Help Me

[heknowsnothing]

I feel so stupic posting this but I have a bad problem. I though today 'I will try some heavier strings'. So I got them massive GHS Zakk Wylde 10-60 gauge. They are on my guitar and the E B and G are tuned fine, but I can't tune the heavy wound ones. I says on the tuner that they are tuned, but they sound really bad, completely out of tune. What is happening?

[jimmy_kwtx]

Have you "stretched" them?

[heknowsnothing]

Yes, it makes no difference

[jimmy_kwtx]

Sorry but I am no "techie".

Do you have a trem system? Floating or fixed (I think that is correct). If so does it have a locking system? Could be you may need to add another spring. Possible that the tension is too much.

I say this becuase the 2nd guitar I owned was a yamaha RGX? series back in late 80's. It had a floating trem with locks ( I was a shredder and Satch freak (that was when he only had Not of this earth and Surfin out). I had proghressed past nines and moved to 10's and I had the same problem. The trem only had 2 strings so I added another 2 and that fixed the problem. May help may not.

Good luck and I know one of the mods here has the answer to your "set-back" (positive spin on "Problem")

[heknowsnothing]

No worries sorted it. I have a Les Paul fixed bridge (duh!) and it turnes out that beingheavey strings they have to be tightened lots (the reason i didn't tighen them much to begin with was because I thought i was too much tension) all fine now though. They are really good strings

[Akira]

You'll want to check your intonation; could be why it sounded so bad.

[heknowsnothing]

Nah, it was tuned all wrong. I was tuning them really low, the correct note, just the lower one. It just felt like it was going to break my neck if I kept turning the machineheads :p

[metalshadow]

hehe wrong octave. I have done that before.