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Post by JohnH on Oct 11, 2010 1:02:15 GMT -5
I just came across this great read: Tuning NightmaresLots of good info there about getting fretted instrumeents in tune, based on a lifetime of suffering! cheers John |
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Post by lpf3 on Oct 11, 2010 8:30:54 GMT -5
John- That is a great read- thanks for the link. Of course, I never have any of those problems with tuning, but a friend recently confided in me that he has. I'll be sure to pass this info along.........  lpf3 |
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Post by ijustwannastrat on Oct 11, 2010 10:33:41 GMT -5
Great article, though the only new part for me was switching to a rhythm pup and rolling your tone down
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Post by JohnH on Oct 11, 2010 17:08:24 GMT -5
I went looking for such info to help me confirm my suspicions that a couple of the nut slots on a cheapo guitar were too high. Indeed they were, and a few judicious strokes with a hack-saw fixed it nicely (proper luthiers fall off chairs in horror...). Then, given a bit of confidence, I fixed the 3rd string on my Gibson, which now plays correctly for the first time ever (luthiers remain on ground twitching...)
The other thing I found insightful was the comments about the ‘old school’ tuning method of using 3rd, 4th and 5th harmonics to tune strings relative to each other. If you set the top string to a tuning fork, and then work your way down to the 6th, the low E will be about 20 cents sharp, ie, it won’ t be exactly 2 octaves lower, ie x0.25 frequency, but instead 0.253.
John
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Post by irwired on Oct 28, 2010 17:05:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the helpful link  It was a worthwhile read i second.... or fourth... your opinion. even though tuning can be just so good, "in" sounds sweet and "out" is ..... :Pwell.................. out  Cheers ;D |
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