I've just been playing some blues type licks with my low E string ringing through. And when I do a big bend, on for instance the B string 17th fret, the low E drops in pitch quite significantly. It's not something I've really noticed before, but it's a bit of a pain. The whole point of the low E ringing through is to provide some harmony, which it's not doing when going out of pitch. Any ideas on how to remedy this?
All guitars will do that to some extent, but it depends on the guitar. If the guitar has a tremolo/vibrato system that can exacerbate it. Also thin necks. Telecasters are very solid slabs of wood and are famed for resisting that effect.
I've just been playing some blues type licks with my low E string ringing through. And when I do a big bend, on for instance the B string 17th fret, the low E drops in pitch quite significantly. It's not something I've really noticed before, but it's a bit of a pain. The whole point of the low E ringing through is to provide some harmony, which it's not doing when going out of pitch. Any ideas on how to remedy this?