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Post Why is it that really old guitars...
...go way the fuck out of tune when the temperature drops? My Gibson always does this. My Ibanez doesn't give a shit whether it's 80 degrees or 8 degrees, it's always in tune. But if it's 80 one day and 60 the next, my Gibson decides it's a good idea to tune itself to F# and break my little E. :poop:


Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:14 pm
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Post Re: Why is it that really old guitars...
All of my guitars need some adjusting in seasonal changes or big temperature shifts. But my 70s Gibson is definitely on the more extreme side of things.

Set necks tend to do it more in general i think, as my Agile Harm also goes way out with temperature changes. Also, semihollows will go out more, simply due to the unfinished wood inside being more likely to absorb moisture and change shape.

Also, i have found that maple seems less prone to changing shape than mahogany. My Agile harm is much worse for this than my AL2000(lp copy with a maple neck) is. That probably also has a fair bit to do with the sketchy neck joint in the Harm though.

I have to mess with the Gibson and Harm oh, at least once a season, sometimes more. In contrast, i hardly ever have to do anything with my telecaster, and it usually doesn't need much more than a really slight intonation adjustment on a couple of strings, maybe once a year.

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Wed Sep 29, 2010 1:49 pm
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Post Re: Why is it that really old guitars...
chris_d wrote:
All of my guitars need some adjusting in seasonal changes or big temperature shifts. But my 70s Gibson is definitely on the more extreme side of things.

Set necks tend to do it more in general i think, as my Agile Harm also goes way out with temperature changes. Also, semihollows will go out more, simply due to the unfinished wood inside being more likely to absorb moisture and change shape.

Also, i have found that maple seems less prone to changing shape than mahogany. My Agile harm is much worse for this than my AL2000(lp copy with a maple neck) is. That probably also has a fair bit to do with the sketchy neck joint in the Harm though.

I have to mess with the Gibson and Harm oh, at least once a season, sometimes more. In contrast, i hardly ever have to do anything with my telecaster, and it usually doesn't need much more than a really slight intonation adjustment on a couple of strings, maybe once a year.





My Ibanez is maple, so maybe that explains the massive difference. I've had the guitar 2 years, and I've adjusted the intonation twice not counting tuning changes.


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Post Re: Why is it that really old guitars...
same here, funny thing, I pulled one of my rg550's out of the case as I've not played it in a long ass time and wanted to bring it to practice Thursday so I plugged it in and started working on a nice grungey cover tune, damn thing was in tune, and has a floating bridge. (Edge trem) Strings were dead so I changed them out. But it too has a maple neck.

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