The look is classic Martin. An industry-standard LR Baggs Anthem acoustic guitar pickup system gives him the option of running it through an acoustic amp. Martin has also launched a six-string version ...

Since he rose to glory in the mid-’80s with The Smiths, Marr has been the king of crystalline chime. Now, he reveals how his new M-7 Martin – complete with octave Gstring – puts that shimmer ...

Swinging with seven stringsThat the switch, reportedly made because he wasn’t using the eighth string much and the seven-string instrument is easier to play, hasn’t hampered Hunter’s ability ...

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 ...

"Well, I play six-string as well. I play in Arch Enemy; Arch Enemy is a six-string band, and we will work on seven-string stuff in the future.

Marr's latest signature model, the M-7 – also available as a regular six-string – features an extra string to provide his trademark jangle ...