My 2 cents is that ANY 7 string can be a challenge with a floating trem. I am a 7 player and have been for years, and my experience is not casual. Overall the JP7 bridge is fantastic. Keep playing and breaking that bridge in because if it is new, the spring shock is still happening every time you use it. Most guitar string sets are not balanced tension sets to begin with, and the tension tends to decline with the thicker gauges. This issue is compounded by the fact that the slightest turn of the peg on a low B will bring much more change in pitch than the G, B, E. If you break a string live, especially on a 7 with a floating bridge, have another guitar handy. All the reason in the world to have at least two JP7 guitars! Keep playing Vai licks or Mattias Eklundh style licks and you can break that sucker in proper. I find the low B takes a good 48 hrs to settle in.
Best of luck and enjoy that new 7!
Yan
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Originally Posted by Nazgul666
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