is my guitar shot?

Question

when i put new strings in my guitar -which is a johnson by the way- but the string make an increadably weird ringing sound ang a little bit ago it broke my high e string and i wanst even tuning it!?!?! is there any way to fix it because I cant affored a new guitar

just how cheap can i get a good guitar and when i say good i dont mean fender good or gibson good i mean better than my shitty johnson with no pickups or ability to be plugged into an amp

Answer 1

Johnsons are notorious for frets popping out of the slots. Since you can't just hammer them back in, take it to a shop. They can check this out for you and tell you exactly what you need.

The bad news is that Johnsons are indeed entry level instruments and you may be faced with a structural problem.

Answer 2

Are u tuning it to standard guitar tuning? Do u have a pitchfork or a sensitive(easily-working) tuner? w/fresh batteries in it? without being there, I can't b sure what goin' on, or not happening, 4 that matter. One thing is 4 sure tho...u need 2 take that baby to a repair tech 2 b set up correctly. It may that the truss rod needs adjusting.. (assuming it has 1..) it sounds like the neck is too flat, or maybe on the verge of bowing in the wrong dirwetion - sounds like ur ax is "fretting out"! Now b4 u go & freak out, know this.. there's about 600 pounds of tension on the neck, & w/weather & humidity changes, that puts a lotta strain on the neck, which needs 2 b ALMOST flat, but not totally. It needs a very little bow in it but not much. Almost all guitars these days are made in Korea in this huge mega factory, & almost all are made w/a steel rod runnin thru the neck which can b adjusted by turning it just a little to offset the tension caused by the strings. (Usually w/a special wrench or an allen wrench.) Gibson guitars have a little plate on the headstock that covers the adjusting end of this rod - other brands may have the adjusting end at the other end of the neck near the body & may not b covered. Take it to a tech-type to have 'em adjust & "set up" ur guitar. Shouldn't cost much at all.

The way u mentioned breaking the high "e" string - that u "weren't even trying 2 tune it" pretty much admits that u HAVE broken strings trying 2 tune it, & all that suggests 2 me is that ur OVERTUNING it. Thats why I asked about ur tuner. There's a lotta cheapie electronic tuners around, but they don't all work that well, especially when the battery(s) are old. Ther're not sensitive enough & while ur waiting 2 see the little LED light up,it doesn't, & meanwhile ur still twisting the tuning gear, & u've gone way past the note & never did see the thing light up! all-of-the-sudden
SNAPP - the string breaks! Also, don't use anything lighter than a "regular slinky" [10,13,17,26,36,46] guage set of strings at this point. U don't need anything skinnier than that.

Answer 3

Did you tune it to a tuner? or just whatever sounded good to you. You could have tuned it in too high of a pitch.
The high E shouldn't really break for nothing.
Go to musiciansfriend.com or americanmusical.com and look at their starter packages.
They also offer Epiphone (made by Gibson, still very good guitars at a fraction of the cost of a Gibson) Squire, (made by Fender, very good here too).
Or find one you like and look on ebay for a used one. I got a Squire (Fender) jazz bass for 100 bucks, not the greatest of condition, but it plays and does what I need it to do.
If you want to try and fix your guitar, go to this website, it tells you 6 steps to set up your electric guitar.
http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/pro1.htm
Good luck and good playing.

Answer 4

sounds like the neck is warped and there isn't anything you can do about that, you can possibly take it in and have the truss rod adjusted but that might not be enough

best bet is go to a pawn shop if that doesn't work, you'd be suprised how cheap you can get a decent guitar

Answer 5

as for the ringing, make sure ur in tune, and make sure ur action isnt set too low

Answer 6

perhaps the nut or bridge...action too low or something? if anything go to a shop