James May: 'Don't Let Go' - Olli H

[Olli H]

And the scale of the neck, if it's not just right (almost never is, even on the most expensive guitars) lends itself to harmonics that are somewhat out of tune with the principals.

Maybe that's the reason I don't like new strings! Everywhere one can read "remember to change the strings before recording...". But I don't want to change them. They sound so unnatural and odd to me. I wish they could be two weeks old forever.