Top 5 Riffs that Made Me Start Playing 7 String Guitars! | Weekend Wankshop 214
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Hey guys! On Weekend Wankshop 214, we are going to dive deep into the origins of Uncle Ben's extended range obsession, and talk about the top 5 riffs that made me want to start playing 7 strings so many years ago!
Around 2001, i got my first 7 string (a Schecter C-7 Diamond Series), but what made me want to grab a 7? I'll give you a hint: Its all stuff from before 7 strings were everywhere! On today's lesson, i'm going to be teaching you all some classic riffs from Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Meshuggah, Steve Vai, and, of course, KORN! These artists were all integral in setting me down the path of the 7 string.
Using a variety of guitars today. My Ibanez RG7421 swirl, another RG7421 swirl, my custom mahogany RG7, my mutant Road Flare Red custom RG7, and of course my beautiful Aristides 070. All played through my Kemper Profiler, using SinMix profiles.
What are the riffs that drove you to play 7's? Let me know in the comments! 
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![[EN]TOP 7 Dream Theater 7 string riffs](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/upeGsEDYZ1A/mqdefault.jpg)
What riffs made YOU start playing 7 strings?!
Fear Factory Self Bias Resistor,
Meshuggah - Beneath
Morbid Angel- Where the slime lives
Wake up and smell the Carcass
Carcass, for the same reason ( did not want to down tune a 6 ) Angel vivaldi ( J.C. ;) ) meshuggah. also Enjoy dropping opeth down to B standard on some songs. deftones.
Fear factory, coal chamber, korn then later on... I knew I needed a 7string after seeing a band in k-town called Humanfuse several yrs ago :P
Michael jackson-smooth criminal... Oh and after the burial-a steady decline
I think Conquering Dystopia really made me go holy shit I need a 7
Are there any RUclips videos you haven't commented on?
ConqDyst and Alluvial both are what brought me back to 7 strings after playing 6ers for ages. Quite possibly two of the best instrumental metal projects ever made
Same man
Alluvial is so insanely good!
@@mikefearon3577 nop
This should have been 7 riffs that made me start playing 7 string guitars.
Talk about a missed opportunity lol.
Did you make your own video yet?
"7 riffs that made me start playing 5 string guitars"
@@DefiantDEFI what a shitty and unoriginal response.
Like everyone else!
LOVE that Humalitive riff! Was obsessed with it as a kid lol
xisumavoid me too! PS your fanbase is MASSIVE! Share the wealth! ;)
@@BenEller Dude, you're not cool unless you have a verified checkmark next to your name like us. You're past 100k subs, so you can get it now.
DesignCourse well obviously I need that! Where do I apply?
@@BenEller Get on skype! (We're contacts there)
Just caught up on Hermitcraft and tbh was absolutely not expecting to find you here
Trivium's shogun is what made me pick up a 7 string, there's some great stuff on there.
ARC same
Of Promethius yo
Me too.
Kirisute Gomen made me buy my first 7 string
This and Dream Theatre's Dark Eternal Night
Korn is definitely one of my big influences for wanting a 7 but lately I've been all up in Triviums business and I'm needing one even more
same here dude. KOrn & Trivium
To me it's mathcore/Djent.
One of the first bands I heard with this kind of sound was Erra, Plini, Gojira, modern day Babylon, and from there I fell in the rabbit hole
I used to listen to metalcore and deathcore, coming from a 90's hardcore punk basis, then I started enjoying the progressive metalcore bands and the solos and instrumentals from bands like Chelsea grin. I used to listen to thrash metal riffs from bands like artillery and kreator
Bought a 7 string specifically for Dream Theater's Dark Eternal Night
Same goes to me, as well as enemy inside, and some other tech death stuffs
That’s a fantastic riff!
Wow I thought it was just me ....
dark eternal night was my 1st song i learn on 7
Same
Saw your stuff gojira does video and was instantly hooked! Great stuff man!!!
gojina
I've learned more from Ben than anyone else on RUclips. He really knows how to teach.
Trivium - torn between Scylla and Charybdis
Pablo Randri The Crusde
Trying to play Sadness Will Sear on a 6
The whole Morbid Angel Domination album inspired me to to drop my tuning into the abyss.
That swirl green is one of the coolest guitars I've seen in a long time
Trivium’s shogun was a huge inspiration for me picking up a 7 string, still remember it blowing my mind when it first came out. Then I listened to Icarus lives by periphey, I knew after that the 7 string guitar was forever going to have to be in my arsenal. Just for extra credit, meshuggah and after the burial made me obsessed with wanting to purchase an 8 string.
