Ricardo -> RE: Losing tune - whats normal? (Feb. 1 2012 16:28:55)
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Firstly make sure you tie knots of some sort, don't just wind em cuz they are slippery little guys and pull loose over time. Second, strings settle, then want to stretch to their settled state.....so if you tune the 6th down to D for example to play a certain piece, well, it won't keep stretching down over time, it will stretch UP trying to get back to E. So by this logic, when I need to speed stretch my strings for a gig, I tune the whole guitar a half step sharp and play on it that way for a while before leaving it. The strings stretch down, hopefully not lower then the pitch I want them to be at. If you leave the guitar out of the case, or don't check it's tune every couple hours, they will keep trying to equalize. Temperature affects the plastic trebs dramatically. YOu are in candada so do this experiment. Take your guitar tuned up, and play it a bit. Now walk out side your warm house in the cold. Now play it and notice the trebs drop considerably and are badly out of tune. NOw, go back inside your house....give it a minute, then play it again and notice it is back to or pretty close to back in tune like when you left. That is extreme example, (and not good for guitar wood either) but you need to know that any little change will affect the strings. You simply have to stay on top of tuning them several times a day. That's all there is to it really. Ricardo
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