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How can this guitar stay in tune?
My Martin OMC-15 seems to never go out of tune. My humidity went from 60% to 40% this weekend and I didn’t have to make any tuning adjustments? How is that possible? My other guitars seem to go out of tune with just a 5% difference.
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I will be looking forward to the replies on this question. A previous thread last week claimed that Mahogany top guitars crack less.My spruce topped guitars most certainly go to the plus or negative side of tuning, with small humidity changes. |
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Just to even out the spectrum on these things, my 000-15 usually needs the tuning tweaked if it's been a few days.
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Those open gear tuners are really good.
If I have a temperature flux in the house though, I've never met a guitar that doesn't go a little out of tune. I'd say you got lucky. |
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I think so. It kind of shocked me.
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#6
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Sometimes after a change in humidity or temperature I find that the entire guitar has drifted sharp or flat so that it is still in tune with itself. If I check with a tuner though, all the strings are off, but apparently by the same amount. Depending on what I am doing, I just leave well enough alone and hope the it goes back to where it was when the weather changes again!
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#7
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Quote:
Curious. What method (electronic tuner, ear or tuning-fork) are you using to make the call? |
#8
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Same one I’ve been using for years. D’Addario tuner. Plus, it just sounds In tune as well.
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#9
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Huh. How about that!
-I swear, even in my reasonably controlled upstairs music room, if someone gets a drink of water in the kitchen or turns on a light or if someone boils an egg, the added temp/humidity forces me to slightly tune! |
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I am curious how long it was at 60% and 40%.
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60% for two weeks and between 40 and 45% in the last two days. This has been the second day and that’s when I picked up the guitar to play. I even checked my hydrometer to make sure it was correct. Still amazes me. Every one of my other guitars needed to be retuned.
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Rosewood99, this guitar top is Mahogany correct?
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That is correct.
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The letter 'C' in OMC-15 stands for ... concrete.
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I hardly ever have to tune my Martin CEO-7. I live in Sweden with dry winters. Maybe the secret is not to change strings every year 🤪
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