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Topic: 4th string over tone |
Chuck Morel
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Pottersville, New York
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Posted 24 Mar 2017 4:56 am |
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Hello on my E9 neck the E string 4th down from the top continues to ring out a very annoying over tone while playing. I changed the string and I get the same thing. Any suggestions. It's almost unplayable. I'm using a Regular D"Addario 14 guitar string not a steel guitar string, is that the issue? Never had this before.
Thanks, Chuck |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2017 5:10 am
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Check the top radius of the Finger for burs or a groove. Does it do it when it's played open?
If the pickup is on up there in years,it could possibly be microphonic. I had the same issue you're having and it was the pickup.
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2017 5:39 am
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| I have never figured out why most of my steels develop a sitar effect (groove in the the changer surface) on the 4th string and not other string. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2017 6:53 am
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I've been using a .015; as a little heavier gauge has been vibrating more solidly on the finger.
Ricky
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Jerry Jones
From:
Franklin, Tenn.
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Posted 24 Mar 2017 8:38 am
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| Earnest Bovine wrote: |
| I have never figured out why most of my steels develop a sitar effect (groove in the the changer surface) on the 4th string and not other string. |
If the sitar effect is more pronounced with the F lever, your 4th string may have developed a slight bend from using the C pedal. The F lever places that C pedal bend right at the apex of the changer.
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Chuck Morel
From:
Pottersville, New York
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Posted 28 Mar 2017 3:25 am over tones
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Thanks to all who replied, this is great information. In my process of elimination I'm leaning towards strings and p/u.
Can I still get a new E9 p\u for a Sierra Crown Gearless, D-10. Thanks so much guy's Chuck |
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Rich Upright
From:
Florida, USA
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Posted 30 Mar 2017 6:34 pm
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I don't have good luck with D' OR Ernie strings; they are often rusty out of the package, and they go dead in about half the time as GHS or SIT. And often the guages are wrong (yes; I've used a micrometer on them.)
Try GHS pedal guitar boomers.
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Marco Schouten
From:
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 10:06 am
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You should also check the roller. It may have some play, a drop of heavy oil might help.
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ajm
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 1 Apr 2017 7:00 am
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I didn't see that anyone asked: Does it do it acoustically/unamplified? If so, it's not the pickup.
Does it do it for the open string, or the C pedal, or the F lever, or the Eb lever, or all of the above?
Two other things that it *might* be:
1) The angle of the string from the tuner to the nut.
2) A groove in the roller bridge. FWIW, I recently had a similar problem with this on the B string of a Strat. A little TLC and some "polishing" with some very fine sandpaper, and the problems seems to have gone away.
If/when you get it figured out, please let us know what it was. |
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Jonathan Cullifer
From:
Gallatin, TN
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Posted 1 Apr 2017 5:20 pm
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| Move the string on the finger and see if it still does it. Mine get that way after a while and I just have to polish the changer till I can't see the groove anymore. Usually have to do it about once a year. |
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