I use 3 springs, Locking tuners and a graphite nut. My MIM stays in tune surprisingly well. The tuners are Planet Waves with the built in cutter. I also have the "big" steel block on the trem.
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Floater works
I use 3 springs, Locking tuners and a graphite nut. My MIM stays in tune surprisingly well. The tuners are Planet Waves with the built in cutter. I also have the "big" steel block on the trem.
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Alot, I think depends on the set up. I agree though too with alot of the recommendations from others; I always lubricate the nut with graphite too. I use 3 springs, make sure the neck is pretty straight, etc. Also, when I put new strings on, I stretch them real well....stretch, tune the guitar, stretch the strings again, tune, etc...until when you stretch the guitar doesn't go out of tune.
With 9's on my strats and a floating trem, this seems to do the trick: the guitar stays in tune very well. Changes in temperature seem to kick it out of tune more than the floating trem (no kidding..)
Guitars: 2003 and 2004 American series strats, Squier Classic Vibe 50's Strat, Squier Deluxe Strat.
Amps: Line 6 Spider IV 120, Vox AD50VT 212, and Peavey Transtube Bandit 112.
Pedals: Digitech Bad Monkey.
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Boy is that ever true!Originally Posted by TS808
Before gigs I setup around 1-2 hours early for the guitars to "breathe" so I don't wind up tuning like mad between songs.
I forgot to mention the modern Fender string trees... huge improvement over the vintage butterfly models.
I've also seen ones at Stew-Mac and other places that have a weel on the similar to a LSR nut. Been anxious to try one of those out.
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