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  1. Problem with my acoustic The harmonic for the high E is on the 13th fret instead of the 12th. Anybody know what to do?
  2. Originally posted by jofice:Problem with my acoustic The harmonic for the high E is on the 13th fret instead of the 12th. Anybody know what to do?
    Is it well tuned? Is the 1st string sound the same as the 6th?
  3. @LikeASong
    Yeh its all tuned properly
  4. Originally posted by jofice:Problem with my acoustic The harmonic for the high E is on the 13th fret instead of the 12th. Anybody know what to do?

    The intonation's naffed, Could be the nut or the neck in my opinion, and to be honest sounds like something you'd do well to take to a music shop or whatever who do repairs.
  6. Sounds like an intonation problem with the bridge. Might be time to take it down to your local guitar repair person for a setup.





  7. Originally posted by WojBhoy:[..]
    The intonation's naffed, Could be the nut or the neck in my opinion, and to be honest sounds like something you'd do well to take to a music shop or whatever who do repairs.


    Sounds like an intonation problem with the bridge. Might be time to take it down to your local guitar repair person for a setup.


    Alright thanks for that I'll bring it down soon

    Any ideas how to prevent it happening again?
  8. Anyone got a list of Adam's basses he is using on the 360 tour ....I
  9. I got my guitar

    Looks great, but i'm still waiting on my amp

    I was trying to tune it using the M13's tuner, but it doesn't seem to stay in tune for long.
    Like i'll get all the string perfectly in tune (according to the markings on the tuner display)
    Then if I play with it a bit or lie it on my bed and 15 minutes later put it through the tuner again some of the strings are no longer perfectly in tune (ie. where I tuned them to be 15 mins ago).

    Is this normal? Do I just have to break it in or something?
    Or has the shipping stuffed up the guitar? It did come all the way from Georgia USA.
    I did notice when I opened the box tht one of the strings had slid out of one of the notches in the tune-o-matic bridge (I have no idea what that does, maybe I have to adjust it ). It was also badl out of tune out of the box, many strings were off by a whole tone or even more.

    It's possible i'm just accidently moving the machine heads when I play or set it down, i'll have to play around with it some more and see.
  10. Well, in a new guitar the strings use to go out of tune pretty easily. You have to bend them quite hard, push and release them, in order for the strings to get their actual tension. Once they've got the right tension, they must stay tuned for a quite long time...

    Anyway, if the strings go out of tune just lying on the bed, without strumming them... it's strange, maybe something's not 100% right. Do you have any music store near? You sh/could take the guitar to it and ask the sellers (they are musicians, usually) if something's wrong.

    Good luck, and glad you got it already
  11. Originally posted by vanquish:I got my guitar

    Looks great, but i'm still waiting on my amp

    I was trying to tune it using the M13's tuner, but it doesn't seem to stay in tune for long.
    Like i'll get all the string perfectly in tune (according to the markings on the tuner display)
    Then if I play with it a bit or lie it on my bed and 15 minutes later put it through the tuner again some of the strings are no longer perfectly in tune (ie. where I tuned them to be 15 mins ago).

    Is this normal? Do I just have to break it in or something?
    Or has the shipping stuffed up the guitar? It did come all the way from Georgia USA.
    I did notice when I opened the box tht one of the strings had slid out of one of the notches in the tune-o-matic bridge (I have no idea what that does, maybe I have to adjust it ). It was also badl out of tune out of the box, many strings were off by a whole tone or even more.

    It's possible i'm just accidently moving the machine heads when I play or set it down, i'll have to play around with it some more and see.



    cool news that u got the guitar , guy in my local music shop said u have to spend a good hour or so bending, playing, retuning etc then they should be right, post above me said same thing so it must be right
  12. Aha, so they do have to be broken in, that's good, for a minute there I was worried I got a bum guitar. Thanks guys

    Originally posted by LikeASong:

    Anyway, if the strings go out of tune just lying on the bed, without strumming them... it's strange, maybe something's not 100% right. Do you have any music store near? You sh/could take the guitar to it and ask the sellers (they are musicians, usually) if something's wrong.

    Good luck, and glad you got it already


    Oh, no they don't go out of tune, they're just no longer in 'perfect' tune, they still fall within the 'in tune' area of the tuner display, but I always originally tune them so they're 'perfectly' in tune.

    This usually happens after playing for 15 minutes or so. Actually even lying the guitar on my bed is not good as I realised:

    Due to the design of the explorer's headstock, the machine heads stick out below the head which means lying the guitar on a bed will cause the machine heads to rotate a bit, detuning it.
    So I have to remember to keep the head in the air when I put it down or keep it in the case.



    The M13 works excellently as a tuner though, accurate and very easy to use.
    It also tells me the name of any note I play, which will make matching notes to frets, learning scales and transcribing between tabs/sheet music much easier for an absolute beginner like myself.

    It also works rather well as a utilitarian piece of interior decor, with all the flashy lights and shiny footswitches



    Excuse the terrible photos, they were taken with my iPhone's crappy camera (and with a dirty lens to boot, as I realised right after I put all my gear away):



    I'm definitely glad I bought a proper Epiphone case too, it's vey plush and the Explorer feels very snug and secure

    .

    Overall, I'm pretty pleased , can't wait till my amp comes (though it is surprisingly playable unamplified). It's defnitely much easier to play on than acoustic, my fingers don't hurt, I don't have to stretch as much due to the smaller neck and I can already play the 11' O Clock Tick Tock riff.



    Now I just have to stop myself from playing it until my exams are over
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