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Maybe its just a bad fret - kind a like we hear about bone saddles with holes in it (Poor density)
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Because you now also report hearing the same issue on other guitars, that points even more toward it being your perception, not the guitar itself. Hearing and psychoacoustics is a truly weird field.... |
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Well . . . I continued to measure and experiment. It's definitely not a fret problem. I switched the first two strings down a gauge and the problem was still there, maybe more. I temporarily put in a set of brass bridge pins, hoping to change the resonance of the top. There seemed to be some improvement in the odd sound, but not much . . . and the overall tone seemed to suffer.
Finally, I decided to switch the first and second strings to mediums (.013" and .017") and leave the rest of the strings as lights, kind of like the new HD sets made for Taylor. Because the new strings don't vibrate with as much displacement as the smaller ones, I was able to file down the saddle a little at the first and second string positions, so playability didn't suffer. Results? The odd overtone is all but gone. I think I might be able to hear it a little if I play the string really hard and pick it in one certain place, but maybe it's my imagination. I might just be listening too hard. It's certainly not a problem anymore. Also, the overall effect on the tone is kind of counter-intuitive. One would think that by making the treble strings louder, the guitar would sound brighter. Instead it seams that by making the treble strings less twangy, the guitar actually sounds warmer and more balanced. I'm liking it. Last edited by Big-Al; 03-12-2015 at 09:39 AM. |