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DrSpyder - Posted - 12/07/2018: 05:31:08
I have a 1965 Vox Country Western that I've owned since 1966, and it sounds wonderful. But. It goes sharp as soon as it's fretted. It stays pretty consistently sharp up the neck, that is, it doesn't get any sharper as you go up, but it's already noticeable at the second or third fret. Any ideas what might be causing that and what I might be able to do to fix it?
UsuallyPickin - Posted - 12/07/2018: 06:16:51
OK … hmmmm . is it the same when you use a capo? It is possible that the zero fret and / or the nut are causing the problem. Is the intonation of the harmonics at the twelfth fret good? IE. is it the same pitch as the open string? If you really love this guitar it is likely a good idea to take it to a local builder and have some work done. Those adjustable saddles are less than ideal also.
DrSpyder - Posted - 12/07/2018: 06:52:26
Same with a capo, and the harmonics are perfect. There's a good local luthier, but it's $$ I can't spend right now (2 moves in six months!). Sounds like you're pretty familiar with this heavy beast, Richard -- not many folks have even heard of one.
I don't use it for recording, but I'd really like to if I can get this fixed. It's probably been this way forever, but I never really noticed much in my earlier days ('nuff said about that!), then when I picked it up again after a few years, there were electronic tuners which made it perfectly obvious. And now I hear it clearly!
UsuallyPickin - Posted - 12/09/2018: 17:33:49
If the twelfth fret harmonics are good then it is the frets themselves. Sometime in the future when that almost unknown "extra money" shows up maybe you two can take a trip to a luthier. R/
DrSpyder - Posted - 12/09/2018: 17:51:48
Yep, sounds like a plan!
Edited by - DrSpyder on 12/09/2018 17:53:47
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