Dear Mr. Guitar

Subject: RE: BS: Dear Mr. Guitar
From: John Hardly
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 10:48 PM

Dear Mr. Guitar,

I'm hoping you can help me with my new guitar. I'll admit I almost didn't buy it because I thought I noticed this flaw, even in the guitar store. But I thought, rather than make a scene in the store, I'd bring the guitar home and do some measuring for myself. I was right. The things called "frets" are not spaced evenly. In a rather careless and unsightly manner, the guy who made this guitar (a guy from Texas named "Collings"), spaced all the frets unevenly! In fact, the spaces between the frets get smaller and smaller and smaller the closer the neck gets to the big hole in middle of the guitar.

Is this normal or do I need a new guitar?

Any help you can give me would be appreciated as I would like to be able to return this guitar while it's still under warranty.

Thanks,
I.D. Ott

Subject: RE: BS: Dear Mr. Guitar
From: John Hardly
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 10:47 PM

Dear Mr. Guitar,

I'm having trouble with my guitar. I can't get it to work at all. Specifically, the two "E"strings. I can get the silver colored string tuned to "E" (I bought myself an "Intellitouch" tuner), but when I try to match the pitch with that brass wound "E" string it almost always breaks.

The one time I got it to pitch without breaking, I heard a cracking sound deep inside my guitar.

Is this normal or do I need a new guitar?

Waiting for your reply,
Ilene North

Subject: Dear Mr. Guitar
From: John Hardly
Date: 15 Sep 02 - 10:46 PM

Dear Mr. Guitar,

I've owned my guitar for about a month now and I can't help but notice that the thing sounds awful. Sort of like every note is just a little sharp or flat – sometimes a lot sharp or flat.

I noticed that if I turn those knob-things to which the strings seem to be connected, the string's pitch will change. Unfortunately, when I do this, the knobs end up not facing the same way (toward the front).

Is this normal or do I need a new guitar?

Thanks for the help,
Alan E. ReTentiff