is my ear going crazy, or what is going on here

[den myos]

i made a recording of my guitar, strumming all open, and it just sounds wierd. or is it just my ears that are loosing it.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5592D6A30819243E

i really need some help here.

[Mark Pav]

Your ears are right; it sounds horrible. What kinda guitar is it?

[den myos]

its a fender showmaster, the recording is just a mic in front of the strings.
if i plugin in the amp, it sound even worse.
i just came home from work one day and it soundet like this, i try restring it with ernie ball strings, but that did'nt help one bit.
i have no idea why it sounds so awful.

plz help somebody
my ears are bleeding

[pure]

i don't hear anything wrong with it. what's the problem?

[Mark Pav]

Sounds like the springs are ringing in sympathy with the strings. Kinda hard to say for sure from a short clip online, but that's what it sounds like to me.

You might wanna fiddle with the springs a bit to make sure that they're not loose or anything. Otherwise, some people actually bunch up rags and put 'em in the trem cavity to prevent exactly this sorta thing.

[rockonn91]

take it to a shop- get them to fully set the whole thing up. (adjust the truss rod, fix the intonation, all that jazz)

it works miracles.

[den myos]

springs!! is the sound i am hearing too, i checked the tremolo springs, and the are fine. ill take it back to the shop, so the can do a tune up. hope it works.

[pure]

wow. is "take it to the shop" the answer to every question?

[Akira]

wow. is "take it to the shop" the answer to every question?

Do you have a better suggestion for a solution?

[pure]

Do you have a better suggestion for a solution?
Take it to a luthier

[alucard0941]

A Luthier will say the same thing as a shop would...

[jeffhx]

doh........ :D

[Lordathestrings]

springs!! is the sound i am hearing too, i checked the tremolo springs, and the are fine. ill take it back to the shop, so the can do a tune up. hope it works.
Stuff a piece of sponge or soft cloth between the springs and the guitar body to keep them from vibrating.

[den myos]

i did that, did'nt help at all, it still sound like the springs are ringing.
i just got a new amp the help a little bit, but it's still awful.

[pure]

sometimes on my strat the strings buzz on the bridge saddles making a tin sound.

[markc2005]

sorry i cant lisen to the sound bite but i have any idea about what you are talking about because i had some weird noise comming from my strat and it was the little screw things in the sadles rattling, there were some which didnt have any pressure forcing them down bacause the saddles were being supported by the ones at either side so pushing themback a fraction so the didnt rattle solved it for me

[PRSplaya]

Take it to a luthier
Wouldn't that still be "taking it to the shop"? :confused:

[Grambo]

Can you hear anything rattling - if you give the guitar a vigorous shake ?