Guitar Help?

Question

My guitar seems to get out of tune alot. Whenever I do a bend or use the whammy bar, it always goes way out of tune. Is it because the stings were strung badly? Is there any way I can keep it in tune more?

Answer 1

Guitars naturally go out of tune, when i am playing a 3-4 hour session at home, i usually have to retune a time or two, but i have a fairly good ear to tell when a string is slightly out of tune.

Anyway, to answer your question: strings go out of tune much quicker at the beginning of thier life span naturally. If they are fairly new strings, they will go out of tune fairly quickly. Another aspect that can effect it is the quality of strings. I use Elixers, and they hold their tune fairly well. Another problem could be you are tweaking too hard with your whammy bar.

Hope this helps,
Tyler

Answer 2

cw684--This is a very broad question!! We need to know what quality the guitar is! I've seen lower priced guitars do this! Also, the strings may be slipping at the peg, there is a way to string it to keep it from slipping, or the neck may not be solid enough to hold the tuning! Also, steel strings are very sensitive to heat and cold, if the temperature changes that fast! If you have low quality tuning pegs, that may be the problem, I had to buy, real good machinehead tuning pegs for mine! Also, where the neck is joined to the body of the guitar, could be weak, that is why a lot of guitar players prefer a one piece neck on guitars

Answer 3

There's a couple of suggestions I can make here.
First, if your guitar is a Fender or Squier with the
old style, Strat tremelo tailpiece or like that, a good rule of thumb is be sure to put enough wind on the strings. I was taught to run past the intended peghead to the next, indent the string and THEN put it in the appropriate peg. It gives a uniform length and has always worked for me. Also, be sure to stretch the strings out well, bend them extremely or even pull up to get the slack out of the windings.
The other styles of tremelos, like Floyd Rose, usually, but not always, come with a locking nut. Unfortunately, this style, unlike the other, usually has precision tuners located on the bridge.
Hope this helped.

Answer 4

Could be loose strings,or too tight. Guitar should be tune according to the Piano or Electric Organ. Try to change strings.Guitar needs to tune properly. If you tune the guitar according to the order it won't go out of tune. Ortherwise you need to get a new guitar. pls. do not leave cold area. Do not allow children or anyone to touch or play. Most of the Guitars always need to be tuned before start playing. Check you always stirngs are in a proper order. If you mixed up you want be able to get the tune correct. Try to get use to your instrument.I wish you luck . check whether strings are wasted.

Answer 5

You probably bought some cheap crappy Walmart guitar. Just take the thing outside and whack it a few times against the ground. That should fix the problem. Haha!