Re: Amateur/first post
Originally Posted by
rareich
....however the second e string is not sharp picked in the open position. OK when you fret it. The only thing I can think of is the nut slot is not correct.
I don't understand. "is not sharp" could be good. "is ___ sharp" would be bad, as would be "is flat."
If the slot were too wide or otherwise ill-fitting, then the free length of the string would be overly long when picked while open, and the note would be flat. It is possible that you have strings with problems. I had a mandola string set for which the C course strings behaved differently. I loosened the strings and reversed the pair. The fault followed the string, so it wasn't the instrument. You should be able to do the same test. Try it and tell us what the result is. It shouldn't take more than 15 minutes to do. No need to disconnect anything...just loosen the tension and interchange the strings to the other slots on nut and bridge. Having them cross between tuning machine and nut and again between bridge and tailpiece shouldn't hurt anything, in my humble opinion.
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