Muse-scuses-to-buy-stuff

darthed1981

Totally loving the new Muse song, with a video which makes Matt Bellamy look even creepier than usual...

So thought "must learn this song" and it is apparently in "B standard" tuning, or can be played on a 7-string.  The riffs mostly seem to require an open low B string.

As this is the Fretboard... an excuse to pick up a cheap 7-string?  Not got such a thing as not normally a "metal" type (though I do like rather a lot of metal stuff, but not really ever gone to the level of wacky baritone tunings).

Anyone tried a cheap 7-string, Thomann have one for £122 that's an HB... or is it better to whack heavy strings on another guitar and tune it down to "B standard"...

BTW - I already know a lot of people here hate Muse... I love them though, and as a side note, helluva lot better as a first release off an album than sodding "Dig Down" was...

meltedbuzzbox

I've got a 7 string you can have for 50 quid in Northamptonshire

Philly_Q

meltedbuzzbox said:

I've got a 7 string you can have for 50 quid in Northamptonshire

M D Phillips will have it if no-one else wants it.

Sassafras

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

darthed1981

meltedbuzzbox said:

I've got a 7 string you can have for 50 quid in Northamptonshire

What kind...?

darthed1981

Sassafras said:

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

That's OK, there is nothing that can't be fixed by Coldplay...

stickyfiddle

You can always approximate with a thick E string and a very-dropped tuning. I used to play Citizen Erased like that. And the Foos’ Stacked Actors was recorded the same way iirc - Drop A

Sassafras

darthed1981 said:

Sassafras said:

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

That's OK, there is nothing that can't be fixed by Coldplay...

I'm not clicking on that either, my life expectancy is already at risk.

darthed1981

Sassafras said:

darthed1981 said:

Sassafras said:

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

That's OK, there is nothing that can't be fixed by Coldplay...

I'm not clicking on that either, my life expectancy is already at risk.

But Coldplay can "Fix You"?

usedtobe

darthed1981 said:

Sassafras said:

darthed1981 said:

Sassafras said:

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

That's OK, there is nothing that can't be fixed by Coldplay...

I'm not clicking on that either, my life expectancy is already at risk.

But Coldplay can "Fix You"?

Well.. they’ll try..

Kittyfrisk

Sassafras said:

darthed1981 said:

Sassafras said:

That's 4 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.

That's OK, there is nothing that can't be fixed by Coldplay...

I'm not clicking on that either, my life expectancy is already at risk.

Sounds like you're yellow.

darthed1981

Is now a good or bad time to mention I also like the Killers?

meltedbuzzbox

darthed1981 said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

I've got a 7 string you can have for 50 quid in Northamptonshire

What kind...?

It's a super strat style.
It's a Lindo concept guitar. 
Looks very similar to an Ibanez rg

meltedbuzzbox

stickyfiddle said:

You can always approximate with a thick E string and a very-dropped tuning. I used to play Citizen Erased like that. And the Foos’ Stacked Actors was recorded the same way iirc - Drop A

Or buy a 7 string set and string up B to b and keep the high e as a spare?

hassleham

Just put a capo on 7 and play it an octave higher

darthed1981

meltedbuzzbox said:

darthed1981 said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

I've got a 7 string you can have for 50 quid in Northamptonshire

What kind...?

It's a super strat style.
It's a Lindo concept guitar. 
Looks very similar to an Ibanez rg

I'll pass for now but thank you

hassleham

Personally I found adapting to playing a 7 string very difficult so if I were playing something tuned that low again I would probably just use a 6 string and tune it down with 13s on.

I tried a 9 string schecter in Andertons once and it was stupidly awkward to play and didn’t sound good at all. 

darthed1981

hassleham said:

Personally I found adapting to playing a 7 string very difficult so if I were playing something tuned that low again I would probably just use a 6 string and tune it down with 13s on.

I tried a 9 string schecter in Andertons once and it was stupidly awkward to play and didn’t sound good at all. 

That's basically a fucking sitar though isn't it!

TBH the capo 7 suggestion is a winner to date!

Cookiemonster

I would suggest listening to in rainbows. And deleting muse

mrkb

Just use an audio editor to bring the track up to E standard. Or tune down to Eb and match the track to that.

guitarmangler

Option three is getting a pitch shift pedal and dropping it down a 4th.