The 7-string guitar has long been the weapon of choice for the harbingers of doom, delivering the extended range needed to play everything from djent to death metal and, of course, nu-metal. So, if ...

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Seven-string guitars became a staple of the nu-metal sound in the 90s and early 2000s, thanks in large part to James “Munky” Shaffer and Brian “Head” Welch of Korn. It created the nu-metal sound that ...

Brian "Head" Welch explained why Korn started playing seven string guitars, and the reaction that one of their heroes had to it. Head and Munky weren't playing in a band together yet, but Head ...