Learning Apprentice Player Posts: 10.149
Joined: 5-July 14
From: The Black Country, England
Hello folks,
On one of my guitars, (PRS SE Ace) the G string on the 16th fret dies out much quicker than anywhere else, it seems to be holding the note and then it suddenly decays.
Is this a job for a tech or is there something I can try?
“Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.”
Here's a video I found on the tube (jump to 2.00);
To finalize my comments, I hope the vibration change of blocking the bridge will help but given all the shared info the chances doesn't seem strong
I wasn't surprised by the answer from PRS (though I am surprised I'm the only member here who bumped into such problem with enough guitars to say its common--my bad luck I guess ) but not satisfied either, it changed my view of their guitars and I will warn friends to check deadspots or any other problems when they ask me about them...if you want, make a video about it and we'll make it viral so more people can learn about this issue.
In the video the guy noted about fender fatfinger, I held one in my hands 1-2 weeks ago and didn't feel heavy. No idea how good it could work but a custom solution feels better to me.
There is a famous luthier here in Turkey who has experience with this problem, he can help making a custom headstock block (like the ones I shared previously) for you I guess if you can't find anyone in England (no idea if he works internationally but I can contact him for you+I'll handle any translation if needed). I liked the idea of using the tuner screws to hold the block thats mentioned in the video, so you can keep the guitar original with no extra holes.
But if you don't want to deal with that problem any further (to me you did all you could as a customer, we all learned something from your experience) I'd say thats ok too, if its a guitar you enjoy playing forget about that problem and continue your journey as its not like you'll need that note to sustain on everything you play