1 Reply by Quantum_1

(16 replies, posted in Acoustic)

hehe -

It's in the right tuning.... I've picked up three cheap guitars that friends were griping about and tuned them by ear, and made some minor adjustments to the registry and now they sound like the much more expensive guitars and even hold their tuning much longer.

Sometimes slight tweeks like this come by changing the guage of some of the strings, especially the higher (thin) strings that are not wound (ie) B and high E.

There is nothing wrong with mixing string guages, but it is something one has to experiment with on individual guitars.

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2 Topic by Quantum_1

(6 replies, posted in Acoustic)

I started playing acoustic in my teens, but left off about 10 years ago, and my old guitar is gone.  Just this last week, some friends came up with guitars and I just HAD to put my hands on them, to tune them properly and play a bit.

My friends were actually shocked that I knew anything about guitars at all. They are just learning some basics and coming up with songs that they want to learn.

Using your charts for the chords to teach them some of the basics has gotten them off to an incredible start and they even bought me a new guitar so that we can all learn more together.

There are other chord-sets on the net, but yours has just the right size to be seen without being blurry.  I also like that you have organized them A to G as you have.

My fingers-tips are sore and numb, but that is a happy sign for me that I'll have some callus on them soon again and be able to get through some of the old rifts that I know without whincing from pain....been there many times and know the process.

Thanks again for your excellently displayed charts.

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