Hearing Jeff Loomis on "This Godless Endeavor" made me want a 7 string with EMG's.
I expected more Hoobastank in this list..
GuitarVaultStore me too
No idea they where 7 string
@@jonw3462 thats the secret to their "stank"
Sweet vid. For myself, Jeff Loomis of Nevermore with Enemies of Reality
Fear Factory - Demanufacture album, for me a timeless classic. Thanks Ben!
Screw off Ben, I don't need to be buying more guitars.
DesignCourse sorry/not sorry!
You know you always need new guitars! What kind of player are you?
@@rafaelcarmo5562 a player that just bought a new guitar. Outta the question for now
@@DesignCourse I get it we ain't rich
Such great videos Ben, I didn't know most of these songs but enjoyed you playing them
My two were easily Vai and Fear Factory.
I actually never had a 7-string, which is sad. My local guitar shop had a Vai 7 string this this pearl eye/triangle at the bottom. It was a $1,200 guitar they had hanging for years. They finally offered it to me for $700 once and I never went back for it (college came)
Still regret that to this day.
I remember hearing korns shoots n ladders like 25 years ago and going, "Wow, I wanna make those sounds." Begged my parents for 4 years before they broke down and bought me a guitar. I still play everyday.
I wanted a seven string since i heard Blind by KoRn
Keith Merrow got me into 7 strings. I heard his song The Arrival and it was all uphill from there. Figuring out those riffs without tabs was redonculus.
I just listened to his run through over and over of Pillars of Creation on the SD channel looking to hear the black winter. Made me want a 7, but I learned to play it in drop D. Still sounds pretty sick.
Unearth’s Zombie Autopilot did it for me.
Me too
For me it was Korn, Fear Factory, Devin Townsend and Deftones.
I used to have only an acoustic when I started playing and used to downtune to like drop f# because I wanted to play Deftones so bad. Floppy as fuck to say the least.
Ive been mucking around with guitar for ages now and finally about to get my first 7 string so this is rad,thamks dude🤘
Basically every Scar Symmetry song made me need a 7, I learned the verse riff in Ghost Prototype I as soon as I got it and it's still my favorite thing to both play and listen to
Dude. Your BEADF#BE tuning video got me to fall in love with my RG again and opened up my creativity being able to explore chords in the lower register. Thank you!
Thanks for breaking those down, you rule!
Wow this is nearly all the same for me. I got my 7 in 1998. Meshuggah and Fear Factory were the main inspirations. My teacher was a huge Dream Theater fan so when I bought mine he bought one too so he could show me some of their 7 string riffs. Rock on.
My Acid Words or The River Dragon has Come by Nevermore would be two riffs I'd pick for making me want a seven
Hell yeah, My Acid Words is so underrated
That blue/orange swirl is GORGEOUS!
Hanson's "Mmmbop", why i bought an 8-String
😂🤣 yeaaah ee yeaaahhh!
Pretty much same as you but with Morbid Angel as well. The intro to God of emptiness is beyond crushing.
Ben, please
You absolutely have to make a seperate video dedicated only to your guitars and stories of how you got them
Great work as always;)
'Dead Heart in a Dead World' Anyone ??
Fuggin yes!
One of my Deserted Island albums!!
YES. Not the first 7 string album I heard, but it quickly became one of my favorite albums (and Nevermore one of my fave bands) of all time.
Yessir!
I was about to comment this, but then saw you beat me to it! Greatest 7 string album ever! \m/
Part 1 1:00
Part 2 2:39
Part 3 5:58
Part 4 9:00
Part 5 12:32
HAPPY TO SEE HUMILIATIVE IN THE TOP! The None EP it's so good 👍
Why is YT showing me hair shampoo ads during this? I mean, Ben’s hair is a’ight, but this isn’t a Robert Baker vid or anything.
Lol totally j/k homes, you know your still my favourite uncle Unca Ben!
Funny comment but man, just use a free ad blocker lol
Good vid man. I myself have been playing 7-strings since ‘93.
Tendinitis- Jason Richardson has finally convinced me. There’s only so many times you can play it on a 6 string without feeling empty inside
I fucking love your guitars man! The swirls are absolutely beautiful.
For me I believe it was just that simple intro riff to Dream Theater's "The Mirror".
CHUGG-CHUGG-CHUGG - CHUGG-CHUGG-CHUGG - CHUGG-CHUGG-CHUGG - CHUGG-CHUGG-CHUGG
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Dream Theatre’s Awake album, specifically Lie and Korn’s debut album hooked me in High school!
