My beautiful 1993 plus 12 string came in the mail a few days ago. Now I have a dilemma as far is tuning is concerned.
I initially tuned it to D standard to put a little less tension on the neck. I know it's not necessary to do this after a lot of reading on the forums, but my band plays in D. After an hour or so, I decided I wanted to hear what it would sound like at concert pitch E standard, so I went ahead and did that. I noticed the neck bowing a little more (of course it would) and I quickly went back down to D, as I was not mentally prepared to touch the truss rods of my new baby.
After some thought I've decided I want to tune it back to standard because that's what everyone including Mr Hall recommends. My fear is that I will be destabilizing the neck by switching back and forth so many times. Are my fears justified? Or have I succombed to the new guitar paranoia?
Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
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Re: Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
Many of you probably are thinking a capo is the solution. Which I could be, but I can't determine that now because my cheapo doesn't like this guitar. I have a kyser on order, but I still think concert pitch is best for this guitar.
Re: Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
Forget the Kyser, thay put a lot of force on the strings, IME. Go with either a Shubb or a NS Capo, they are fully adjustable in regards to how much tension you apply to the neck.
Re: Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
I heard about the jumper cables force of the kyser. Oh well... Return may be likely. Probably my worries about the neck aren't grounded in reality and I should just play the damn thing?jps wrote:Forget the Kyser, thay put a lot of force on the strings, IME. Go with either a Shubb or a NS Capo, they are fully adjustable in regards to how much tension you apply to the neck.
Re: Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
Play the damn thing, but with the lightest gauge strings you can accept.Tarkus108 wrote:I heard about the jumper cables force of the kyser. Oh well... Return may be likely. Probably my worries about the neck aren't grounded in reality and I should just play the damn thing?jps wrote:Forget the Kyser, thay put a lot of force on the strings, IME. Go with either a Shubb or a NS Capo, they are fully adjustable in regards to how much tension you apply to the neck.
It's a 21 fret neck. Be careful
Re: Regularly changing tunings destabilizes neck?
Been using a Kyser for 12-15 years at least, never had a problem (6-string or 12-string...). But YMMV...jps wrote:Forget the Kyser, thay put a lot of force on the strings, IME. Go with either a Shubb or a NS Capo, they are fully adjustable in regards to how much tension you apply to the neck.
Also, don't leave any capo on the guitar for any extended period after you're done playing, take it off.
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