven-string guitar, so it takes some time to adjust yourself to it and build up your palm muscles.

Jackson JS22-7 Dinky is one serious piece of machine for a (mainly) drop- tuning guitarist. The guitar has a regular arch-top basswood body with bolt-on maple neck and 16 inches radius rosewood fingerboard. What makes this guitar different, when it comes to a fingerboard appearance, are small, so-called piranha inlays on the edges of every odd fret.

Also, the guitar has 24 jumbo frets with 2 cutaways, increasing the possibility of better improvisation or soloing. Those small details not only improve your solo parts but also boost the comfort of playing.

Pros:

• Good for solo parts and improvisation- Combination of materials, cutaways, and 24 frets will ensure you enjoyable improvisations and scaling on the guitar. Also, the thin neck will allow you to do riffs without much effort, even if it is seven-string guitars.
• Great for rock and metal genre- With its hard sound, it’s mostly used for hard rock or metal- even for live gigs.
• Comfortable- The guitar is very light, the neck is a bit big but comfortable. Overall, it’s enjoyable playing it.

Cons:

• Pickups- The only downside of the guitar might be not very powerful pickups, but keep in mind they are swappable so if the original ones do not meet your needs, you can easily swap them for the better ones.

Schecter Omen is an example of a double cutaway mahogany body with a quilted top that ensures a good looking guitar and comfort while playing it. Also, there are maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard that provides excellent playability. Furthermore, frets are smoothly finished without rough edges.

Anyway, for a great sustain and tones, Schecter uses a tune-o-Matic bridge and two Schecter Diamond Plus pickups. Thanks to this, tones are very clear and articulate very well.

On the neck, instead of dot inlays, there are some kind-of-looking triangles that fit into this almost devilish looking black cherry design of a guitar for a better orientation through the neck.

Pros:

• Comfortable and excellent playability- Lightweight guitar with double cutaways (on both sides), a quilted top, maple neck, and a rosewood fingerboard ensures comfort and surprising playability.
• Coil tap feature- This one is a great feature of this guitar. Namely, single coil magnetic pickups can be coil tapped to reduce windings number around the magnet. This way, a guitarist, with a single tap, can choose a quieter, vintage tone with more clearness.

Cons:

• Difficult to reach some frets- It might be tricky for beginners to reach frets 22-24, especially on the bass strings. But all in all, it’s all about the practice and adjusting your hand to a proper position.

First of all, when speaking of this guitar, we must mention its humbucker guitar pickup configuration. Simply speaking, humbucker contains 2 magnetic coils rather than one, giving the high output and minimizing the hum from the electric interface. Therefore, this will tend to save the natural tone of a guitar that most of the time loses its natural sound through standard pickups and amplifiers.

Secondly, the guitar is comfortable on multiple levels:

• Rosewood fretboard will make you feel comfortable while playing and pressing strings.
• Guitar belongs to a lightweight category with only 9.5 pounds.

Furthermore, steel strings are not ideal vibratos. That’s exactly the reason why did manufacturer put a tune-o-Matic guitar bridge system. This way, you will be able to manually adjust the most appropriate distance from nut to bridge.

Pros:

• Great sound quality- Thanks to the humbucker guitar pickup configuration, a hum from the electric interface is minimalized, hence, there is an expression of a guitar’s natural sound.
• Comfortable- First of all, the guitar is lightweight- that means you won’t have back problems during the gig or after. Secondly, while playing, because of the rosewood fingerboard, you will feel like using much less energy on pressing certain frets than usual.

Cons:

• Push/Pull knobs- The downside of this guitar are push and pull knobs. Anyhow, push and pulls might be a bit more loose than regular. Although, that shouldn’t affect the sound or an experience with this guitar.

This seven-string guitar is the most recognizable and distinctive guitar on the Ibanez line. With 24 frets, quantum pickups, 5-way switch and a fixed bridge this one is a made-for-metal beast.

Anyhow, this model comes in brown color with small grey details all over its body. On the top cutaway, there is a small detail for connecting the belt. Even though it violates the sharpness of a guitar (since the bottom cutaway is extremely sharp), once put on the belt it will be unnoticeable.

Ibanez has been working and gathering experience for over than three decades in order to forge this high-performance machine.

Pros:

• Special set of features- Guitar has rosewood fingerboard with 24 frets, dual Ibanez quantum pickups that are wired to a 5-way switch for a tonal diversity. All told will overall improve your experience with this model.
• Durability- Thanks to the finest materials that one guitar could be made of, such as mahogany, rosewood, and maple, the durability of this guitar is optimized.

Cons:

• Professional use- It might not be the best choice for professional use, but it’s eligible for that cause as well.

Schecter C-7 Deluxe is a left-handed model with a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard. On each odd fret (starting with 3rd), there are dot inlays that ease playing and navigation through the fretboard.

Anyhow, this particular guitar model comes in a white color, but there is also a black variant. The guitar has adjustable bridge system, which is a feature of some professional guitars. When it comes to the pickups, Schecter uses its own pickups whose are, by the way, on the enviable level in pickup industry.

