I bought a "custom" soprano a few months ago. There are some photos in my user profile page. It's a pretty little thing, but I've not really warmed up to it yet.
At first I was convinced it was the soprano size, together with the GHS strings, that I didn't care for. When I played it, I just didn't seem to be able to sound as good as I did on my Kala concert. This isn't to say that I play well, but the soprano just didn't sound good to me. Chords always sound just a little "off"....
Last night I had a revelation. I tuned the soprano until I felt I had it near perfect, using a digital tuner. Then I checked the tuner as I fretted each string at the 12th fret. Should still be GCEA, right? Wrong! Apparantly the intonation is way off.
Is it possible something as simple as a string change could cure this? I have a new set of Aquilla soprano's on hand that I bought for it. I had hesitated to change the strings as I wanted to record the GHS's first.
Could it need a set-up, say, for the height of the action? I'm not sure how high it should be.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe it's too early for me to be saying I don't like sopranos....
At first I was convinced it was the soprano size, together with the GHS strings, that I didn't care for. When I played it, I just didn't seem to be able to sound as good as I did on my Kala concert. This isn't to say that I play well, but the soprano just didn't sound good to me. Chords always sound just a little "off"....
Last night I had a revelation. I tuned the soprano until I felt I had it near perfect, using a digital tuner. Then I checked the tuner as I fretted each string at the 12th fret. Should still be GCEA, right? Wrong! Apparantly the intonation is way off.
Is it possible something as simple as a string change could cure this? I have a new set of Aquilla soprano's on hand that I bought for it. I had hesitated to change the strings as I wanted to record the GHS's first.
Could it need a set-up, say, for the height of the action? I'm not sure how high it should be.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Maybe it's too early for me to be saying I don't like sopranos....