Top 5 Riffs that Made Me Start Playing 7 String Guitars! | Weekend Wankshop 214

[@BenEller]

What riffs made YOU start playing 7 strings?!

[@mikesbadopinions9671]

Fear Factory Self Bias Resistor, Meshuggah - Beneath Morbid Angel- Where the slime lives

[@jippyflapthorp9486]

Wake up and smell the Carcass

[@MrDmadness]

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.

[@coincrazy9338]

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

[@MUSHYSHY1]

Michael jackson-smooth criminal... Oh and after the burial-a steady decline

[@RudyAyoub]

I think Conquering Dystopia really made me go holy shit I need a 7

[@mikefearon3577]

Are there any KZbin videos you haven't commented on?

[@SuffyANX]

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

[@lordPix3lUK]

Same man

[@josuastangl7140]

Alluvial is so insanely good!

[@RudyAyoub]

@@mikefearon3577 nop

[@ButBigger42]

This should have been 7 riffs that made me start playing 7 string guitars.

[@jjrighteousxx13]

Talk about a missed opportunity lol.

[@DefiantDEFI]

Did you make your own video yet?

[@amirbelinsky3461]

"7 riffs that made me start playing 5 string guitars"

[@SpiritofPoison]

@@DefiantDEFI what a shitty and unoriginal response.

[@mattsbo]

Like everyone else!

[@ARCvideos13]

Trivium's shogun is what made me pick up a 7 string, there's some great stuff on there.

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

ARC same

[@nothere941]

Of Promethius yo

[@darkwarbr]

Me too.

[@Toleyshreds]

Kirisute Gomen made me buy my first 7 string

[@jayaremusic8992]

This and Dream Theatre's Dark Eternal Night

[@xisumavoid]

LOVE that Humalitive riff! Was obsessed with it as a kid lol

[@BenEller]

xisumavoid me too! PS your fanbase is MASSIVE! Share the wealth! ;)

[@DesignCourse]

@@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.

[@BenEller]

DesignCourse well obviously I need that! Where do I apply?

[@DesignCourse]

@@BenEller Get on skype! (We're contacts there)

[@chrisp8461]

Just caught up on Hermitcraft and tbh was absolutely not expecting to find you here

[@caseyjones4094]

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

[@azrul666]

same here dude. KOrn & Trivium

[@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess]

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

[@S1LVERflyin]

Saw your stuff gojira does video and was instantly hooked! Great stuff man!!!

[@tzon6802]

gojina

[@MichaelMcGlynns]

I've learned more from Ben than anyone else on KZbin. He really knows how to teach.

[@randumbyootoobyooser]

Bought a 7 string specifically for Dream Theater's Dark Eternal Night

[@arifeewanazman6531]

Same goes to me, as well as enemy inside, and some other tech death stuffs

[@edloomingly7204]

That’s a fantastic riff!

[@samwillochell9528]

Wow I thought it was just me ....

[@pietrek5129]

dark eternal night was my 1st song i learn on 7

[@12345origamimaster]

Same

[@binzianer]

That swirl green is one of the coolest guitars I've seen in a long time

[@DesignCourse]

Screw off Ben, I don't need to be buying more guitars.

[@BenEller]

DesignCourse sorry/not sorry!

[@rafaelcarmo5562]

You know you always need new guitars! What kind of player are you?

[@DesignCourse]

@@rafaelcarmo5562 a player that just bought a new guitar. Outta the question for now

[@rafaelcarmo5562]

@@DesignCourse I get it we ain't rich

[@joshuasalgado4694]

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.

[@OpnDoarPlcy]

Fear Factory - Demanufacture album, for me a timeless classic. Thanks Ben!

[@JaMeshuggah]

Sweet vid. For myself, Jeff Loomis of Nevermore with Enemies of Reality

[@pablorandri6459]

Trivium - torn between Scylla and Charybdis

[@Pedalbored]

Pablo Randri The Crusde

[@anthonymanuel2911]

Trying to play Sadness Will Sear on a 6

[@jonathanguerrero7394]

Hearing Jeff Loomis on "This Godless Endeavor" made me want a 7 string with EMG's.

[@k5elevencinc0]

For me it was Korn, Fear Factory, Devin Townsend and Deftones.

[@adrianmojica2619]

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.

[@cesarbeltran6583]

I wanted a seven string since i heard Blind by KoRn

[@WesWarlord]

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.

[@theshapeexists]

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.

[@prasannasayami1351]

Part 1 1:00 Part 2 2:39 Part 3 5:58 Part 4 9:00 Part 5 12:32

[@geologyjohnson7700]

Pretty much same as you but with Morbid Angel as well. The intro to God of emptiness is beyond crushing.

[@jasonm456]

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.

[@c.g.vonhagenstein7576]

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!

[@sahamal_savu]

Funny comment but man, just use a free ad blocker lol

[@Meshuggapeth]

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!

[@CeoTHULHU]

That blue/orange swirl is GORGEOUS!

[@axeofcreation]

Great idea for a video. I'd make my own but it would be nothing but DT and Korn riffs. Yeah, I'm a dad ...

