Re: Problems with playability. Help!
It helps to elicit responses from others if you tell us WHERE you're located. A great luthier could be within walking distance, but won't be suggested if you might live ... anywhere! Plus, there might be local weather oddities that would be known only by folks familiar with your specific location, altitude, etc.
I'm not generally one for lubricating fretboards and strings so won't make any suggestions, but that sounds like it might be one aspect of the issue. Keep in mind that a high "relative" humidity in a colder (dryer) environment is still dryer than a lower stated humidity in a warmer environment. (Warm air is capable of holding more moisture than cold air, so cold outside air, after warming to indoor levels [without humidifying], is even drier than the weather reports states.)
Maybe also some moisturizing of newly-dry fingertips? Even here in the not-very-extreme NYC suburbs, I need to do that in winter.
Regardless, Rob Meldrum's (free!) set-up manual is highly educational.
Last edited by EdHanrahan; Jul-06-2021 at 9:42am.
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