A friend of mine gave me his Ibanez 7-string awhile back.
Since I've been rehab-ing my left wrist lately, I decided to pick it up, and have found that practicing helps rebuild these muscles. I can only play for about 20 minutes right now before I have to stop.
This 7-string is unreal. If I would have bought one 30 years ago...man, I would've been a rockstar for sure. It opens up so many doors.
So I'm going backwards in my music (sort of), to move forward in my life.
And learning the 7 and jamming along with Fear Factory has been very helpful;