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Post by curmudgeon on Nov 30, 2023 23:25:19 GMT
I'm hoping one of you erudite lot can help me. My 1st string is sounding tinny. Not just higher (obviously it's higher) but tinny. I can't explain it better than this whenever I'm finger picking which I do most of the time I'm almost wincing when I pluck it because it sounds wrong. It's not out of tune just wrong. Is it the set up? Would using heavier guage strings help? Am I plucking it to forcibly? Is it the nail varnish I'm wearing? It's driving me bonkers any ideas? Please. In the absence of the erudite one here’s my view. Definitely the nail varnish. Try a darker shade perhaps? Are they a different brand of strings? Or overdue a change? Has it come on suddenly? Janey, what is the Relative Humidity where your guitar lives?
I do believe that most of the UK has had very high RH for most of this year (>60%). and now it is winter, and the central heating is humming away, and as I speak, RH in my lounge has, "relatively" quickly, gone down to 42%.
That means that the tops of acoustics have bulged for some months, and now they are shrinking and actions are reducing.
This causes some buzzing, and sometimes some "sitar" sounding due to microscopic changes in the angle over the nut.
I've experienced this situation on my highest quality guitars (thinnest tops) and gone to my luthier/tech saying that there is something wrong with the sadle. He nods sagely, then takes a teeny tiny file to the.... nut! Good guitars, particularly, are sensitive to changes of humidity.
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Bit tinny
Dec 4, 2023 16:02:02 GMT
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Post by Janey on Dec 4, 2023 16:02:02 GMT
In the absence of the erudite one here’s my view. Definitely the nail varnish. Try a darker shade perhaps? Are they a different brand of strings? Or overdue a change? Has it come on suddenly? Janey, what is the Relative Humidity where your guitar lives?
I do believe that most of the UK has had very high RH for most of this year (>60%). and now it is winter, and the central heating is humming away, and as I speak, RH in my lounge has, "relatively" quickly, gone down to 42%.
That means that the tops of acoustics have bulged for some months, and now they are shrinking and actions are reducing.
This causes some buzzing, and sometimes some "sitar" sounding due to microscopic changes in the angle over the nut.
I've experienced this situation on my highest quality guitars (thinnest tops) and gone to my luthier/tech saying that there is something wrong with the sadle. He nods sagely, then takes a teeny tiny file to the.... nut! Good guitars, particularly, are sensitive to changes of humidity.
Could be but it stays in its case when not being played. I've got some heavier strings on order (Newtone Heritage 13s) to see if that makes a difference to the sound. I'm aware that these could alter the set up so a trip to the luthier may be called for 😊
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