problem with my tuners or the strings?

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recently i changed my guitar strings from my usual .9-.46 to .11-.50
and now even after i tuned it, the g string sounds really weird even though i tuned it like so many times. octave chords sound like crap. and only this string is affected. so is this the problem with my tuners or the strings?
 
Could be a number of things. What do you mean by weird? Is it not sustaining? Does it sound out of tune at certain frets?
 
Your intonation is out. Probably is out for the other strings too, just that it's more pronounced on the g string, because its the thickest unwound string.

You'll need to get your guitar set up. What kind of guitar and tuning system is it using? Stop tail? Strat style trem? Floyd Rose?
 
are the some of the notes on frets next to each other sounding the same? it also seems like you need a guitar setup.
 
Floyd Rose jia lat liao. You gotta open the back plate and adjust the springs also.

If you really want to have a proper set up I suggest you bring to a tech.

If you wanna try out and learn on your own, gimme some time I see if I can google anything up, cos it's hard to explain here in words.

Also, It's probably not gonna sound as good as an experienced tech setting it up, but you'll have some fun and at least learn something.

I'll go google a bit now, brb.
 
http://www.geocities.com/georgeong22/floydrose.html
Brief description of the procedure, but no pictures.

http://members.aol.com/TBoling125/FR_setup.html
Some pictures, some fairly good information you should know, but not enough for you to really set up you guitar.

http://www.fretnot.ws/Electric_Guitar_Intonation.htm
Fair article on intonation

As I expected, there aren't much detailed step by step procedures with pictures on the net. You should try buying or borrowing from library a book on setting up a guitar. I reccomend "The Player's Guide To Guitar Maintenance" by Dave Burrluck. Quite detailed and with lots of pictures, showing step by step what you need to do.

Go find out more before you really attempt anything. Maybe you can google up more shit than me.

One thing though. I highly reccomend you DO NOT adjust your truss rod until you REALLY know what you are doing.

Edit: Oh and make sure you have a decent tuner before you try to intonate.
 
Check if any of the frets is lifting or are there any uneven frets. I'm no expert on this issue, but I did came across a few while working at a guitar store sometime back.
 
Go to www.ibanezrules.com , the tech section there. There is a detailed explaination on floyd intonation. And its closer to home, for ibanez guitars and trems.


If you wanna have it done by someone else, I can do it for you. PM me.

Btw, there's really nothing to be afriad of the floyd rose system. Take some time to understand it and you'll be fine. No worries, the thing wouldn't break that easily. ;)
 
yes, there's nothing to b afraid of FR bridge ... i know nuts at 1st ... after some reading here and there, some guidence from expert bros here like SC, Thor666 and few more ... i gave it a try ... remove everything and set it up ... took me almost ½ a day ...

Intonation out, height out, reset again and again ... :lol:

thou i'm not an expert now, but i learn a few things and r more confident now when changing strings ... :lol:

OOh ... and yeah ... i oso did the truss rob even thou i did not know what i'm doing ... :blush:

now, intonation not to exact tune but close. (open string and 12th fret) only thing is while tuning normal w/o tuner, it tend to b slightly higher in tone with the B and high E ... any expert can help ??
 
now, intonation not to exact tune but close. (open string and 12th fret) only thing is while tuning normal w/o tuner, it tend to b slightly higher in tone with the B and high E ... any expert can help ??
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Huh I don't understand the question. You mean the tuner tells you it's in tune but your ears tells you it's not?
 
can i ask OT abit? truss rod is suppose to be very tight to turn or very loose? my truss rod the part where u use allen key to turn is very very loose :( wonder is this alright? my current gutiar got alot of buzzing so decided to do soem truss rod adjustment, but it seems weird, no matter how many rounds i turn it dun seems to affect at all
 
can i ask OT abit? truss rod is suppose to be very tight to turn or very loose? my truss rod the part where u use allen key to turn is very very loose wonder is this alright? my current gutiar got alot of buzzing so decided to do soem truss rod adjustment, but it seems weird, no matter how many rounds i turn it dun seems to affect at all
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Uh oh.

Dude you're not supposed to do that. Hope your guitar is alright.

Ok first of all, at which frets were they buzzing on? And which frets now?

Loosen is to straighten the neck, tighten is to create a curve. But i think you better make sure you know what you are doing before you do it.

EDIT: 'Not supposed to do that' was referring to 'turn many rounds on the trussrod not knowing what its doing'
 
Actually, playing the the truss rod isn't such a dangerous thing... True, you might crack/break it but if you are careful and do it slow, things will be fine. You can feel if wood is about to break anyway, you know, that creaking vibration?

Besides... everyone should know how to setup their own axe. ;)

Anyway classic, perhaps your truss rod is loose where the ajustment head is. This will have to be rectified by a tech.

Where is the buzz? Give more detail... which strings are which frets. This info is impt in helping you id your problem more efficiently.

Reason being fretbuzz on different areas are attributed to different things.. eg. fretbuzz on open strings = nut height too low. And so on.
 
sometimes it about stripping the truss rod threads thats a tad worrying, over turnign is never a good thing.
 
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