Hey everybody, I've been goin unplugged lately and I noticed the higher up on the fretboard I get, especially with barre chords, the worse I sound.
SO I did a little test... Turned on the old chromatic tuner, and hit my open high e string. After making sure it was completely in tune, I played the twelfth fret on the e string, and lo and behold it was exactly in between an E and an Eb.
I did it with each fret, and the higher I go up the fretboard, the flatter the note becomes compared to the note it is supposed to be.
I'm just wondering, since I doubt this is normal and/or supposed to happen, is there anything I can do to correct it?
Thanks,
Dave
I can't answer whether this is normal but I've noted that on my guitars (including a nice Gibson J45) that tuning the open string to dead-on puts fretted strings off by a little. If I use my tuner and tune for fretted strings the guitar seems to be better overall.
Am interested in hearing what real experts have to say.....
Unimogbert
(indeterminate, er, intermediate fingerstyle acoustic)
It's called Intonation. If your strings are fresh and in tune, and the problem's still there, unless you've got an adjustable bridge there's not going to be a lot you can do about it.
I've probably got this the wrong way round, but your string-length needs to be marginally shorter so that when you fret the string at the 12th fret you're stopping exactly half the length.
Best,
A :-)
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Hahahah thanks, I feel like an idiot
It must have been a year since I changed my strings hahaha... I finally switched on the set I got for Holiday and it's all working great.
I didn't know old strings could make such a difference, but thank you
New strings do make a difference...
if not for intonation and sound then at least for the great feel that only new strings can bring!
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