Hi,
I recently bought a semi-accoustic Epiphone guitar for christmas. It was cheap (~€250) yet i prefered the feel of it to other, more expensive models.
The thing is, at the moment, I can only play it at the weekends. If I tune it one weekend - when I come back to it a week later, all the strings have slipped out if tune (by one semi-tone).
Is this usual? Would it be worse if I was playing every day? I'd like to know if it's just a faulty guitar, so i could bring it back to the shop.
Thanks for any help.Yes, it's normal for it to go in and out of tune, especially during the cold seasons. As the guitar gets older, the wood will soften a bit and become more supple. After you've played for a while, it should stay in tune. Don't worry dude, it's not the quality of your guitar, just the weather and the fact that it's new. : )if it is has been newly stringed.. then yes.. it will come out of tune with in the space of a week
this is just the strings stretching themselves..
after a while it will stop doing this, and will not need to be retuned quite so often =)
hope i helped =)Yes some do, some don't. Especially atmospheric conditions can alter it. Moving it from cold to warm or damp to dry also change the pitch. My son who is guitar player says his needs re tuning from time to time especially if left un-played for some time.Yes.what strings do you have on?? Ive sometimes found that manufacturers put plastic strings on, which are notorious for loosening. If this is the case treat yourself to a set of Metal strings.
xxI don't think it's faulty. I have a cheapy fender acoustic that does the same thing. Inexpensive guitars will just do that. Buy a LED tuner and it takes just a few seconds to retune. My guitar always slips out of tune more often during temperature changes in the house. I tune mine about once a week.Could be many things. If it is a guitar new to your home that could be the problem. Even if it is secondhand. Temperature and humidity can cause the body and strings to expand and contract. You need to acclimatise your guitar. Keep it and play it in the same room only for a period of time. Then it will get used to the atmosphere in that room. The see if you still have a problem.
If so, get a new set of strings and start from scratch. Then you know that the strings will cause a problem to start with because they are new, but you will know that and work them in yourself. Then you will know that the strings are right
But you will just have to get used to fine tuning, always. If you can limit it then all the better. There are so many possible causes but I dont' think it is a faulty guitar, really!!!
It's a great benefit to be able to fine-tune by ear and get it right. My guitars are accoustic, made of wood, and wood is organic and reacts to the environment, full stop. I'm forever fiddling with the tuningyeah even if u play it everyday it will need to be tuned often#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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