[@guitarvaultstore8032]

I expected more Hoobastank in this list..

[@BenEller]

GuitarVaultStore me too

[@jonw3462]

No idea they where 7 string

[@st9919]

@@jonw3462 thats the secret to their "stank"

[@wynnlowehart2831]

Trivium - down from the sky was the final nail in the coffin for me

[@Dogslayer]

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

[@Trilobite8jesus]

Unearth’s Zombie Autopilot did it for me.

[@joshuatorresnarvaez8765]

Me too

[@leestevens1539]

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

[@peaner083]

Ive been mucking around with guitar for ages now and finally about to get my first 7 string so this is rad,thamks dude🤘

[@7AKV7]

intro riffs remind me of Meshuggah. Theyr early days was on a 7 strings. Recently got my 7 string guitar and its just amazing.

[@TOAOM123]

No Youre amazing 👍

[@Crabcore1]

It reminds me a lot of New Millenium Cyanide Christ

[@ronfigg1]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Dream Theatre’s Awake album, specifically Lie and Korn’s debut album hooked me in High school!

[@seanmurry5349]

"Lie" and "Caught In a Web" is what did it for me. "Resurrection" from Fear Factory was my other big one

[@eskilseter]

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

[@EmbraceTheWorld1990]

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!

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

My Acid Words or The River Dragon has Come by Nevermore would be two riffs I'd pick for making me want a seven

[@tarkus1056]

Hell yeah, My Acid Words is so underrated

[@jasonstallworth]

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.

[@MrBungle222]

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.

[@rbnh9827]

'Dead Heart in a Dead World' Anyone ??

[@TheMetal750]

Fuggin yes!

[@MetalRob81]

One of my Deserted Island albums!!

[@TobyKBTY]

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.

[@reaverofsouls]

Yessir!

[@Bablobiggins]

I was about to comment this, but then saw you beat me to it! Greatest 7 string album ever! \m/

[@eugendudas2220]

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;)

[@permafrost2064]

I love all your guitars, but the one you used for the Meshuggah song is my favorite!

[@permafrost2064]

I take it back, that purple one at the end... fuck!

[@Ivan.u10]

HAPPY TO SEE HUMILIATIVE IN THE TOP! The None EP it's so good 👍

[@The_Macaroon]

Such great videos Ben, I didn't know most of these songs but enjoyed you playing them

[@ElectricMonkey99]

I fucking love your guitars man! The swirls are absolutely beautiful.

[@rickfeith6372]

The WHOLE song A Change of Seasons. First project I undertook. Still my favorite thing to play on a se7en.

[@thomasbaldiscola4671]

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

[@evil_in_your_closet]

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!

[@Dubnot]

Ben has that clarity. Praise be Uncle B.

[@Sodacake]

Oh man, Dino made me want to pick up a 7 too. Linchpin is such a boss tune.

[@ZedChuva]

Obviously Vai's Passion and Warfare made me go, "Damn, a 7 string would be sweet." Then many moons later Awake reignited that, "Damn, I should get a 7." Then A Change of Seasons hit the, "Gah... I need one!" Then many more moons later (in 09) I finally grabbed a 7 string. Learned ACOS and never looked back... to the 7 string. It just ain't my cup of tea I guess. Tried to write a tune on it a few times, but I just wan't inspired. I still noodle from time to time on it, to make it feel wanted.

[@jryer1]

The Steve Vai riff was by far the best, the swing and bends just flow really nice

[@ironz18]

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.

[@bradleyrayson2955]

Hanson's "Mmmbop", why i bought an 8-String

[@the_lyrical_woodsman]

😂🤣 yeaaah ee yeaaahhh!

[@antimatter2380]

Wait a minute. If Vai is your dad, and you are my uncle, that makes Steve my grandpa. SWEET!

[@sizzlewump]

Uncle grandpa? Sounds like a cartoon or something... Lol

[@SpaceWolfHudson]

Yeah man replica was my first song on the 7 string! Love Fear Factory :D

[@sabbathfreak17]

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.

[@gakiddo8043]

Korn & deftones got me into 7 strings, with the later introducing me to 8 strings as well

[@deathmetalscottie]

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"!

[@clintmyers6966]

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.

[@monstercrx]

Thanks for changing guitar in each section 👍 makes skipping backwards and forwards easy

[@pen4uin332]

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

[@eskilseter]

God damn. Replica! I'd forgotten that whole album; I need to dig it back up.

[@kahrbo]

Another badass Meshuggah 7 string song is Future Breed Machine. Tight playing overall and monster tone. Also I seem to naturally be a sucker for B, Bb and A tunings, so that's a bonus to me. It's not one of their most progressive songs and doesn't have all the heavily divided rhythms you hear on a lot of their songs, but that doesn't take the awesomeness out of it. Meshuggah and Fear Factory are the prime reasons I wanna get a 7 string when I have the money for it!

[@RichieRichOverdrive]

Their whole first album is great tbh

[@cmc47834]

I love Bb

[@evilash570]

Nice to see some Fear Factory love! Seven Strings of Separation!

[@okojona]

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.

[@thomasnault7811]

You can literally get a pretty decent Ibanez gio for like 200-250 dollars.

