Ochoteco CS7 Seven String Guitar 'La Siete'

My big beautiful blonde! Tasmanian Blackwood (Acacia) back and sides with an Engleman Spruce top, gives this exquisitely finished guitar a balance, subtlety, power and clarity of tone that I find excruciatingly delightful. The neck is solid old growth mahogany which keeps the sound alive and further enhances the tone, nut and compensated saddle over hand sculpted Brazilian Rosewood bridge are graphite and she's fitted with a Highlander under saddle pickup.

I almost always keep the 7th string on low A and the rest in DADGAD, DADF#D, Drop D, double drop D or even standard strung with a custom set of Newtone Masterclass strings of the following guages: .013/ .017/ .024/ .032/ .42/ .056/ .074

Playing a seven string is much more challenging that I expected and I soon discovered that I intuitively found both right and left hand finger positions with reference to the botom/bass string. Adding another string to my field of vision both through my eyes and in my 'inner map' threw out half the references I had build up and absorbed for decades that served be well with everything from my Telecaster and SG through steel strung acoustics and nylon strung classical, flamenco and folk instruments.

My first string instrument was a cello at the age of 9 and I think I missed the rich low notes so the fire of desire has always been with me to conquer my own limitations and find new freedom in the arms of my big seven string blonde!