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Haha, I’m sure you did...was probably that auto-correct pain in the butt!
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String choice on Cargo
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The guitar is quite playable and I'm still loving it. I did experiment with other brands of strings (lights only) but have been using the Elixer Nano 80/20's for the past several years. |
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Thank you for your response.
One thing I don't understand about low saddles, Why not to make a new saddle for the guitar? Long ago, I lost the saddle of one of my guitars. Strange and long story.... But I ended up without a saddle. I took my guitar to my luthier, and he made a new saddle, perfect fit and better than new. It wasn't an expensive thing also. My question is, why do people are worried if the saddle is low, if it is not a big deal to replace it?
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This I understand. But why not to ask a luthier to make a saddle?
It costs me something between $50-100 if I remember correctly. He took a raw rectangular bone and shaved it in the right shape to make exactly the perfect saddle. He did some calculations for the height and the angle. Took him maybe 30 minutes.
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weisser, as long as the guitar is playable and you enjoy it, just carry on, I guess. If it gets worse, you might have to have something done to shave the bridge, if that’s even possible on this guitar. I also have a March ‘08 Cargo with charcoal road tough finish since new that I still really like. Thankfully, mine’s not showing any issues such as you’re experiencing.
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The only other thing I can think of it to down-tune, maybe D-d instead of E-e. That would reduce total string tension from ~165 pounds for a light gauge set, down to about 140 pounds total, give or take. You can look this up using the D'Addario tension guide PDF: http://www.daddario.com/dastringtens...0-53f6d4383e1a
The good thing about CF is that the neck / body geometry generally does not change. But if it does, or was not quite right to begin with, there is very little that can reasonably be done to fix it. Shaving the bridge and routing a lower saddle slot would be the only decent options. Otherwise you are into sawing off the neck and reattaching it at the proper angle -- risky and scary major surgery. |
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Still very satisfying. Thanks Acousticado! |
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Are medium-light the standard strings for all CF guitars? I have a new Rainsong on order. No string specs are listed so I called Rainsong and they told me that Elixir 80/20 12-53 strings are their OEM offerings. Has anyone tried Elixir light 10-47 strings?
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I have not tried "extra light" (10-47) strings. My only electric guitar has 12-53 on it, to better match the tension on my acoustics. My Rainsong has been wearing mediums (13-56) for the past year or so. I use altered tunings -- usually lower -- a lot, so I need slightly beefier strings. Rainsong isn't any louder with mediums, BTW. I just need the extra tension for playing feel. Some of my slack-key tunings lower the sixth string to C.
Our Cargo has regular light gauge on it, and tuned to Open G (DGDGBD). Cargo is my wife's guitar, and that is her favorite tuning. Generally it takes a step up in string gauge to keep the same tension on a shorter scale length. It is an easy experiment, however. |