quack!
Posted by: klsluder <klsluder@...>
However, they are very sensitive to what is going on with the strings,
the bridge and the top. Because of their naturally brittle top end. I
generally like to keep 11's or heavier on acoustic-electric guitars with
undersaddle pickups, in order to tame the dreaded "quack".
I hadn't thought about the quack. Even if I did I would have thought the
opposite. All the quackiness and booming that I get comes from my low E
which is a 48. Since the lighter strings don't give me fits I would have
thought lighter would stop or lessen my quack problem. Interesting! Why
doesn't this work as my logic thinks it should?
As a side note - my Peavey is an Ecoustic which was only made for a few
years. Mine was previously owned by a luthier. I would have suspected it
was just a sales pitch if I hadn't played it. Not a Taylor but nice. the
neck is maple/rosewood and in addition to the truss rod adjustment it
has a tilt adjustment. I have the strings laying right down on the frets
with no buzzing anywhere on the neck. Sweet! Still I am a major fan of
really light strings - I just can't help myself.
Peace
Kevin