7 strings on a 6 string

I was just wondering if I was the only person who, in their constant routine of stringing and re-stringing that you could be compelled to put a pack of 7 strings on a 6 string guitar. Instead of the standard of it being E-A-D-G-B-e it would be B-E-A-D-G-b
You obviously wouldn't be able to get the highest octaves in your leads from a E to e string set but man could you get some low riffs and complex chords from it. Ofcourse this should only be taken into consideration if you have 6 string guitars and no 7 string guitars and hate to go lower in your tuning.

It could work, but it may put too much tension on the neck... also, the nut may not be wide enough to hold the strings.

Have you tried it?

i don't know the math of a seven string guitar but dropping the tuning a fourth would make it a baritone thus requiring a different scale length. you would never get the tuning right on a guitar made for standard tuning

Thats a great idea! I dont play metal but I think you could get some seriously interesting riffs out of that. Ive got a crappy old guitar at home I might give it a go! cheers

Tuning-wise, if you tuned the G string to an F# then you could still use the same chords as for standard tuning, although barre chords would sound quite mushy though.

As for strings, you could probably get away with using a 6 string set, just a much thicker gauge to handle the downtuning.

I tuned my low E down to an A once, just to see what it was like, and if it was playable. It worked suprisingly well, considering I had a regular set of strings on.

my first guitar i picked up was a russian 7string guitar, i found it at a garage sale for ten bucks...it was a peice of crap though, the action was about an inch and a half at the 12th fret....talk about beginner guitar...