"Lie" and "Caught In a Web" is what did it for me. "Resurrection" from Fear Factory was my other big one
Hey Ben, big fan of your channel here! Was waiting for a new video to ask if you'd do a weekend wankshop on the infamous Vomit Riff from Lamb of God's song "Hourglass". I feel like it's a riff everyone gets wrong. Thanks again man for all your awesome music knowledge!
Ben has that clarity.
Praise be Uncle B.
I love all your guitars, but the one you used for the Meshuggah song is my favorite!
I take it back, that purple one at the end... fuck!
Uncle Ben, me and my bud in high school totally got hooked on 7-strings based on Fear Factory riffs alone. So much "Self Bias Resistor" and "Replica"!
Acid Rain by Liquid Tension Experiment did it for me, everything else you could really get away with a 6 string for home playing but Acid Rain just sets you brain on fire with how cool it is and you really have to get a 7 stringer for that sweet sweet Petrucci song.
intro riffs remind me of Meshuggah. Theyr early days was on a 7 strings. Recently got my 7 string guitar and its just amazing.
No
Youre amazing 👍
It reminds me a lot of New Millenium Cyanide Christ
Nice to see some Fear Factory love! Seven Strings of Separation!
Happy New Year 2019...
👍🎸Keep Up the Great Job and Great videos 🎸👍...
Just bought my first 7 string guitar today! For me it was Deftones, Korn, and Emmure that made me want one. And I love it. Paired it with a Orange Crush 35RT.
Thanks for changing guitar in each section 👍 makes skipping backwards and forwards easy
The WHOLE song A Change of Seasons. First project I undertook. Still my favorite thing to play on a se7en.
The Steve Vai riff was by far the best, the swing and bends just flow really nice
I haven’t a 7 string guitar, and for what I want to play I don’t net it. But it’s surely interesting and gives you maybe more inspiration 🤔
KILLER VIDEO! I recently got into Korn's stlye of "riffing" I grew up with them! My first concert was "Follow The Leader" it instantly changed my life. Now Im 39 and learning Korn on my new 7 string! Life is peachy! text-green-game-over
Korn & deftones got me into 7 strings, with the later introducing me to 8 strings as well
God damn. Replica! I'd forgotten that whole album; I need to dig it back up.
Love your channel Ben!! Can you make a korn video one day, with all your favorite songs?
Wait a minute. If Vai is your dad, and you are my uncle, that makes Steve my grandpa. SWEET!
Uncle grandpa? Sounds like a cartoon or something... Lol
Oh man, Dino made me want to pick up a 7 too. Linchpin is such a boss tune.
I just got myself a PRS SE Mark Holcomb SVN in walnut green and the first riff I learned was the Dream Theater one you showed us🤘 it's so catchy could'nt stop playing it for almost 30 minutes
Worth it just to watch you play Animal. Now I'm getting a 7 string.
Yeah man replica was my first song on the 7 string! Love Fear Factory :D
For me it was a general thing about low tunings... Arch Enemy, In Flames... that sort of thing...
But not kidding here, Uncle Ben, while i have been dabbling with the idea of a seven string for quite a while because of said bands, it was YOUR VIDEO about "That seven string tuning you have to try" that sealed the deal for me!
I thought you might have "A Change of Seasons" somewhere. Then the video starts with it. Much love and respect, Uncle Ben!!
I just bought a 7 string ltd black metal, I can't wait for it to come in!
I guess I'd have to say Korn but, honestly, I just wanted to try one because so many people made it look cool. I bought a cheap (and I mean cheap) Douglas 7 and modified it thanks to watching your documentary of the road flare red Ibanez build.
That natural wood ibanez with the last six scalloped frets is epic!
The Animal is one GOOEY riff. Awesome. I want a 7 string now, and I play country and rock.
The Mirror should've been on here. Everytime I pick up a 7,that riff and the intro riff for Soul Burn from Meshuggah comes up.
Just bought my first 7 string. So much fun!
I mess around a bit in drop D thought I’d try something lower. I kinda got an idea for a sound to mess with
Initially, it was Fear Factory that made me interested in 7 strings, and I got started with a washburn WG587. After that it was Dream Theater, so I got an Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci signature Majesty 7.
Monuments is what did it for me. First song I heard by them was Atlas and was dying for a 7 after the first listen.
