How Long Before Strings Start to Settle

[coolarrow]

Just bought a nylon string guitar. A Cordoba GK Studio. Been playing it about 2 days and have still been tuning up each time I pick it up.

I realize that the strings need to settle in and was wondering how long it normally takes strings to get to where they stay in tune.

I got it out of the box and the strings were very loose.

Thank you.

[Paikon]

from two days to ten depending on the brand, Hannabach, Dogal need more time to settle in they last longer though.

[john bange]

you will need to tune it every time you pick it up...It's just part of the nylon world. Come to think of it, I find myself tuning my steel string guitars every time I pick them up too.

[HNLim]

That is what makes the classical guitar so involved with the guitarist. You have to "embraced it" every time you hold it.

It's kind of like "stroking" your pet.

[hesson11]

It does take a while, and it is an ongoing process, but a couple of tips might help:

First, when you restring the guitar, leave as little slack as possible as you wind the strings around the headstock rollers. The portion of the string that you wrap around the roller has to stretch to length, just like the rest of the string. And the longer the length of string that has to stretch to tune, the longer that takes.

Second, read the Todd Tipton method in the fifth post of the Delcamp thread below. I've used it for quite a while, and it really helps. Good luck!

http://www.classicalguitardelcamp.co...p?f=43&t=51242

-Bob

[Garthman]

Originally Posted by john bange

you will need to tune it every time you pick it up...It's just part of the nylon world. Come to think of it, I find myself tuning my steel string guitars every time I pick them up too.

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[john bange]

nylon strings don't just go flat, they can sharpen up too...temperature and humidity can do strange things. everything said here about rewinding the tuner peg is true but I think it is best to just tune when you pick it up

[j3ffr0]

In my experience they settle down significantly after a few days and even more so after a week. I have a GK Studio Negra. New strings or not, I always have to tune it once when I pick it up, and then once again after I've been playing it for 5 to 10 minutes and the temperature of the guitar has warmed up. After that it's pretty much good to go.