Who's song is that on the opening page of the Dean Guitars website? It's some rockin shit!

How long have you been playing this 7-string? I've dinked around on my buddies a few times and I find my hand gets cramped as well because of the thick neck. If you haven't been playing it for very long, you hands just have to get used to it.

I find 7-strings trendy, like, is that 1 extra string needed? Nah. I tune my strings down to C#, and then drop the top string down to B, for a mega low crunch, on a 6-string, with the thickest string being only a 46gauge, so I can bend the fuckin hell out of them.

You take any guitar in for trading though, and you get back only about 25% of it's market value. Too bad on the shitty purchase. Post it up on e-bay. You have a better chance making more money back that way.