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Forum Ringside => Tech => Topic started by: indysmith on October 22, 2007, 01:53:29 PM

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: indysmith on October 22, 2007, 01:53:29 PM

What could be causing this? they're not fretting out, the pickups aren't too close... I think it might be because of my ridiculously fat Beefy Slinky 11-54 strings in standard tuning... Too big to vibrate at such high frequency?
EDIT: just realised this should probably be in the 'tech' forums. oops, sorry about that.
_tom_ says his LP does it too...normal??

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: Elliot on October 22, 2007, 02:35:24 PM

I use 11-54s and I don't get the problem - so IMO its not the strings

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: Will on October 22, 2007, 02:45:44 PM

my Low E does that too, its a 52

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: ToneMonkey on October 22, 2007, 02:48:46 PM

Can you expand on the "not fretting out" bit and I'll have a think, I'm fairly handy at vibrating things  :lol:

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: indysmith on October 22, 2007, 05:37:44 PM

Quote from: ToneMonkey

Can you expand on the "not fretting out" bit and I'll have a think, I'm fairly handy at vibrating things  :lol:

i mean that when it vibrates, it's not being choked by hitting frets farther up the neck, it happens even at the 22nd fret, with no obvious reason for it not to vibrate normally between that fret and the bridge. It even happens with a slide.

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: Oli on October 22, 2007, 06:28:51 PM

It's because there's such a mass of string trying to vibrate in such a small amount of space that makes it not sound how you'd expect it should- nothing wrong with your guitar, just physics!

Title: Upper frets on Low E sound 'choked'
Post by: indysmith on October 22, 2007, 07:17:38 PM

Quote from: Oli

It's because there's such a mass of string trying to vibrate in such a small amount of space that makes it not sound how you'd expect it should- nothing wrong with your guitar, just physics!

As i thought! Damn physics  :shock:   spoils everything.
Thanks mate