Furthermore, Schecter C-7 Deluxe owns Chrome hardware that is nowadays definitely up to standard.

Pros:

• 24 frets- “The more the better”. The more frets guitar has the more space for improvisation and high notes for soloing you will have.
• Good hardware- Schecter relies on one of the most popular hardware out there- chrome hardware. Therefore, good hardware directly implies the quality of the sound.
• Durability and appearance- Basswood body, maple neck and rosewood fingerboard not only reflect in appearance but in durability as well. All of these materials have the etiquette of more than standard wood quality elements.

Cons:

• Needs adjustment at the beginning- The guitar comes in the box, tuned in standard BEADGBE. In order to get a better action, you have to lower the adjustable bridge quite a bit.

Now, let’s be honest. This model is like a custom-made guitar for heavy rock or metal (by its appearance). With double sharp cutaways, top of the guitar that has small horns and every single sharp edge of the guitar we can see one typical design of a guitar that’s being used in heavier music genres.

Mahogany body, maple neck and a rosewood fingerboard that has small rhomboids instead of dot inlays ensure not only comfort while playing, but tone, stability and great playability as well.

Furthermore, the guitar is equipped with Ernie Ball strings in order to provide better performance and durability.

Pros:

• Great appearance- Well, of course, this is a double-edged sword. For lovers of some harder music genres (hard rock or a metal), this guitars appearance might be crucial. Others will just find it as something they are not interested in.
• Splendid performance- Double cutaways, mahogany body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard along with Ernie Ball strings will not just increase the durability of this product, but also overall performance.

Cons:

• Limited to a small circle of genres- Now, if somebody sees you playing blues or jazz with this devilish looking guitar that has a bit harder sound, he might think you’ve missed genre. The sound that guitar produces and its appearance most of the time defines the genre you need to use it for. Therefore, with this guitar, you should probably stick to some harder musical genres.

ESP M-17 Black might be the best solution for the beginners when it comes to seven-string guitars. On the other hand, it’s a good choice for more experienced players that want to add an affordable, high valued guitar to their arsenal.

This guitar uses no different materials than any other standard guitar- basswood body with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. And there is a good reason behind it- manufacturers are achieving the best possible combination of comfort and playability.

When it comes to pickups, the guitar has passive ESP designed LH-100(b)/LH-100(n) that comes standard with LTD tuners.

Pros:

• Quality- Considering that this guitar belongs to a low-end price point category, this doesn’t take away from its quality. The guitar is built out of the most standard guitar materials, that are quite good quality in general.
• Durability– As we said, guitar materials affect its durability in general. Since there are a basswood body, maple neck, and rosewood fingerboard, the guitar has all the predispositions to serve your long aging experience.

Cons:

• Heavyweight- Guitar weights 16 pounds, which is almost twice the weight of a standard guitar. That may be the only downside of this guitar.

This is one fine example of Epiphone guitars. It has a simple but powerful appearance. The whole guitar is ebony, except small white details- Epiphone signature on top of the guitar and rectangle inlays on the fingerboard for easier navigation through the frets.

Anyhow, an active EMG-707 and EMG 81-7 pickups and the neck tone with a kill pot make this guitar a beast. Furthermore, mahogany body, maple veneer and the tune-o-Matic bridge will make the whole experience much better overall.

Item weights 14.5 pounds, which is a bit higher than a standard weight of a guitar.

Pros:

• Powerful appearance- Even though it might seem simple (one predominant color), this guitar has small sharp details that make it look powerful.
• High-quality pickups- As we know, the most important thing is the natural sound of a guitar. On the second place, there is an amplified sound that mostly depends on pickups and amplifier. On this particular model, pickups are, as we may say, the top quality.

Cons:

• String buzz- In order to eliminate potential string 6 or 7 buzzes, it’s advised to raise the action.

Born out of the requests of fans and players, this guitar takes guitarists to a new level of depths and highs. With a special design (pearl red color) and soft cutaways, this guitar appearance is in a step with the time.

The guitar belongs to a lightweight category with only 6.5 pounds. When this weight is combined with materials that were being used for this guitar (basswood body and rosewood fretboard), the sum is one of the most comfortable guitars out there.

Pros:

• Lightweight- This guitar belongs to a lightweight category. With only 6.5 pounds, this is one of the lightest guitars on the market. You won’t have back problems while standing and playing.
• Appearance- Besides the beautiful pearl red color, there are tiny details, such as inlays on the neck, starting from the first fret adding a lot to the overall design.
• Space between strings and fretboard- Space between strings and fingerboard are, for some guitarists, crucial when it comes to a playability and comfort. This model is definitely up to standard when it comes to that matter.

Cons:

• Difficult to reach bass strings at 23rd -24th fret- Since the fret on the seven-string guitars is much bigger than the six-string guitars, it requires much more effort (in the beginning) to reach those frets. At least until you adapt your hand to seven-string guitars.