Novafett
New Member
Ok so i usually don't just dive in like this in a new forum. I like to sit back, get to know people, make a few comments here and there and then start asking but I'm feeling a bit stuck so I'm diving in.
Late last week my brand new PRS SE Tremonti custom arrived. It's my first foray into an electric guitar (I've had an Ovation Applause acoustic/elec for many years) and finally bit the bullet and bought a PRS.
Though I've had the other guitar for many years I've really only seriously gotten back into guitar roughly 6 months ago. As such I consider myself a guitar noob for the most part.
So my question is this. I'm having issues with this new guitar tuning it, keeping it in tune, and in general just understanding it as it seems so much different to me than my acoustic. When i first got it i opened up the back right away just to learn and see what was in each spot. I noticed right away that only 1 spring was attached to the trem system and a second spring was only half attached. I had 3 or 4 others in the bag, so i figured out how and set it up w/ 3 springs. I stretched the strings and tuned it what seems like 100 times until finally it seemed to stay in tune a little longer than usual. Then later for some reason i can't recall now i decided i'd better add the other 2 springs. After adding those I'm having a hell of a time tuning it.
I'm attaching 2 images (hope they aren't too big for this site) in hopes that they may help. Appreciate any help u can provide
Late last week my brand new PRS SE Tremonti custom arrived. It's my first foray into an electric guitar (I've had an Ovation Applause acoustic/elec for many years) and finally bit the bullet and bought a PRS.
Though I've had the other guitar for many years I've really only seriously gotten back into guitar roughly 6 months ago. As such I consider myself a guitar noob for the most part.
So my question is this. I'm having issues with this new guitar tuning it, keeping it in tune, and in general just understanding it as it seems so much different to me than my acoustic. When i first got it i opened up the back right away just to learn and see what was in each spot. I noticed right away that only 1 spring was attached to the trem system and a second spring was only half attached. I had 3 or 4 others in the bag, so i figured out how and set it up w/ 3 springs. I stretched the strings and tuned it what seems like 100 times until finally it seemed to stay in tune a little longer than usual. Then later for some reason i can't recall now i decided i'd better add the other 2 springs. After adding those I'm having a hell of a time tuning it.
I'm attaching 2 images (hope they aren't too big for this site) in hopes that they may help. Appreciate any help u can provide