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davebelcher98 · June 12th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Guitfiddler,

I've contacted the seller, actually, to see about returning it already -- waiting on his reply.

Lonewolf,

Thanks for that. I had a feeling that a large part of my issue was the bridge/saddles. Would there be a possibility of replacing the bridge? Would that help me any? I still don't fully understand why the top three strings have become muffled like they are...does anyone have any idea of what that is? Surely someone has encountered this symptom before -- any clues on the illness and the cure?

Again, I assumed the muffledness was due to using the tighter springs from the chromes on the graphtechs, but the muffle remained after putting the chromes back on. What baffles me is that this thing played fine (just with all the saddle problems) before I tried to put the graphtechs on...why would it still have the muffle?! I have had to make a few basic adjustments such as the truss rod -- but I had to make a truss adjustment when I first setup the guitar, and to the exact same specs as I have it setup now, yet now I have the muffles. Nothing else -- to my knowledge!! -- is different. Basic troubleshooting, in my mind, dictates that the dang thing should sound and play like it did before...but no. It does not.

I might just be done with the thing (if I can return it -- he said initially that I could, but it's been a couple weeks now), but if I can solve the issues, I really do love the way this thing sounds. Just don't have the money to put into this thing what it needs. Aargh.

Thanks again.

dave b

June 12th, 2009, 10:14 AM	#17 (permalink)
davebelcher98 TDPRI Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ft. Wayne, IN Age: 29 Posts: 88	Guitfiddler, I've contacted the seller, actually, to see about returning it already -- waiting on his reply. Lonewolf, Thanks for that. I had a feeling that a large part of my issue was the bridge/saddles. Would there be a possibility of replacing the bridge? Would that help me any? I still don't fully understand why the top three strings have become muffled like they are...does anyone have any idea of what that is? Surely someone has encountered this symptom before -- any clues on the illness and the cure? Again, I assumed the muffledness was due to using the tighter springs from the chromes on the graphtechs, but the muffle remained after putting the chromes back on. What baffles me is that this thing played fine (just with all the saddle problems) before I tried to put the graphtechs on...why would it still have the muffle?! I have had to make a few basic adjustments such as the truss rod -- but I had to make a truss adjustment when I first setup the guitar, and to the exact same specs as I have it setup now, yet now I have the muffles. Nothing else -- to my knowledge!! -- is different. Basic troubleshooting, in my mind, dictates that the dang thing should sound and play like it did before...but no. It does not. I might just be done with the thing (if I can return it -- he said initially that I could, but it's been a couple weeks now), but if I can solve the issues, I really do love the way this thing sounds. Just don't have the money to put into this thing what it needs. Aargh. Thanks again. dave b