Wow, I forgot about this topic, changing the strings did the trick! Thank you all for the help. Btw is every note in the guitar supposed to be pin pointed by the tuner? I mean I played an open string and the 12th, both are in tune, but when I play the notes in between, the tuner says it's a little off.
I'm sure there are guitarists with extra sensitive hearing who would be driven insane by anything other than a perfect
tuning. I used to play with one and it was not fun at all.
I don't recall ever playing with you in any band or anything....?
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Yeah, I'm often driven crazy by the small out of tune shit you get with guitars no matter how well set up and tune it.
Now this whole intonation thing with my guitar is beginning to infect my brain. When all open strings are in tune, the 3rd fret is a bit sharp,
so that makes the fretted G chord a bit sharp.. so.. Ack! Stop it!..
Just lengthen the string a little (by moving the saddle to the right).
I know what you mean...and it's part of the usual intonation setup...but it doesn't really work.
It helps...just like making sure the nut slots are as low as they should be...but it's just the nature of the G-string.
You can do all that "stuff" that out there for improving your tuning setup...and then tune the G perfect for open, and it will be out when pressed.
You can tune it perfect for a pressed chord, and it will be out for single notes...or perfect for Major chords out for Minor...you can tune it perfect for one area of the neck, and it will be out at the opposite end when pressed.
It's just a fucked up string.
I've even tried wound G strings...even went to heavier gauges...and always the G doesn't play well relative to the other strings.
So it's about getting "good enough"...and also adjusting how you play/press it for various stuff.
Like I said, most people don't hear it when it's noticeably out...so the subtle intonation issues are often lost on them (present company excluded ).
I think the difference may be scale length as I suggested before. Measure for yourself and see.I have that issue with the G string on my Gretsch, but not on my Fenders. What causes that?
I figured some of that is due to headstock angle and how the string bends toward the peg on the Gretsch, whereas on the Fender they're more in-line. This seems to cause binding and generally weird behavior with that string.
Each manufacturer has different tension for the same strings, too. Earnie Ball Slinky .10-46s are a total of 105.78lbs, where as D'Addario .10s are 102.52. I've had better stability with D'Addario on both guitars, though that's just personal observation and could be some other factor. Does the total tension of the string matter in terms of stability?
Its never going to be percise like an electronic keyboard or a piano.
On a piano every note is it's own string. The key causes a 'hammer' to hit that one string only. Providing that string is propely tuned, its always in tune.
Ive listened to numerous live recordings where Jimi Hendrix would tune then stum an open E chord. In my head I'd scream Jimi youre not in tune.
Yet once he started playing he was perfectly in tune.
He played stoned and everyone listened stoned...which made it sound in tune...