| Subject: | RE: [RESOGUIT-L]Instrument Stability | | Date: | Saturday, January 28, 2006 22:30:31 (-0800) | | From: | Richard DeNeve <richard_d13132 @.....com>
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| In reply to: | Message 2607 (written by Lynn Oliver) |
--- Lynn Oliver <chief06@verizon.net> wrote:
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> What surprises me is that my squareneck needs to be
> retuned so often in my
> practice studio. Still, it gets played the most and
> has strings changed
> more often, and either could be the reason. At
> least it gives me lots of
> practice learning to tune by ear.
>
> Lynn
Lynn,
Do you stretch your new strings during the changing
process? New strings will stretch for several hours
of playing. And nut groove friction can raise the hob
with staying in tune.
I stretch new strings by bracing a thumb on the
fretbaord at about the 12th fret, slipping the index
finger under the string, and lifting straight up about
half or 3/4 of an inch. Pay attention, and you can
feel the sting give, then stop giving. That is when
you stop, or the string will break. You want to
remove any potential for plastic deformation, without
passing the fracture point.
And one should be able to tune by ear. With these
modern electronic tuners, it seems to be becoming a
lost art. Heaven help those who inadvertently change
the base frequency of their tuner. It can be done on
most of them, and might done be while getting used to
it. Folks would be out of tune and never be able to
get back in without an "ear."
Dick DeNeve
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