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Nylon String Tuning

  • 17-08-2016 08:53PM
    #1
    fox0512
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭


    Howdy Folks

    Quick question on a new Cordoba classical guitar...How long does it take for strings to settle?...after a few hours it needs a tune especially the bottom three...kept at a steady room temp...have been playin it quite a bit over the last few days so i thought it have sorted itself by now....Savarez Cristal Corum strings..


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  • #2
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    fox0512 wrote: »
    Howdy Folks

    Quick question on a new Cordoba classical guitar...How long does it take for strings to settle?...after a few hours it needs a tune especially the bottom three...kept at a steady room temp...have been playin it quite a bit over the last few days so i thought it have sorted itself by now....Savarez Cristal Corum strings..

    I assume the strings have settled by now but when you put new strings on a guitar it helps to pull on them a bit to force them to stretch. Otherwise nobody would be able to change a string in the middle of a gig and keep playing as the string would stretch too much as they are playing :-)

    Don't pull like a brute obviously. Keep doing it until the string starts to hold the tuning. It will keep stretching a bit after that, but not as much.


  • #3
    fox0512
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭fox0512


    Cheers...am a newbie and thought maybe there was machine issues as it was losing tune so fast... its starting to settle now...not that it sounds any better in tune while im playing it! :pac::pac:


  • #4
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,163 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    fox0512 wrote: »
    Cheers...am a newbie and thought maybe there was machine issues as it was losing tune so fast... its starting to settle now...not that it sounds any better in tune while im playing it! :pac::pac:

    Also with a classical guitar you need to attach the string properly at both ends to stop it from slipping off. Look it up on youtube if you're not sure, it will be good to know for next time.

    Finally, if you play a lot, do yourself a favour and change the whole set of strings from time to time. They're not meant to be played for years until they break!


  • #5
    fox0512
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 268 ✭✭fox0512


    Oink wrote: »
    Also with a classical guitar you need to attach the string properly at both ends to stop it from slipping off. Look it up on youtube if you're not sure, it will be good to know for next time.

    Finally, if you play a lot, do yourself a favour and change the whole set of strings from time to time. They're not meant to be played for years until they break!


    thanks...I;ll prob change every year for the price.... thats if i haven't fired it out the window by then....who invented these barre chords?.... and I need to grow nails! :eek:


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