An acoustic guitar question.

[Andy in Sig]

Have you noticed that Big on a Bianchi and Rhythm Thief are normally all over this place like a rash and then you go and post a question where you could really do with their opinions and suddenly they're as rare as rocking horse shoot?

 

[onlyhuman]

I think I'd better learn to play before I concern myself too much with subjects such as string makes and gauges!

You might think about sticking some fairly light ones on there to make things a bit easier when you are learning.

 

[ColinJ]

You might think about sticking some fairly light ones on there to make things a bit easier when you are learning.

Hmm... Lighter strings -> lower tension for same pitch -> easier to hold strings down -> finally being able to manage bar chords -> finally making some progress with my left hand rather than spending all my time doing twiddly picking with my right hand but only playing about 5 different chords... it might work!

 

[Cubist]

Hmm... Lighter strings -> lower tension for same pitch -> easier to hold strings down -> finally being able to manage bar chords -> finally making some progress with my left hand rather than spending all my time doing twiddly picking with my right hand but only playing about 5 different chords... it might work!

Another thing may well be that the E string has aged beyond use! They only have limited life. If you play or practise regulalrly you should apparently be changing the strings every two or three weeks. That way you can experiment with different string gauges. My TW900 needs bigger strings to stay in tune given the height of the action and tension I have it set to. Thinner ones either fretbuzz or lose intonation. 11 to 54 for the acoustic. It also means that when I pick up the strat with 9 to 46 Ernie Ball Hybrids, it feels really easy to play!

 

[ColinJ]

Another thing may well be that the E string has aged beyond use! They only have limited life. If you play or practise regulalrly you should apparently be changing the strings every two or three weeks. That way you can experiment with different string gauges. My TW900 needs bigger strings to stay in tune given the height of the action and tension I have it set to. Thinner ones either fretbuzz or lose intonation. 11 to 54 for the acoustic. It also means that when I pick up the strat with 9 to 46 Ernie Ball Hybrids, it feels really easy to play!

I wish I practised often enough for that to be true, and that I could afford to buy new strings that regularly!

I'm ashamed to admit that I've owned guitars for 42 years but I never really got stuck in and learned to play.

I have been picking up the Tanglewood more often recently so I think the desire is coming back!

 

[very-near]

And oh how you dreamed of being that spotty kid, your nose pressed up against the music shop window, before your mother yanked you by the collar off up the road to Liptons.

I can play the first few bars of it though

 

[Andy in Sig]

An update: Having done some research and despite having some of my ideas vigourously pooh-poohed on here, I idly googled "babicz" on ebay and by an outrageous stroke of look found one of these being auctioned: http://www.babiczguitars.com/black_top.shtml
I was lucky enough to make the winning bid and picked it up in the UK on Friday. It is a dream, has a wonderful clean sound when put through the amp, meets all my acoustic requirements and may well put my loyal SG into the shade.