Vai’s Passion and Warfare and I spent a long time saving up but never found one I could afford, then they disappeared!!! Years and years later, I was wearing a Mesa Boogie hoodie and Monkey from Korn was mingling after their show and commented on it. I said thanks and then BEGGED them to help get 7-strings back on the market. He said things were in the works!!
Thnx for this video. I wish it was a little more extensive although I know you were showing how to play the songs so that makes it tough. A second part to this video would be awesome! Oh and you are right about the sus on got the life!
Love your guitars 🎸
For me it was pretty much the entire Shogun album, still dont have one though cause im too broke so i got the next best thing in a drop tune pedal. Still hope to get an actual 7 string one day, hopefully.
You can literally get a pretty decent Ibanez gio for like 200-250 dollars.
Dude so I just realized your from my area and good friends with one of my friends that’s awesome!!!!
It was definitely Fear Factory that got me into 7-strings as well, then I got into Meshuggah and didn't look back after that.
I bought mine because both of the bands I was in most recently were 7 string bands. Didn't even bond with it until I quit and was trying to sell it, but now it's the only guitar I play.
Love all those Ibanez 7 string axes!!!
Trivium - down from the sky was the final nail in the coffin for me
Love the Soilwork mention! Any chance of you doing a Soilwork lick in the future?
Dude I (finally) jumped into the dark realm of 7 String about 7 months ago. For the ESP E-II Horizon FR-7. It was a challenge at first...it was like ‘Dude, this extra string is on the way!!’ But I just made a point to play that guitar every day and didn’t take long to get used to it. Love it, and naturally my style has shifted into more of a melodic death metal style.
I have resisted only because I didn't want to change an extra string.. It's time to explore one
I'm so in love with that Aristides
I just got my first seven today! For me it was putting on the CD (yes I'm old) of Korn's blind single (Yes they had singles on CD) but I was young broke as a joke so here I am in 2021 getting my first 7 stringer LOL.. Great vid dude!
I am saving up for a 7 string but unfortunately I’m a lefty but the one I found is $450 the song(s) that got me in to 7 strings were: The Glass Prison, This Dying Soul
Jeff Loomis and the band Nevermore talked me into getting a 7
I started on a 6 years ago after watching some Ben Eller dude
i got a Yamaha 42ODZ II 6 string ,drop tuned half step
Schecter hellraiser Jeff Loomis signiture , standard tune
Schecter hellraiser C7 blk , dropped half step
cheers Ben
please bring more 7 string vids , cool
Watching Meshuggah play live as a support act for Machine Head in 1995 was my introduction to the 7strings. Those black Ibanezes with neon green pickups. OMG. Bought the Steve Vai UV777P in 1998 :D
Love it! Very similar to you here - started discovering Korn here on the Tube, thought that Head and Munky's 7 strings were the coolest thing ever. Korn actually inspired me to start playing guitar, because power chords and so damn fun! Soon thereafter discovered Fear Factory. Was so used to Korn's filthy low guitar tone that Dino's super tight machine riffery was like an enlightening slap in the face. Like you, I just had to learn Replica and Self Bias Resistor. (Your cover of the latter is fantastic, by the way!)
Then I very quickly discovered Meshuggah. Changed the way I looked at music for the better. Saw them live in concert. One of my best life experience without a doubt. Plus, they use 8 strings. Like, how metal is that? So HEAVY. Animals as Leaders was supporting. Tosin Abasi. Holy (New MIllenium Cyanide) Christ...
These days, have a 7 string in drop A, with a big fat .070 for the low A. (Took some careful filing at the nut.) So inspiring - sounds beautiful clean and brutal dirty. Love it so much!
Damn, I love Demanufacture and thanks for the Replica riff! Big time FF fan since 95
Dark Eternal Night by Dream Theater is absolutely what did it for me. I’ve been a 6 stringer for a while but I just bought a Jason Richardson 7 string in the new red color.
I honestly have just played 6s since I was 9 and I'm 22 now and got a bonus from my job decided to buy another guitar have a lot of 6s so decided to go for a 7 and love it and now I'm hunting riffs to learn lol.
Holy moly Ben that Aristides is nice!
I just got my first 7 string yesterday, I'd say "Psychosocial" by Slipknot, Every Korn song and "Silence In the Snow" by Trivium really made me want a 7 string
I got my 7 string just to play Kirisute Gomen by trivium
Rudolph von Stroheim I can respect this
Props man. That's a great song. Tough to play to.
Been playing for 21 years and just picked up my first 7 string today. ESP LTD EC-407. For me what made me get one is Unearth.