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britguy -> Staying in tune??? (Apr. 6 2011 14:25:15)

I have a relatively new(3-months) hand-built flamenco negra guitar that seems to lose tune much faster than my other guitars. All are stored in a humidity-controlled room. The trebles, especially the high E, seem to drop almost a full tone overnight. And it seems to happen with several brands (and tensions) of strings.

What is considered a normal pitch drop for quality custom guitars, with broken-in strings, over (say) a 24 hour period?

And what could cause this guitar to drop so much in a few hours? Could it be faulty tuning heads? Or what?



rogeliocan -> RE: Staying in tune??? (Apr. 6 2011 14:51:32)

Luthiers will probably be the best to answer this as many of them do tune ups and repairs so I'm sure they've had a wide range of experiences.

But I had this problem on my 2 guitars. But before I go there, while searching for my favorite strings I have found that different brands take much longer to tune than others. My 2 personal extremes are Savares Alliance, they never reach a tuned state, they die before. My favorite Gali Titanium within a few days they stay tuned and last forever.

The problem I had on both of mine was actually because I switched to the Gali, they have a much thicker G string and the slot in both the nuts was too tight for them so they were getting pinched. Filing these wider corrected the problem.
Apart from that, I rarely need to tune once the strings are streched.



n85ae -> RE: Staying in tune??? (Apr. 6 2011 14:54:14)

Providing the guitar has settled down, then it's usually strings expanding an
contracting, or stretching. If I feel the temperature changing in the room, sure
enough the guitar goes out of tune. Rather maddening when the wife is twiddling
with the thermostat.

I notice my better guitars go out of tune faster than my el-cheapo Yamaha. So
perhaps it's a function of the lighter built guitar.

Regards,
Jeff



rombsix -> RE: Staying in tune??? (Apr. 6 2011 15:53:51)

quote:

Rather maddening when the wife is twiddling
with the thermostat.


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