Sevendust Style Lesson

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- berko4th September 2008
  
  OMG, that was some tigh riffing there!! OMG, and its a 7string, i gotta grab my Schecter for this lasson.
  
  Keep these fantastic lessons up, Ian!!
- at lights end4th September 2008
  its times like these i wish i had another string lol
- Capt.Z4th September 2008
  WUH WUH WUH I am Amazed!!
- Nighthawk14th September 2008
  Wow lovely Neo-Metal Sound!
- Danilo Capezzuto4th September 2008
  Wow Ian! What a nice and powerful rhythm! I need more, keep on!
- Emir Hot4th September 2008
  really powerful
- DeepRoots4th September 2008
  If you need one excuse to tune down- this lesson would be it.
  
  Awesome lesson Ian
- Juan M. Valero4th September 2008
  AWESOME !!!!!! killer sound mate !!!! Love this lesson, yeah, one of my favourites here in GMC
- Gabriel Leopardi4th September 2008
  These riffs are so good! What a great lesson!
  Keep this modern stuff coming!
- Jose Mena4th September 2008
  Awesome Ian, you truly have great taste. Every lesson of yours is a great composition.
- Nazgul4th September 2008
  Your style is perfect, mate! Always sounds a little bit like BFMV.
- TakeJoy4th September 2008
  Sounds great, exactly the style of Sevendust!
- Gerardo Siere4th September 2008
  Wow, sounds amazing, didn´t know that band.
- Siggum4th September 2008
  Wow that was hard!! great play Ian, and awsome composition!
- Alex874th September 2008
  Awesome Ian
- Ivan Milenkovic4th September 2008
  Great control and feel for the rhythm man
- kaznie_NL4th September 2008
  So cool!! Very nice info about the sevenstring! Love it Ian!
- Marcus Siepen4th September 2008
  cool rocking lesson
- Lian Gerbino4th September 2008
  awesome Ian, I love that kind of stereo Riffs!
- Mark.4th September 2008
  Wow great! Wish I had a 7 string, gonnna get one if I got enough money but that will take like 3 years or so
- chmilew4th September 2008
  I Have to check this band out
  What a great lesson Ian by the way !!
- Chokehold4th September 2008
  I got to say that i liked this better then the real sevendust
- Ian Bushell4th September 2008
  Thanks for the kind comments:)
  Happy to hear you like the lesson.
  
  *GOOD NEWS*....
  is that the lesson can still be done on a 6 string, Tuning from low to high would be:
  B F# B E G# C# You would need 0.11 gauge strings to be safe.
  Enjoy!
- David Wallimann4th September 2008
  This lesson is so inspiring Ian! Great one, keep them coming man!
- bladzerok4th September 2008
  wow i LOVE the second riff
  the last is also very cool
  thanks for an awesome lesson Ian
- Pablo Vazquez4th September 2008
  WOW!!! I heard it and I think this one is one of my favourites lessons!!! Great!
- Bogdan Radovic4th September 2008
  Awesome lesson on 7 string man!! Good job!
- Hisham Al-Sanea4th September 2008
  great lesson Ian.powerfull
- Trond Vold5th September 2008
  Excellent lesson!
- Harris Sopovic5th September 2008
  Nice lesson !, reminds me a bit of Meshuggah
- Nick3255th September 2008
  \m/ nice riffing ian \m/
- Ian Bushell5th September 2008
  Thanks for the kind feedback, really appreciate that:)
  Rock n roll \m/
- Praetorian6th September 2008
  That intro sounds KILLER!!!!!
- Kristofer Dahl6th September 2008
  Amazing - what a compostion and tight performance! Thanks again for the inspiration Ian!!
- Antipolitik6th September 2008
  Last riff gave me a b***r ... love it!
- sigma77th September 2008
  awesome! how is a 7 sting guitar btw? because im making a 7 string guitar for a highschool project/ do u recommend it?
- Ian Bushell7th September 2008
  Thanks Kris;)
  
  QUOTE (antipolitik@live.se @ Sep 6 2008, 12:18 PM)
  Last riff gave me a b***r ... love it!
  
  Hahaha...that's funny, glad you enjoyed it that much haha
  
  QUOTE (sigma7 @ Sep 7 2008, 02:45 AM)
  awesome! how is a 7 sting guitar btw? because im making a 7 string guitar for a highschool project/ do u recommend it?
  
  Cool:)
  Wow, building one? that's impressive let me know how it goes:)
  A 7 string in my opinion is great. It takes some getting use to, but well worth it.
  Remember that the 7 string is more than just a "heavy" guitar because it accomadates for low tuning.
  It also adds extra harmonic function that you wouldn't be able to get on a 6 string, look at vai's 7 string work for example.
  You can really go crazy with the harmonic functions of a 7 string by altering tunings as well, the possibilities are endless:)
  Hope that helps!
- Toni Suominen7th September 2008
  A great heavy lesson, and I love those little bends! excellent work Ian!
- Ian Bushell9th September 2008
  Thanks Tony! Wasn't to sure about those bends at first, i thought it sounded like a duck! haha
  Cool, glad you enjoyed it:)
- Ramiro Delforte25th September 2008
  So cool all those riffs man! It reminds me to Meshuggah
- glowshadow5th October 2008
  wooooooooooohooooooooooooooooow yohoow
  
  awesome man! you rock
- Ian Bushell19th October 2008
  Cool glad you enjoyed the lesson:)
  Keep rocking!
- Red23rd April 2009
  I like this a lot
- Karl-ss27th April 2009
  Loved the Lesson man! Nice Alternative metal Sound!

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- Tags: Sevendust, 7dust, 7 string, Drop B
  Drop B tuning on a 7 string in the style of Sevedust. Chunky rhythms, stereo guitar riffs, octave parts and quirky bends.
Hay Gmc:ers! This lesson uses Drop B tuning on a 7 string in the style of SEVENDUST. The focus is on chunky rhythms, stereo guitar riffs, octave parts and quirky bends.

Tuning for the lesson from low to high: B F# B E G# C# C#

Don't worry if you don't have a 7 string you can still use your 6 string for this lesson, just without the extra high C#.

I used my 7 string for this lesson because it is setup for really low tunings like drop B and drop A. I use the extra high C# as a 12 string guitar effect. Works really cool for chords, so if you have a 7 string try it out! I have added rhythm guitar chords for this purpose. See lick 4 and 5

SEVENDUST use 6 string guitars and generally use drop B tuning.

Guitar tone should be very dry. No reverb and gain/distortion set to around half.
String gauge i used:
0.10-0.52 with an extra 0.10

The backing tracks include guitar 2 panned down the centre for you to play with at different tempos.

Tempo is 123 BPM in 4/4

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Ian

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