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by MikroMike
Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:30 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

Nick suggested 12's, I think maybe 11's, but maybe heavey bottoms (10-52's) would do it. In my experience, faulty tuners out of the box are generally not the issue. Tuning problems with shortscale guitars can usually be traced down to light gauge strings, poorly strung strings (someone installed th...
by MikroMike
Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:04 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

Simply replacing the strings with 11s with a wound G improved things immensely. I actually like the sound/feel of wound strings more than plain steel, so I like this idea. I'm looking for some like this to put on order. My problem is that I'm not sure if what I'm looking at is compatible with my gu...
by MikroMike
Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:29 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

Ankhanu wrote: You'll likely want to intonate, though...
I still don't really understand what that means. But I did request some books about guitar maintenance from the library, so hopefully that will give me a clue.

Thanks for the feedback.
by MikroMike
Wed Jan 07, 2015 4:19 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

Thanks to everyone for replying. Tuning issues can also be commonly caused by nut slots too tight for the strings. The strings can bind when you do bends causing them to go out of tune. Thanks for this thought, it hadn’t even occurred to me. And I’m guessing that binding at the nut is even more ...
by MikroMike
Wed Jan 07, 2015 3:26 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Diarrhea Planet play with modded Fender Super Sonic
Replies: 4
Views: 5468

oops... reposting this in the proper thread!

sorry bout that
by MikroMike
Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:33 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

I wouldn't bother replacing the tuners til you've got the bigger problem sorted. Ahh boy. I never really thought of tuning up to G standard (or anything else), because I don’t want to lose that low end, but I’m thinking about it now after reading that list of 18 things that need to be done! Alm...
by MikroMike
Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:43 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro
Replies: 18
Views: 18209

tuning and machine heads - Ibanez Mikro

Sorry, total guitar noob here. Please bear with me and speak slowly ;) I recently bought a black Ibanez Mikro . Does anyone know what kind of machine heads come stock on this guitar? First off, I want to understand how they rate. I assume they're fairly low end, because, well, the Mikro is not an ex...