u/TheUmpteenth

I've got a newish Mandolin. I've been playing badly for a while, mostly strumming and chopping, not really doing any decent lead - that's a different issue, though.

No, the issue I'm having is that the G string (deepest in GDAE) pair seems to be in tune when open, but out when held on any fret.

I never had this issue with my old mandolin, just this one.

Now, it may well be technique. I've not a good guitarist, I have only been playing a few years. I imagine I have bad habits. Maybe the strings are a bit less tight, so I can bend them more, but I don't think it can be that obvious.

The frets look ok, not skelly, not dented, string is on the flat, not the slope.

Any ideas what I can do to remedy this?

To be clear, what I'm talking about is mainly the grass and weeds growing up through the stones and paving.

I know you can buy the little hand sprays of Resolva (other weedkillers are available) but this feels like a bigger problem.

I did try vinegar and salt, but we're quite low and the ground is fairly damp.

I've also pulled some or the weeds out by hand, but there's some that just aren't budging. I don't know if there's a layer of polythene or how old it is.

For some context, this is our second summer in this house, and it's only now that we're getting round to doing anything about this.

I'm looking for advice on how to tidy it up, what tools and chemicals to use safely with dogs and cats and no experience, knowing that we're not going to be able to afford to remodel, but we do want to slowly make it our own.

Losing tuning