[@PapaSancho666]

I have resisted only because I didn't want to change an extra string.. It's time to explore one

[@thedonal]

Nice! It was Dream Theater's The Glass Prison that got me wanting a 7 string. Some belting riffs in there.

[@ryanhass8716]

That first riff after the intro melody, the one with the wah accents, that's one of my favorite riffs of all time. It rocks so damn hard!

[@thedonal]

@@ryanhass8716 Yeah! I could never work out if that's wah or Whammy- and the internet doesn't seem to know either!! That first riff too though and the really earthy tone of it all

[@paulgorhamiii9926]

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.

[@Jentnoodles]

Love the Soilwork mention! Any chance of you doing a Soilwork lick in the future?

[@jamesyellow3786]

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 🤔

[@DC11GTR]

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!!

[@robertschwerdtfeger9680]

Love your channel Ben!! Can you make a korn video one day, with all your favorite songs?

[@fgc_7433]

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.

[@Music-Axis]

Good vid man. I myself have been playing 7-strings since ‘93.

[@JustinReinhart89]

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.

[@YourNameTag]

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

[@rareformx]

I remember looking at Trapt and Limp Bizkit tabs when I was young wondering why the hell they played 7 strings. A few years later I wanted to learn The Great Dividers by Unearth and that got me in on the 7s. Didn’t actually get a 7 until Rareform and Obzen came out (go figure, 8 string stuff). Never actually got an 8 and now I play a 6 about 90% of the time haha

[@kdog6793]

I was so glad Korn was in there. They are the reason I got a 7 string as my first guitar. The most noteable riff that I can recall making me want to play guitar was “Clown” by Korn

[@rahulbasu659]

I thought you might have "A Change of Seasons" somewhere. Then the video starts with it. Much love and respect, Uncle Ben!!

[@mjvalourlewis9008]

Worth it just to watch you play Animal. Now I'm getting a 7 string.

[@motonegearchannel1510]

The Animal is one GOOEY riff. Awesome. I want a 7 string now, and I play country and rock.

[@tonym4781]

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!

[@snooginsivmf]

Thanks for breaking those down, you rule!

[@OG-M4TT]

Main reason I would get a 7 string is for the album The Oncoming Storm from Unearth.

[@Degeneraion]

that's the reason I got it back then, Used to play 6 string on B standard before that, been playing 7's since, I have an 8 as well but I don't play it much

[@garrettallman3832]

Rivers of Nihil and Revocation made me grab a 7 string Kiesel plus all of the sludgy doom stuff that goes with low tunings.

[@Tommy7116]

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.

[@jqulrich]

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.

[@mrjop]

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

[@KillersAreQuiet133]

Id say for me it was Beg for me by Korn and The purest strain of hate by thy art that made me want to get a 7 string

[@mrburns366]

i had a 7 string years ago and it never jelled for me so i sold it.. then I saw your video about the "B standard + 1" tuning and decide to give try again. I have a dozen 6 string guitars I could tune down but I just ordered a Jackson JS22-7 instead.. its 26.5 scale length and for $180 new it was basically free

[@Metalltool]

I would kill for a lefthand 7 string with that burl finish from Ibanez. You own some beauties

[@Twy7chTec_Vayper]

Been playing Guitar almost 24 yrs here and outta those yrs, almost 18 of them I've been EXCLUSIVELY a 7-string player myself as well. I discovered Meshuggah back in '01(was 16 at the time lol), same with Nevermore and those were real really the (2) main bands that really Sold the whole '7-string Sound' to me. Just cause both bands were both doing things so completely, radically different. Not just from each other but also from any other band (at that time) was doing. Granted, Korn as well as the others still had there influences on me as well. Lol clearly can't mention 7-Strings without the man, myth, legend, Vai! But hands down, for me, Meshuggah & Nevermore🦾🤘🏻🤓😎🎸💯 great vid

[@rudolphvonstroheim3551]

I got my 7 string just to play Kirisute Gomen by trivium

[@M40A3Drgn]

Rudolph von Stroheim I can respect this

[@thedude8526]

Props man. That's a great song. Tough to play to.

[@IWatchYouFromAfarOfficial]

Holy moly Ben that Aristides is nice!

[@JoshClarkson]

Was expecting Zero Signal, Dark Eternal Night, Audience is Listening, Future Breed Machine so congratulations on confounding my expectations.

[@Oilid]

You just reinforced my will to buy a 7 strings! 😉👍

[@stevengensel9679]

Trivium!! I grew up on Korn but never knew it was a 7 string

[@brettmarlar4154]

Wow... how many 7's have you got?? I've got 4. Two Ibanez (one electric one acoustic) a Squire Stagemaster-7 (refitted with Dimarzio pickups and push/pull pots for coil tapping), and a PRS SE Custom 24-7. I would say that ultimately my reason for moving to the 7-string was how conducive it was to do two handed touch style. Passion and Warfare was what first introduced me to it, but I later learned that George Van Epps was the true father of the 7-string. I also learned later that GVE used the same tuning that I discovered and continue to employ (Drop A) as it made it easier for him to pull off his walking bass lines under his chords and melody.