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August 6th, 2007
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sour string
I have a fairly new Squire esprit guitar, double humbuckers, 3 way switch and am playing it through a Roland 20x amp. Everything sounds good except the G string. The G string alone is not too bad, but the A note on the second fret sounds soooooo sour! It is in tune almost all the way up the neck, but that one string sounds so sour. Is there anything I can do about this?
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hb
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August 8th, 2007
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Originally Posted by hb
I have a fairly new Squire esprit guitar, double humbuckers, 3 way switch and am playing it through a Roland 20x amp. Everything sounds good except the G string. The G string alone is not too bad, but the A note on the second fret sounds soooooo sour! It is in tune almost all the way up the neck, but that one string sounds so sour. Is there anything I can do about this?
thanks,
hb
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Change strings!! If that doesn't get it, maybe you have a high fret somewhere.
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Check the intonation too.
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August 8th, 2007
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okay....I have changed strings and I still get the same relsult. By intonation, does this mean staying in tune all the way up the neck? If so, it seems to stay pretty much in tune, but it just has such a sour sound to it. Perhaps I should have it checked for a high fret.
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It also could be that the nut is cut too deep for that string and it's touching the first fret. Are you getting any fret buzz from it?
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