Reviving an old cheapish acoustic

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Originally Posted by mctoot

I struggle to sound anything other than shoite in standard tuning. Alt tuning is as useful to me as being able to book a minicab in Esperanto. :)

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Alt tunings make playing guitar easier. In many cases a LOT easier.

Well I had a little time this morning so I filed the bridge down a mill or 1.5mm, wirewooled the frets and oiled the board before sticking on a set of Elixirs (11s cos I have princess fingers).

Wow it sounds great. The action is a little better but I reckon it's mostly just the new-strings effect (having not restrung the poor old thing for well over a year). Hopefully the Elixirs will degrade more slowly.