Stringtheorist
Fractal Fanatic
OK, here are my findings after fitting an Ernie Ball 13-56 7-string set (minus the top string) to my ESP Eclipse CTM.
First, I HATE the wound G-string. It may intonate better but it just feels wrong, and is much harder to bend. Initially, I even had trouble playing 5-string barre chords because my fingers would target the wrong strings.
Second, the overall tension feels more like a set of 010s or 011s than the 008s or 009s I usually play, so I may have to go down to a lighter gauge for the higher strings.
At the moment I'm only using this tuning to play Evanescence and Within Temptation songs. I never use the Axe's pitch-shifter to go down as I can't stand the latency and the weird artifacts it seems to create, even with a half-step drop.
First, I HATE the wound G-string. It may intonate better but it just feels wrong, and is much harder to bend. Initially, I even had trouble playing 5-string barre chords because my fingers would target the wrong strings.
Second, the overall tension feels more like a set of 010s or 011s than the 008s or 009s I usually play, so I may have to go down to a lighter gauge for the higher strings.
At the moment I'm only using this tuning to play Evanescence and Within Temptation songs. I never use the Axe's pitch-shifter to go down as I can't stand the latency and the weird artifacts it seems to create, even with a half-step drop.