Posted on 08/11/2012 5:05:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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Good night.
Sunday Morning coffee Bump.
Well, GOOD guitars have a steel truss rod in the neck which can be adjusted with an Allen Wrench.
Nylon string guitars often don’t have the truss rod, because the tension on the strings is not as tight as on a steel string guitar.
Trouble begins when kids, who are frustrated with the nylon strings, change them for steel so that they can ROCK. The neck can’t take the tension, and bends like and archery bow!
The total tension on the neck of a steel string guitar is enormous.
Yard sales are full of nylon string guitars that have been “re-fitted” with steel strings and ruined forever.
Good sunday morning,Arrow! Hot one for us, too. They’re saying
105 with a “chance” of rain. I hope they are wrong about the
temp and right about the rain part!
Have a blessed day! (((hugs)))
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Good afternoon ladies and (((HUGS))). Just got home from church a few minutes ago.
Good afternoon/evening everyone.
Beautiful Sunday...God bless the wonderful people of the Canteen.
Thanks Kathy!
{{HUGS}}
Good afternoon, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...try to stay cool.
A Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
So great to “see” you.
God bless you!
*HUGS*
Hope your day went well.
Thanks....not at all what I thought might be the problem. I learned something about guitars today.
Hear you loud and clear!
What a beautiful day in your picture, Meg....a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and yours.
Thanks for the prayer for our military men and women.
Thank you...My pleasure, Kathy
*HUGS*
tx!! ((HUGS))
Are you and the family enjoying your new post? Been out exploring?
Prayers always for your safety and success of mission.
Good afternoon, blackie....a Blessed Lord’s Day to you and Barb. ((HUGS))
On this particular guitar (A nylon string acoustic/electric made in china), the nut was too short, causing the strings to buzz against the frets, the neck was bowed, causing the intonation to be wrong, and there was no truss rod to straighten the neck. I could have made the nut higher, but that would have involved unstringing the guitar, chiseling off the old nut, finding one the right size, and then shimming it to height. And of course, concealing the repairs.
A little too labor intensive for a chinese guitar.
He is better off with a new one with steel strings.
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