Epiplaya Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Recently purchased an Epi es-175.Great axe.Question,do archtops play different than solid bodies?Mine seems to go out of tune(the guitar was set-up after purchase) after a session of playing(it goes sharp) and I was wondering if its because of the trapeze tailpiece which I hear are not entirely stable. Thanks to the forum~
pfox14 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 A guitar going sharp after playing it is a new one on me. Usually, they go flat.
Parabar Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 I have lotsa archtops, and they don't go out of tune any more than solid bodies. I would suspect there's another issue involved --- either tuners are slipping, the strings are binding in either the nut or bridge slots, or you're picking/strumming hard enough to move the floating bridge slightly and affect the tuning.
Fred Patton Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 I've had my ES-175 for about a month now, and it doesn't go out of tune much at all. Low E drops a bit, but I've been amazed at how stable it is. Fred
LPDEN Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 1331565404[/url]' post='1147704']Thnx for the responses~ Check the basics; New strings? Stretch them in a bit. Ensure your wrap on the tuner post isn't slipping. Make sureyour strings aren getting hung up in the nut. athose are just a few places to start....
Gordy01 Posted March 17, 2012 Posted March 17, 2012 This issue went through the forum a while back. Someone has a guitar that went sharp after playing for a while. The thought from that one was that the strings would naturally warm up during play, from warm hands, body heat, electricity, and so on. During play, the player might have to tune up once or twice. Once the guitar had sat for a while after playing, the strings would cool off, causing them to tighten and go sharp. Sounds as good as anything else I've heard.
Epiplaya Posted March 19, 2012 Author Posted March 19, 2012 The strange thing is I never had any of the hard bodies I have owned previously do anything similar. On that note I realize that this is a hollowbody with a floating bridge and these guitars no matter how cheap or pricey are very temperamental. The warm weather is approaching,perhaps it is all weather related.
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