fronobulax
Bassist, GAD and the Hot Mess Mods
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#2 son picked up a Lauren student halfsize guitar at a yard sale for $5. Darn thing won't stay in tune. The strings seem pretty stable at the bridge and I just presume on a yard sale instrument that they are old enough that they are not stretching. Tuners aren't obviously cheesy but then I'm used to bass tuners that cost more per set than this guitar does. When I tune, say, the E and A using the 5th fret on the E things sound fine but then the octave E (7th fret on A) is bad. This makes me suspect something as fundamental as the placement of the frets.
If getting the thing in tune is impossible then it ought to be a criminal offense to sell this as a starter instrument but there may be some tricks I don't know or just have bad finger placement going from a bass to a halfsize guitar.
Any suggestions besides sending it back to a yard sale?
Thanks.
If getting the thing in tune is impossible then it ought to be a criminal offense to sell this as a starter instrument but there may be some tricks I don't know or just have bad finger placement going from a bass to a halfsize guitar.
Any suggestions besides sending it back to a yard sale?
Thanks.