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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Dec 22, 2022 14:35:10 GMT -5
So, I changed the strings on my guitar the other day, and, every time I do that it sounds tinny and thin for about three days. Then it seems to settle in and sounds like it should. Why is that?
Mike
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Post by billhammond on Dec 22, 2022 14:36:57 GMT -5
So, I changed the strings on my guitar the other day, and, every time I do that it sounds tinny and thin for about three days. Then it seems to settle in and sounds like it should. Why is that? Mike The strings take a while to absorb all your considerable mojo, Mike. |
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Post by TKennedy on Dec 22, 2022 14:41:59 GMT -5
Why is that why is that
You have no complaint
You are what your are and you ain't what you ain't
So listen up buster, and listen up good
Stop wishing for bad luck and knocking on wood
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2022 14:58:39 GMT -5
Probably string windings settling in.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 22, 2022 15:00:29 GMT -5
To hijack a thread, and I know this has been answered before but I dont' remember, why do strings sometimes go sharp instead of flat?
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Post by Russell Letson on Dec 22, 2022 15:07:58 GMT -5
I think it's the same mechanism that governs which direction the water spirals when it goes down the drain in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 22, 2022 15:10:11 GMT -5
I thought that was only in Australia.
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Post by Marshall on Dec 22, 2022 16:02:11 GMT -5
I think it's the same mechanism that governs which direction the water spirals when it goes down the drain in the northern and southern hemispheres. What happens at the equator? |
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Post by drlj on Dec 22, 2022 16:17:47 GMT -5
I think it's the same mechanism that governs which direction the water spirals when it goes down the drain in the northern and southern hemispheres. What happens at the equator? What happens at the equator stays at the equator. |
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Post by Dub on Dec 22, 2022 16:33:29 GMT -5
To hijack a thread, and I know this has been answered before but I dont' remember, why do strings sometimes go sharp instead of flat? Temperature is the main reason. Your hands tend to warm the strings which makes them slightly longer, enough so that they may go slightly flat and need tuning. Playing outdoors in the sun will do that too. When you set the guitar aside, the strings cool and become slightly shorter causing the pitch to rise. Changes in your guitar due to temperature and humidity can affect string tension too. |
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Post by Dub on Dec 22, 2022 16:39:58 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Dec 22, 2022 19:24:08 GMT -5
Temperature is the main reason. Your hands tend to warm the strings which makes them slightly longer, enough so that they may go slightly flat and need tuning. Playing outdoors in the sun will do that too. When you set the guitar aside, the strings cool and become slightly shorter causing the pitch to rise. Changes in your guitar due to temperature and humidity can affect string tension too. I had a garage sale guitar once, applause, which had an aluminum neck. Just holding it, and of course playing, would put it out of tune. And in the link: "air-abrasive strings". --for me that's a new one. |
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Post by millring on Dec 22, 2022 19:27:03 GMT -5
It's one of many reasons I don't like new strings.
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Post by james on Dec 22, 2022 20:03:48 GMT -5
Elixirs seem less uber-twangy to me from new at first strum/pluck.
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2022 20:10:38 GMT -5
Temperature is the main reason. Your hands tend to warm the strings which makes them slightly longer, enough so that they may go slightly flat and need tuning. Playing outdoors in the sun will do that too. When you set the guitar aside, the strings cool and become slightly shorter causing the pitch to rise. Changes in your guitar due to temperature and humidity can affect string tension too. And in the link: "air-abrasive strings". --for me that's a new one. An Applause, not a Matrix? |
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Post by Marty on Dec 22, 2022 20:14:24 GMT -5
D'Addario Make the acoustic bronze "Flattop" set. They sound broken-in right off the bat and have a smooth feel, no squeak.
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Post by Village Idiot on Dec 22, 2022 20:23:05 GMT -5
The squeak is what makes people who don't play think you know what you're doing.
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