There is some talk about jackson coming out with some Production 7s?

[eaeolian]

There's a huge 7 string community out there (the Sevenstring.org forum has an immense amount of traffic), and most are hardly "fad" driven. I'd like to see Jackson take it seriously, as most serious 7 string players are perfectly willing to cough up a (reasonably) large amount of money to get a good 7 string.

[Charlz]

There's a huge 7 string community out there (the Sevenstring.org forum has an immense amount of traffic), and most are hardly "fad" driven. I'd like to see Jackson take it seriously, as most serious 7 string players are perfectly willing to cough up a (reasonably) large amount of money to get a good 7 string.

Yup.

[RunDMC]

The KV headstock definitely looks smaller, even though it isn't. The placing of the logo has an impact, but I think it's the location of the high-E tuner on your soloist's headstock makes the biggest difference to the apparent size. On the soloist, it leaves a much longer overhang (for want of a better word). Are the spacings between the tuners completely different?
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You're right. It looks like the high E tuner on the KV is closer to the 'corner' of the top of the headstock (indicating less length to it). Weird.

[pro-fusion]

On my old Jackson Stars 7-string Soloist, they used the massive headstock from the old '80s Jackson basses. Kind of funny-looking, actually. Most of the USA 7-string Soloists (and my CS 7-string Stealth) have a somewhat smaller headstock.

Personally, I prefer the 4x3 headstock on 7-stringers, and that's what I have on my KXK.

[toejam]

I want a 14 string!

Ibanez already did that for Korn, years ago... the K14. It's like their K7 model, just with octave strings. It's the equivalent of what a 12-string is to a 6-string.

[toejam]

Would be very cool if they did it with the 4+3 headstock instead of the inline which looks too big on the 7s.

Obviously, I agree with this statement.

I know, Mike. Your guitar is what I was actually thinking of!

[demeyes]

When it comes to 6 strings Jacksons are what I'm into, I then got into 7 strings and didn't have any option but to go out to another brand. Now I'm on stage player Schecter and Ibanez guitars, but if they come out with a decent line of 7 strings thats what I'd hope to be back playing. A nice Soloist would be awesome.
I think that people who associate 7 strings solely with nu-metal should probably get their cd collection updated, so many good modern bands are taking the 7 string and utilizing its full range. I think you can be fairly sure that these models will sell too, judging from the positive response over on ss.org.

[Mikernaut2]

There's a huge 7 string community out there (the Sevenstring.org forum has an immense amount of traffic), and most are hardly "fad" driven. I'd like to see Jackson take it seriously, as most serious 7 string players are perfectly willing to cough up a (reasonably) large amount of money to get a good 7 string.

+1

[kmanick]

There's a huge 7 string community out there (the Sevenstring.org forum has an immense amount of traffic), and most are hardly "fad" driven. I'd like to see Jackson take it seriously, as most serious 7 string players are perfectly willing to cough up a (reasonably) large amount of money to get a good 7 string.

He speaketh the truth

[bibz]

Add those of us who can't hang on sevenstring.org because of gas, too!

[thetroy]

I'll be the first to say that I want a 7-string soloist just to have a couple more notes to meedley meedley and chugga chugga with. I don't want to do anything innovative!

[pagemalicious]

It's just an extra string. It's not a crime

Look at the amount of shitty bands using 6 strings compared to shit bands using 7's.

Anyway. I have a COW 7 and love the damn thing. But would like Jackson to bring out more 7's that are affordable but have the same great quality of the COW 7. Maybe an SLS 7 or a Rhoads 7 but with a better designed headstock to fix neck heavy problems.

[wannabguitarist]

First post here after lurking for a few months. I would love an import Jackson seven if it played like the COW 7. The one I played at GC shit all over my RG7420 and the LTD sevens I've played

I'm 38 and I still love em... I just use em cuz they sound heavy, chunky... I'm not a lead player at all... I'd love a USA production model...

One of my favorite guitars on ss.org

[Charlz]

One of my favorite guitars on ss.org

Thanks. I don't get over to ss.org too much... Seems to be mostly Ibanez... I'm not a fan...

[kmanick]

not anymore.
Still plenty of ibby fans , but lots of Schecter love and Carvin and KXK as well.