• From: BELGIUM
  • Registered: 2007-01-27
  • Posts: 3,403

Topic: WHO IS A GUITAR TECHINICIAN?

I have a DUESENBERG 49er.
This guitar played great, super great.
BUT
- Suddenly my little E-string was not sounding good, she is TOO close to the fretboard. I turned a little bit on the wheels of the bridge of course it is WORSE.
- SHE is BRAND NEW and probably it is caused by temperature changes (she goes to bed with me, sleeps with me even breakfast). I noticed TWO (2) wheels near the bridge, I tried to turn, and now all strings are making a "twoing" noise. As far as I could see there is almost no space between strings and neck.
PLEASE HELP ME, HELP MEHEHE.

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  • From: Almancil, Algarve, Portugal
  • Registered: 2006-09-02
  • Posts: 6,205

Re: WHO IS A GUITAR TECHINICIAN?

Hi Lieven,

It sounds to me as though you have lowered the bridge instead of raising it and you need to raise it again.

However if you are not sure what you are doing you should take it back to the store and let them sort it out for you, after all it is brand new and covered by a guarentee.

Roger

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  • From: Nottingham, UK
  • Registered: 2006-08-08
  • Posts: 690

Re: WHO IS A GUITAR TECHINICIAN?

You may need to slack off the strings just enough so that the little wheel will go the other way. The the bridge you should be able to raise the bridge just enough for the string action to be back to optimum. Can take a bit of trial and error, annoying I know to keep retightening just to find it needs 'just a bit more'.

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