Calipso
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Doing a little recording of a local band here and I have came across a really weird and annoying problem. We are recording electric guitar, and there are a few tracks for the bigger chorus part. We have a part in the chorus where it is bar chords, played fast, and then the other guitar we want is to be open chords being strum once and ringing.
Before starting to record I make sure guitar is all in tune of course! We record both parts, and it just doesn't sound right. So under closer hearing, when the guitarist is playing a D chord, it just sounds awful! SO i check the tuning again, and its dead on in tune. Then i try playing the notes of the d chord through tuner, and the notes are way sharper! So it doesn't sound right because the chord is sharp for some strange reason.
Has anyone else came across this? So i thought it was his strings, so we tired replacing them, but it still isnt right. Is it a problem with the setup of the guitar? I am not exactly whizz with setting up guitars. Is there a certain way that the screw things down near the pickups should be adjusted to perhaps solve? He has a fender telecaster guitar.
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Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:50 am |
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conquistadore
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I'm no great guitar whizz myself but I have had a similar problem once with a guitar - the tuning wasnt perfect across the board. I'd suggest you get that fret board and bridge checked. |
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:19 pm |
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Calipso
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Yeah its truly bizarre! Its a nice enough guitar. But when I play different notes they are def not perfect. I tested it with a very sensitive tuner and for some reason the G and B strings are really sharp between 2nd and 4th fret. How is it you get it checked? A standard guitar shop or should i look for a recognised Fender dealer? Because like yourself I am not guitar expert!
Edit: Found this on the net
"You can tune you strings as perfect as you want but still your guitar or bass may sound horrible out of tune when you play it. The reason for this might be that your strings are tuned properly but when pressing your finger on a fret the notes are a little out of tune. This might be either caused by you pressing down the string too hard or your instrument is not set up right.
This is where intonation comes into play. Every string on your instrument has its own length which you should be able to see at the place where strings are attached to body. Here you will probably see that you can set each string so it has its own length and height. Because each string has its own weight it also has its own characteristics. This means that if you want to use it on something like an instrument with frets you need to set the length of each to let the string have the right pitch at each fret.
An easy way most people test this is playing a note at the 12th fret and compare it to the natural harmonic at the 12th fret. These notes should be the same. If they are not you need to adjust the length of the string to get it right. This should ensure that your instrument should be good enough to play on and you should hear that the instrument is in tune all over the fretboard. But..
Intonation depends on your guitar and the way the frets are set up on it. It also depends a little on your playing style. If you want to get a good intonation you should try to listen to all the notes you play on the string and setup the length of the strings, the height of the strings and the neck all to that position so that the notes are all good enough. Only listening to the twelfth fret might not be good enough for some or even most guitars. It also depends on what you play on the guitar. If you only play up to the twelfth fret there's really no use in trying to get the upper frets to sound right. You probably would be much happier if the lower part would be more in tune."
Makes sense now. So def need to go to an expert and get it set up. |
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 9:39 am |
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conquistadore
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| Change those strings |
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Yep.
But also try changing those strings. it helped once. |
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 2:56 pm |
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