Pitchy third string on Carter D-10

James Leaman · From: Wisconsin, USA

The third string on my Carter has become piercingly treble. I am using .011 strings and alumitone pickups. It seems to have become noticeable the last few months. Can the pickup be adjusted up or down? Or could it be a changer finger issue? Iâ€™m not breaking strings. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Jerry Overstreet · From: Louisville Ky

Is it just the current string or is the condition the same when you change to another string? My first thought is that the string is just bad or wearing out.

If it's consistent with other strings, I would examine the changer finger for deep grooves, burrs etc. Some grooving is inevitable, but if it's unusual, try moving the string slightly off center of the finger and groove. If that helps, try polishing out the groove with a pencil eraser and then Mother's or Happich.

I've used AT pickups and I've never noticed anything unusually biting about them.

Tony Prior · From: Charlotte NC

you can lower the pup a tad, but to me it appears more like a fine burr on the 3rd string changer that the string is sitting in. Remove the string take a piece of cotton and drag it across the bridge. Very hi grit paper or hi grit polish may just do the trick if there is a snag.

OR its just a bad string ! Don't rule that out.

Neither are uncommon.
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James Leaman · From: Wisconsin, USA

Jerry it’s with all strings. Not just one. I’ll try moving the string off the worn area on the changer finger and see if that helps.

Gene Tani · From: Pac NW

there was some info about this on the old Carter site which i can't find, it was very specific about not polishing chromed fingers, something like that. but i did find a video about polishing all 10 finger tops after you've pulled them from the neck

https://web.archive.org/web/20110501052053/http://steelguitar.com/restore.html

You could always ask Al Brisco, of course, he loves to talk about Carters.
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David Nugent · From: Gum Spring, Va.

You might try detuning the string and rotating the nut roller slightly on the axle, a groove may possibly have formed in the slot which can cause the problem that you described. I make it a practice to rotate (and oil) my rollers a 1/4 turn each time that I change strings to help prevent wear in one particular spot.

Erv Niehaus · From: Litchfield, MN, USA

Maybe it's time to put on a new string or strings.
Also, try a .012 gauge string in place of the 11. Very Happy

Erv

J D Sauser · From: Wellington, Florida

- you might have a burr or some scratch on the changer finger.
- some new strings can be bad right out of the box.
- some strings loos brilliance while aging (some jazz players kind'a find that desirable) others can suddenly develop shrill over tones.
- your mechanism may have become out of tune, meaning you might lack slack in no-pedal position at the changer-nylon-hex-tuners (aka. "over-tuning") and the guitar may need a major re-set. Likewise your pulls may have become "sloppy" (to use John Fabian's term), meaning that you have too much slack and rods are rattling and feeding bad noises into the strings. A bad return string string can do that quite handsomely too and hide from detection until one has pulled but the last hair off his head.

... J-D.
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