[jdasa]

About a week a ago a bought a new Schecter C-1 classic guitar at a Guitar Center.

I did good bit of research before I chose this one, and I was happy that the store had the one in stock that I wanted.

I played it a little bit in the store to see how it felt etc... and everything seemed fine, but when I took it home and jammed on it a litte harder it turned out that thing doesn't like to stay in tune for more than a few licks.

So, now I'm literally losing sleep over whether or not my baby is okay.

Is it common for new guitar to have breaking in period before it finds a stable setting. Could the thing be fundamentally flawed? It's beautiful instrument otherwise: gold plated hardware, double SD humbuckers, 24 jumbo frets and a mother-of-pearl vine pattern inlay on the nexk...

Can anybody give me some advice? I tryed lowering the bridge, which helped a litte. Does the truss rod need to be reset? Perhaps the intonation? Could the heat and humidity of N. Florida have killed in the 1.5 hours it took me to get it from Jacksonville back to Gainesville?

I dunno... I hope it can be fixed. I really love the thing.

[Laytonco]

Hey man, that's a really nice guitar. I have the semi-hollow CS/H-1. So I don't patronize, are you an experienced guitarist or just starting out? Tell me about the strings. Are they brand new? Or were they the ones that came with it from the store? Let's get that settled first.

Peace,

Gil

[jackr]

A couple of things.

First of all you have 30 days to return it to guitar center.

When buying a new guitar you may need to have it set up and intonated correctly. Unless you have an oscilloscope or at least a top notch tuner, it is hard to do. You may want to have it done professionally. I dont think you can simply lower the bridge an not intonate it as well.

You can also simply try new strings and get them streched out.

If you see a pro and have neck problems I am not sure I would keep this one.

[The Other One]

Stretch your strings.

"To stretch in your strings, grab one string at a time between your thumb and index finger and pull it up away from the fret board and back down several times. Do this at 3 different positions on the Fretboard. My personal favourites are 5th Fret, 12th Fret, 17th Fret. After you have done this, retune your string back up, and repeat the process. Do this to EVERY string, and then try a solo or a lick that involves Bends. You will notice that your guitar stays in tune after doing all those bends (But always expect it to go out of tune at some point in the bending process)" -from http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/ar ... 28773.html

[jdasa]

wow, thanks for the quick responses...

As far as experience goes, I've been playing as a hobby for about 20 years, so I have some skills, but I've never played in a band.

This is first electric guitar I've bought since 1995.

The strings were new. I stretched them out myself, but they are not wound very much around the tuning key. The guitar was high up on the rack so I don't think it was played that much.

I contacted the manager of the guitar center, and he is very accomodating. I'm gonna take to a pro locally to see what's up, but want to educate myself a bit before I go in there...

thanks again for whatever feedback y'all got...

[Laytonco]

Cool. My guess is an intonation problem and the reason I'm pulling that out is that I had to get mine fixed right after I got it. My guitar tech said that is common with Schecters. He got me fixed up for $40.

Peace, Gil

[mutant_dan]

I had never heard of the Schecter C-1 classic until today. Looked it up via google, man, that is one nice axe.

Your problem should be pretty easy to figure out. I would imagine it is one of two things, either your strings are stretching a little or it is the intonation (or both).

I would bet your strings are stretching because your playing the hell out of this new guitar. I also think you might be highly critical of the instrument because it is new. Give it some time, you are going to be more than happy with this guitar...

[strumminsix]

Get a professional setup. Almost every new guitar needs one especially after your comment:
"but they are not wound very much around the tuning key."

[gratephulphish123]

i had the same problem with my GnL when i first got it, but after the first month or two they're rock solid. i tune it like once a month because it's so hard to get out of tune, you really have to try to make it out of tune

[shakedown_04092]

Wow, that IS a nice guitar, especially for the money. Makes me want to go out and get one myself!

How many guitars is too much again?

Actually, I think it'd be quite irresponsible of me to go buy another while awaiting my custom. Plus, I'm getting married in 3 weeks...I'd like to keep it that way!

This one's on my list though.....

[pfarrell615]

im not entirely familiar with this guitar but i might suggest you take it back to guitar center for a complete set-up< intonation, tuning, set the action> ect.., also my esp deluxe had a battery for its own destortion, and if the battery died, the guitar sounded like shit

[IamDocWatson]

check the tunining pegs too, if theyre not screwed tight enough they may just be giving slack constantly....make sure all the screws and bolts on your tuners are snugly tight