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Clunky 12th string harmonic

Discussion in 'Acoustic Heaven' started by screefer, Jan 19, 2021.

  1. Jan 19, 2021 #1
    screefer

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    Dad EJ26 11-52s on my Eastman travel guitar 23.5" scale.
    Noticed that the 12th fret high E harmonic sounded clunky while the 7th and 19th sounded fine.
    Thought things would settle in but not happening.
    I just put a new E (.011) EJ26 on and all is good.

    Any one have the same experience?
    No luck from Google.
     
  2. Jan 19, 2021 #2
    Peegoo

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    Yep...sometimes you just get a bad string. A slight kink in it can affect the vibration.

    You did the right thing by swapping out the iffy string for another one.
     
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  3. Jan 19, 2021 #3
    screefer

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    Thanks. It looked fine but guess bet those vibrations have to be pretty pure for a harmonic.
    Lesson learned
     
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