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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Yeah, I'd check that. I'd also make damned sure the strings are moving smoothly through the nut. Again, just take a mechanical pencil and "write" in the slots on the nut. Tension the bridge so that it's just pulling on it slightly in the default (no additional tension/playing) position.

Then, consistently get the same string gauges so that you don't have to keep fucking with it.

Doing a guitar setup is a bit of an art form. It can take a few hours. Then just keep using the same gauge strings and it'll be more consistent and be more consistent for longer.

It could even be a hardware issue - like the springs are just too old and no longer springy enough.

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Yeah I did buy that guitar in 1982

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Yeah, that's 40 years ago - and I'm gonna bet that it hasn't seen a luthier ever and that it was never professionally set up.

So, I bet it could use some TLC, including fret leveling and scraping of the fretboard before treating it.

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It was professionally set up at the music shop where I bought it 40 years ago!