I like what Chris Mood said, I Play a 7 string and have pretty much the same attitude about it. I was brought up on piano, and switched to guitar when I was 21: the range of the 7 appealed to me right away although I couldn't afford one, I was always reaching into the air after the low E when practicing in the dark. I finally purchased a 7 string jay tursor one of the less trendy guitars, it is a wonderfully toned and affordable guitar, I couldn't afford a 2800 Ibanez; this guitar was 400 dollars and I love the range. I started on Gibson style goya? then acoustic then a statacaster-wich taught me so much about the possibilities of tone without affects, the 7 is my favorite becuase I like inverting chords and real long range scales (like Judas Priest-okay I'll admitt I'm a bit of a metal head, raised on classical piano-excellent for neoclassical rriffology).My point? well if it's really you then play one if not yer just trying to wear someboby elses leather pants.