Git'r mechanics - HELP MEEEE!!!!
OK, I'm ready to make my Ibanez into firewood. :evil:
This is the one I put the graphite nut on in order to eliminate the strings sticking to the original cheap plastic nut, which was causing tuning problems.
I cut it to identical dimensions to the original and installed it, and now I've got a new problem. Please help!
OK. Now that the new nut is on, and each string tuned to perfect pitch, you can't fret anything without it going WAY sharp. EX: if I fret the 3rd/G string at the 2nd fret, for an A, it sounds at well above A. They're all like that. Furthermore, the harder you press the string at a fret, the sharper it goes. I didn't used to have that problem.
I've done a bt of diddling...the neck had the tiniest bit of bow in it, so I adjusted that out, reset the action/height, re-intoned; no improvement.
I put the bow BACK into the neck, repeated the entire process....same result.
At this point I'd take it to a REAL git'r mechanic, a pro, and let him sort it out...but there isn't anyone worth a dam within a few hundred miles of here. And I don't know any regular guys who're really good at this stuff. Or at least better at it than I am. :roll:
I'd really appreciate any input from the experienced git'r mechanics out there. I'm ready to let my dog off the leash and start using my git'rs for firewood. :shock: :evil:
This is the one I put the graphite nut on in order to eliminate the strings sticking to the original cheap plastic nut, which was causing tuning problems.
I cut it to identical dimensions to the original and installed it, and now I've got a new problem. Please help!
OK. Now that the new nut is on, and each string tuned to perfect pitch, you can't fret anything without it going WAY sharp. EX: if I fret the 3rd/G string at the 2nd fret, for an A, it sounds at well above A. They're all like that. Furthermore, the harder you press the string at a fret, the sharper it goes. I didn't used to have that problem.
I've done a bt of diddling...the neck had the tiniest bit of bow in it, so I adjusted that out, reset the action/height, re-intoned; no improvement.
I put the bow BACK into the neck, repeated the entire process....same result.
At this point I'd take it to a REAL git'r mechanic, a pro, and let him sort it out...but there isn't anyone worth a dam within a few hundred miles of here. And I don't know any regular guys who're really good at this stuff. Or at least better at it than I am. :roll:
I'd really appreciate any input from the experienced git'r mechanics out there. I'm ready to let my dog off the leash and start using my git'rs for firewood. :shock: :evil:
Comments
http://www.monteallums.com/enut_tuning.html#ensupp
I might try deepening the slots on the nut, as the site 'flood listed suggests. But if it doesn't work, not only have I ruined a new graphite nut, I still have a git'r that won't play.
check the releif in the neck by holding the D or G at the first and last fret
there should be slight gap at the 9th fret. Adjust truss rod as needed.
THEN
......................hold the high E string down at the 3rd fret................there shouldn't be much or no gap at the first fret (Slightly OFF the fret or slightly touching).
the B & G
about the same.........
Then for the D you want slightly more Gap
A slightly more than D
E slightly more than A
PS my zero-nut kits'll (http://www.monteallums.com/enut_tuning.html#ensupp) be here, and hopefully installed, by New Year's. Stand by for news and reviews; and now, here's Whip with sports!!!
Just kidding......what bridge do you own, is it a hard tail, one with saddles (like Fender Strat) or a Floyd Rose........that depends heavely.......
Or else just bring it to a guitar builder nearby, I am sure he can help you reslove your problem.....but to me it sounds you need to adjust the intonation of the guitar.........tuning is one thing intonation the other necessary....
This particular rig has a hard tail bridge, but with individual saddles, like a strat. Very easy to adjust.
I'd loooove to take it to a good git'r mechanic and have him straighten all this out, but there isn't one within 500 miles of here. :?
a sharpening fretted note sounds to me like the nut slots are too high :?
I was taught by Neal Moser on the attack of making a \"nut\".after 20,i had a good handle of it but after 50 i was realizing how much of a balancing act,a nut does for the strings.After 100,i get it right on, but there are still times when i go a hair too deep and end up scrappin a new nut :x
nutmaking IS a fine art
is this it??
http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51189
in order to go sharp,you would have to increase string highth an press like hell :shock:
the nut needs to be right on...... Locking tuners wouldn't hurt either
i believe this calls for pics!other than that .....the best advice i can give is buy Dan Erlewines \"guitar repair guide\",buy the nut making system from stewmac,a bunch of blanks........................and get \"experienced\".....but what do I know :?
Now I just need to straighten out this low-fret tuning issue. It was like this even with the original nut, and the one I made was to identical dimensions; I actually ended up making it about 1/4-1/2 mm shorter, to keep the strings low and avoid the tuning issue of too-high nut combined with excess fretting pressure causing out-of-tunage.
'Cuz if I don't sound good, Cam won't return my phone calls. :?
99% of guitars are wood,hardware,electronics......it doesn't matter who made it,they almost all have that in common(i'm well aware of composite and acrylic bodies too
i live in Nashville,the land of Gibbos :roll: i know quite a few ex and a few present employees and unless you know someone or are an endorsee....you get decent player but nothing spectacular.That theology seems to apply to most companies these days :roll:
of course 8) and anyone can learn this stuff if they put their mind to it.I like many guitars,plus i record and when i want a strat sound,or tele,gibbo,gretch,.......i better have something that can represent 8) but i'm not gonna buy all handmades because i don't play out,have no one to impress,and i can make do with something less but achieve the same end result.......it just works for me
awe hell.......the more,the merrier i say :P
Besides, I once owned 8 git'rs and Julia Roberts NEVER returned my phone calls. :? Heartless wench.
I found a well-reputed local luthier a mere 70 miles away! (that's \"nearby\" around here :roll: ). I'm gonna have him look at my poor 'binez and see if it can be straightened out...got my fingers crossed... 8)