We are so NOT in tune. Help needed. If it can be helped...

[ShredCow]

Yah lah goose, use diff chords loh! But sometimes ah, u want that tone that only THAT string offers!!! Hahaha...

Okay okay, time to pay malcolm a visit... re-strobing...

 

[snuffleupagus]

just by sitting down in front of a computer the whole day at work, you can actually find logical reasons to spend more money on gear repairs and brain numbing mysteries.

 

[gsonique]

thats why we call it 'dodgy' here !! :lol:
Dei Snuff how your plaser rockin ??

 

[ShredCow]

just by sitting down in front of a computer the whole day at work, you can actually find logical reasons to spend more money on gear repairs and brain numbing mysteries.

Imagine if I had guitar in front of my the whole day.


Yeah baby... yeahhhhh....



Shredcow
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[snuffleupagus]

Dei Snuff how your plaser rockin ??

i tried the effects send thingie, liked it alot(DIFFERENT)...but to me i still prefer it first in chain...i dunno why...

thanks man!

 

[gsonique]

good choice buddy ..go with your thing !! :wink:

 

[penta-tonic]

ah just get the buzz feiten system installed onto ur guitar lo. doesnt mean u got strobe tuner means ur guitar can play more intune. yeah it will play more intune at the nut but not up on the neck.

 

[kentheman2000]

sounds like a friggin conspiracy!

 

[ShredCow]

Ken, is it? You have to go try... :wink:

 

[PatheinRaindropMoe]

i dont know how well about all this, but came across this site a long while back. Its on tuning and if it helps, then it shud be good..

http://www.endino.com/archive/tuningnightmares.html

 

[penguin]

shred is the neck a bit warp? or the strings kinda worn out?

 

[ShredCow]

Penguin, no no... neck is not warped.

I'm going to change guitar strings. Maybe that's all there is to it!


Pathein, yeap, long time back that article was posted here...

 

[thor666]

Maybe you should tune up Eric Johnson style. The guitar is a tempered instrument, and his tuning method is very logical from a point of view of minimizing the disfunctionalities of a Western chromatic scale.

1. Tune 3rd String to G.
2. Tune D string by comparing the tone at 5th fret to the open G String.
3. Tune open B string by comparing with tone @ 4th fret of G String.
4. Tune A string by comparing the tone at 10th fret to the open G String.
5. Tune High E string by comparing with tone @ 9th fret of G String.
6. Tune Low E string by comparing the tone at 15th fret to the open G String.

This way, you only reference to 1 string all the time. Provided your intonation is accurate, you should have octaves that have dissonance from inaccuracies minimized. None of your string sans the G string would be "perfectly" in tune though.

imo ymmv iirc - so no one complains about opinions.

 

[ShredCow]

Thor, would that method render the guitar more out of tune from other instruments? e.g. keyboards

 

[thor666]

Yes. However, the way I see it, you're always going to be out of tune (slightly) at one fret or other so long as you don't use fanned frets/fretless guitars.

 

[edder]

well if one can sound in tune on a fretless guitar.... 8O 8O 8O

 

[visa]

fretless instruments are made for melodies/slides/vibrato/lead playing, definitely not chording (although it is possible, just rather impractical)

 

[ShredCow]

hehe... i would love to try a fretless.

 

[suckasucks]

how do you go about tuning a tremolo/floating bridge using the EJ method? wouldn't the rest of the strings go slightly out of tune when you try to tune another one?

 

[GuitarTeacher]

After reading most of this thread I have to say that I have experienced most of the same things. However, a few comments made are only half-true.

For one thing, ALL 12-tone instruments are tempered, not just the guitar, and not just fretted instruments. If you have a chat with a piano tuner he will probably tell you that the notes get slightly sharper as you go up from middle C and slightly flatter as you go down from middle C.

Use a tuner, and get every note in tune. Play the open A chord that we all learn in the beginning...

The C#, (2nd fret of B string) will be HORRIBLY sharp!! But that's really "in tune" if you play the C# note in the tuner. The scale is just not perfect, so you do some adjusting or you live with it..... or you develop an outrageous vibrato!!! LOL

My recommendation is to buy a tuning fork. Most guitar shops will have an "E" for about 5 or 6 dollars, and just practice tuning the guitar with a variety of methods. I use the 12th and 7th fret harmonics on adjacent strings method, and just dial it in by ear. Even the best tuners have flaws, and the training you get from this will be valuable. If my guitar is perfectly in tune, it messes up my singing anyway......[/quote]