epiphone les paul special 2 guitar strings

[Hibiki]

hi, need some help and advise. jus got a les paul special 2 as a gift. i m currently still a noobie on learning stage. notice the sound of the orignal strings tends to b abit crappy when playing. and goes out of tune easily even tunning is done b4 hand after playing awhile. issit i m having prob with myself or issit the guitar having prob?? if strings need to be replace wad are the recommandations ex. brands and so on Thanks in advance for advising

 

[marxist]

i think its the problem with the tuners.maybe they are loose or something.cant really be the strings.anyway if the strings are new, it takes a few tunings to get them in stable tuning, stretch the strings.you can always bring it to a guitar shop like standard value and tell them the problem

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Note that the Special II is a low-end guitar... Inferior hardware and stuff, so perhaps going out of tune regularly could be a norm, but if it happens so often, maybe its the strings. I've played D'addarios, Ernie Balls, Dean Markleys and GHS, and they take weeks to go out of tune (my guitar's also a low-end, but by Ibanez).

Are your strings recently changed? Because I agree with Marxist that new strings will sound strange and go out of tune all the time for a few days (or a few hours of playing) until they 'break in'. Its kinda normal

 

[Hibiki]

hmmmm ok... tks for the advise guys

 

[Whitestrat]

hi, need some help and advise. jus got a les paul special 2 as a gift. i m currently still a noobie on learning stage. notice the sound of the orignal strings tends to b abit crappy when playing. and goes out of tune easily even tunning is done b4 hand after playing awhile. issit i m having prob with myself or issit the guitar having prob?? if strings need to be replace wad are the recommandations ex. brands and so on Thanks in advance for advising

If you're a noob, then I'd seriously advise buying a chromatic tuner. your ear is most likely not trained yet, and sometimes, due to dissonant vibrations from the strings, they CAN sound like they're out of tune. instead of worrying about the guitar, then just check it with a tuner.

Strings are strings. They ALL use the same hex core and wind ratio in the industry. If they're nickel wound, then they're the same as other nickel wound strings. Only the coatings in some cases are different. So, if the problem is in the tuners, or in your head, then no matter what strings you change to, you'll keep on having the same problem.

What I suggest, is you take some pencil lead and line the nut as well. It could be friction there that's causing the imbalance between the strings before and after the nut. The lead will grease the nut for you, and your strings would be of correct tention throughout, which means they won't likely go out of tune.

I line all my guitars with the lead. I abuse my strings, and trem, when I have one available. My strings hardly go out of tune.

You need also to understand WHY strings go out of tune. Stretching is one reason, but that's minor. If you have enough wrap around the tuner posts, the strings SHOULD NOT slip, no matter how crappy the tuners are. Then, the most likely reason is unbalanced tension. That's where the pencil lead comes in.