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 2008its times like these i wish i had another string lol
Capt.Z4th September 2008WUH WUH WUH
I am Amazed!!
Nighthawk14th September 2008Wow lovely Neo-Metal Sound!
Danilo Capezzuto4th September 2008Wow Ian! What a nice and powerful rhythm! I need more, keep on!
Emir Hot4th September 2008really powerful
DeepRoots4th September 2008If you need one excuse to tune down- this lesson would be it.
Awesome lesson Ian
Juan M. Valero4th September 2008AWESOME !!!!!! killer sound mate !!!! Love this lesson, yeah, one of my favourites here in GMC
Gabriel Leopardi4th September 2008These riffs are so good! What a great lesson!
Keep this modern stuff coming!
Jose Mena4th September 2008Awesome Ian, you truly have great taste. Every lesson of yours is a great composition.
Nazgul4th September 2008Your style is perfect, mate! Always sounds a little bit like BFMV.
TakeJoy4th September 2008Sounds great, exactly the style of Sevendust!
Gerardo Siere4th September 2008Wow, sounds amazing, didn´t know that band.
Siggum4th September 2008Wow that was hard!! great play Ian, and awsome composition!
Alex874th September 2008Awesome Ian
Ivan Milenkovic4th September 2008Great control and feel for the rhythm man
kaznie_NL4th September 2008So cool!! Very nice info about the sevenstring! Love it Ian!
Marcus Siepen4th September 2008cool rocking lesson
Lian Gerbino4th September 2008awesome 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 2008I Have to check this band out
What a great lesson Ian by the way !!
Chokehold4th September 2008I got to say that i liked this better then the real sevendust
Ian Bushell4th September 2008Thanks 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 2008This lesson is so inspiring Ian! Great one, keep them coming man!
bladzerok4th September 2008wow i LOVE the second riff
the last is also very cool
thanks for an awesome lesson Ian
Pablo Vazquez4th September 2008WOW!!! I heard it and I think this one is one of my favourites lessons!!! Great!
Bogdan Radovic4th September 2008Awesome lesson on 7 string man!! Good job!
Hisham Al-Sanea4th September 2008great lesson Ian.powerfull
Trond Vold4th September 2008Excellent lesson!
Harris Sopovic4th September 2008Nice 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 2008That intro sounds KILLER!!!!!
Kristofer Dahl6th September 2008Amazing - what a compostion and tight performance! Thanks again for the inspiration Ian!!
Antipolitik6th September 2008Last riff gave me a b***r ... love it!
sigma77th September 2008awesome! 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 ([email protected] @ 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 hahaawesome! 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 2008A 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 2008So cool all those riffs man! It reminds me to Meshuggah
glowshadow5th October 2008wooooooooooohooooooooooooooooow yohoow
awesome man! you rock- Ian Bushell19th October 2008
Cool glad you enjoyed the lesson:)
Keep rocking! 
Red23rd April 2009I like this a lot
- Karl-ss27th April 2009
Loved the Lesson man! Nice Alternative metal Sound!
thefireball24th December 2010i love 7 strings! i wanna get one
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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
Rockin'
Ian