I have a guitar question.
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@L0wKey @alisynthesis See, I like them because they make strong changes so much faster. No winding needed- pull the string through as tight as you safely can, tighten the nut, tune up, clip the excess, you’re right as rain. Hardly even need to stretch the strings since there’s no slack in the winding to deal with.
@RyanHyde @L0wKey i've really only had three guitars in my life that I've played a meaningful amount: My Taylor acoustic that I got when I was 18 and will never part with, a 70s American Strat that was an absolute weapon, and this guitar. I never had any issues like this with the first two, so I am very inexperienced on this front.
I never thought about it this way, but even though I buy keyboard instruments like they're going out of style, I keep a guitar for a long freaking time.
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@RyanHyde @L0wKey i've really only had three guitars in my life that I've played a meaningful amount: My Taylor acoustic that I got when I was 18 and will never part with, a 70s American Strat that was an absolute weapon, and this guitar. I never had any issues like this with the first two, so I am very inexperienced on this front.
I never thought about it this way, but even though I buy keyboard instruments like they're going out of style, I keep a guitar for a long freaking time.
@alisynthesis @L0wKey I buy guitars until I’m out of wall space. Then I buy one more.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey I buy guitars until I’m out of wall space. Then I buy one more.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey I buy guitars until I’m out of wall space. Then I buy one more.
@alisynthesis @L0wKey Case in point. The one that’s by the desk changes sometimes.
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@L0wKey @alisynthesis See, I like them because they make strong changes so much faster. No winding needed- pull the string through as tight as you safely can, tighten the nut, tune up, clip the excess, you’re right as rain. Hardly even need to stretch the strings since there’s no slack in the winding to deal with.
As I said, it’s a matter of taste/preference. I think what I’m trying to say is that they aren’t just ‘better’. They do the same job differently with pros and cons depending on the user’s preferences. In my opinion, they add a lot of extra complexity to a simple tool. The only tuners I’ve had break (not wear out, that happens to anything with a gear in it eventually) are locking ones.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey Oh definitely. My one Arturia keyboard is more than I’ll ever need because I’m genuinely bad at keys. But I still wanted a nice keyboard, so here we are
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As I said, it’s a matter of taste/preference. I think what I’m trying to say is that they aren’t just ‘better’. They do the same job differently with pros and cons depending on the user’s preferences. In my opinion, they add a lot of extra complexity to a simple tool. The only tuners I’ve had break (not wear out, that happens to anything with a gear in it eventually) are locking ones.
@L0wKey @alisynthesis Entirely fair.
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@RyanHyde @L0wKey i've really only had three guitars in my life that I've played a meaningful amount: My Taylor acoustic that I got when I was 18 and will never part with, a 70s American Strat that was an absolute weapon, and this guitar. I never had any issues like this with the first two, so I am very inexperienced on this front.
I never thought about it this way, but even though I buy keyboard instruments like they're going out of style, I keep a guitar for a long freaking time.
I have a few Theseus’s guitars. They’ve all been with me for a long time and have been through a lot of parts each. They’re all very good friends, and intimately mine.
They’re tools at the end of the day, and I treat them as such. Each modified to my use case and preference. Reliable, and comfortable.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey Case in point. The one that’s by the desk changes sometimes.
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I have a few Theseus’s guitars. They’ve all been with me for a long time and have been through a lot of parts each. They’re all very good friends, and intimately mine.
They’re tools at the end of the day, and I treat them as such. Each modified to my use case and preference. Reliable, and comfortable.
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@RyanHyde thanks! Here's the headstock and a little drawing of the tiny logo etched into the back of the tuners. Never noticed the logo until today!
They don't feel wobbly at all, but i'm not sure that tells me anything.
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The soul remains the same, even as the body (and other parts) changes.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey Case in point. The one that’s by the desk changes sometimes.
@RyanHyde @alisynthesis @L0wKey Are those Railhammer Humcutters in the Rivolta? And what are in the Yamaha?
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey Another detail to watch for (if someone already mentioned it, I missed it) is the position of the little screws on the back of the headstock. I once ordered Gotoh locking tuners after double checking the main hole/shaft depth and diameters, and realized when they arrived that the little screws were all positioned differently than the existing screw holes. Had to either drill or get a different set of tuners.
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@RyanHyde @alisynthesis @L0wKey Are those Railhammer Humcutters in the Rivolta? And what are in the Yamaha?
@tpherndon @alisynthesis @L0wKey They are! I like them a lot.
The Revstar has a set of GFS Surf 180s. I love GFS pickups. Cheap, sound great, easy to switch out
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I have a guitar question. Is it normal to have to retune your guitar every time you put a capo on and take it off?
I'm not talking like the 8th fret, I'm talking like the 3rd fret.
Does this mean my guitar needs to be set up or is that just how it goes? The electric guitar I play now, which I love, has this behavior, and I don't remember experiencing it before with other guitars.
(Jimmy) Paging @samvarma
@alisynthesis @samvarma I notice that my electric guitar is a little like this. In the studio it's easy enough to check and correct. Live, I doubt anyone would notice.
My six string acoustic doesn't suffer from this problem.
And, yes, my electric does have a tremolo mechanism, although the arm is not currently connected.
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I have a guitar question. Is it normal to have to retune your guitar every time you put a capo on and take it off?
I'm not talking like the 8th fret, I'm talking like the 3rd fret.
Does this mean my guitar needs to be set up or is that just how it goes? The electric guitar I play now, which I love, has this behavior, and I don't remember experiencing it before with other guitars.
(Jimmy) Paging @samvarma
A great thread on guitar machine heads.
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@alisynthesis @samvarma I am not much of a poster, but usually checking in each day for a bit
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I have a guitar question. Is it normal to have to retune your guitar every time you put a capo on and take it off?
I'm not talking like the 8th fret, I'm talking like the 3rd fret.
Does this mean my guitar needs to be set up or is that just how it goes? The electric guitar I play now, which I love, has this behavior, and I don't remember experiencing it before with other guitars.
(Jimmy) Paging @samvarma
@alisynthesis If a standard open tuning doesn’t translate comfortably up the neck (to the 5th fret or so), it’s an intonation thing. Setup issue.
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@alisynthesis @L0wKey Oh definitely. My one Arturia keyboard is more than I’ll ever need because I’m genuinely bad at keys. But I still wanted a nice keyboard, so here we are
@RyanHyde @alisynthesis @L0wKey
Lots of great stuff in the thread so far, so much that I may have missed it but I’ll mention:
A guitar that I’ve had since ‘98 started going out of tune, like, all the time.
Tune it up, check the tuning, perfect, strum the open strings after tuning, check tuning again, perfect, play a chord, out of tune immediately. repeat.
I mentioned it to a friend and he recommended:
https://store.bigbends.com/Nut-Sauce--Lil-Luber-Ultra--05-cc_p_12.html
Solved my problem, immediately.
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I don't think I've seen you around for a bit? Or maybe we've just been two ships passing in the night.
