Recently, whenever I play my acoustic with a capo on (any position, but I mostly play on 2nd fret.) the tuning goes off after I remove the Capo (not standard and not the capo-ed tuning). I've been playing for several years and this never was an issue until a few weeks ago. I suspect this may be due to warping of the guitar neck, though warping is not visable to the naked eye. Any thoughts on what could cause this?

It could be a problem with your truss rod. If it is bent out of shape, your guitar neck could be bent so slightly you cannot see it. However, this can cause the strings to loosen and raise above the fretboard more than usual. It can also lead the the strings coming out of tune easier. I would try bringing your guitar into a repair shop and asking for the truss rod to be checked out and if necessary, straightened.

no expert, I suspect if you have a tight capo on for an extended period of time it might affect the strings or truss rod, or it could be number of other factors...strings need rechanging, weather...although I suppose you would know if either of those were the case.

The neck doesn't look warped, and the truss rod seems straight. That's what's puzzling to me. I've heard of people having similar issues with warped parts, but if you can't see the warping, it must be very slight, but if it's so slight, how can it throw off the pitch... :confused:

 

I'll take it to the shop on Monday I guess...:embarassed:

Mine doesnt do that. I've forgotten it on there for a long periods of time too. My frets are starting to get dents.

 

It could be a tight capo.

Do this is in the following order:

1. Remove your strings.

2. Cook your strings.

3. Clean your whole guitar.

4. Let your strings dry in the sun.

5. Put your strings back on the guitar.

6. Tune all strings in : F# - B - E - A - C# - F# (2 half steps higher.)

7. Tune all strings to sandard tuning.

 

After this do the next thing to check the retuning after capo-ed in the following order:

1. Add capo on 7th fret and play the lowest scale.

2. Add capo on 5th fret and play the lowest scale.

3. Add capo on 3th fret and play the lowest scale.

4. add capo on 1st fret and play the lowest scale.

 

If the problems didn't solved, try other strings.

 

Be careful, only cook steel strings!

I was able to get it into the shop today. (didn't realize they were open on Sat.):smug:

 

Will post here when the tell me what's what...

I was able to get it into the shop today. (didn't realize they were open on Sat.):smug:

 

Will post here when the tell me what's what...

 

Cool. Hope its just the truss rod, that gets straightened easily;)

Just got back...

 

They can't find anything wrong with the truss or neck, or any other observable defect in the guitar itself, but they did have the same intonation problem I did. :\

 

At this point, I'm chalking it up to humidity, though I've had my guitar in more humid weather than now with no problem...

excuse me but can ou tell me what do you mean when you say "cook the strings"?? what is that?? how do you do it??? you punt them in a pot over the stove??

First do water in a pot and let it cook.

After that add your old strings to it.

Cook it 2 minutes and remove all things besides the strings with a spoon.

Remove the water before the strings!!

Then let the strings dry.

 

Be careful! only do this twice not more times.

And the strings won't be as new, but a little bit better, for short time.

 

And I don't know if it will work with all strings for acoustic guitars.

"And I don't know if it will work with all strings for acoustic guitars."

 

It works ok for most strings, I just wouldn't do it to nylon ones. (and as the post above said, it doesn't always work well, even for strings suited to it...)