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Old 02-01-2010, 01:42 PM   #31
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I haven't gotten any paid advice....
I thought you had mentioned in another thread that you had taken it to a tech to get it worked on previously.

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Old 02-01-2010, 01:52 PM   #32
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oh i got it setup, and the same guy looked at it trying to figure out why it owuldnt stay in tune but he didnt do anything
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Just for grins, you might try a little experiment. Tune it and then immediately put a capo on the first fret. See if it still goes out of tune within a few minutes with the capo in place. If yes, the problem would be in the bridge/trem area. If no, it would be in the nut/tuners area.
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Just for grins, you might try a little experiment. Tune it and then immediately put a capo on the first fret. See if it still goes out of tune within a few minutes with the capo in place. If yes, the problem would be in the bridge/trem area. If no, it would be in the nut/tuners area.
ok i put the capo on and tuned it up, put some crunch on (helps me hear out of tune easier), and played a nice juicy open g chord. sounded great and in tune. solo'd for a couple of minutes, and played a couple of open chords and it was waaaaaaaaaaay out of tune

whats that mean?
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Old 02-01-2010, 03:32 PM   #35
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ok i put the capo on and tuned it up, put some crunch on (helps me hear out of tune easier), and played a nice juicy open g chord. sounded great and in tune. solo'd for a couple of minutes, and played a couple of open chords and it was waaaaaaaaaaay out of tune

whats that mean?
when you're soloing, are you doing much in the way of string bends?
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when you're soloing, are you doing much in the way of string bends?
yes. lots of string bends. on pretty much all strings but my e and a
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yes. lots of string bends. on pretty much all strings but my e and a
Keeping that in mind, I would either increase the number of springs holding your trem down and/or tighten the trem claw (so that it pulls the strings tighter). It sounds like when you're bending you'd pulling the bridge up and it's not going back to equilibrium.
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Keeping that in mind, I would either increase the number of springs holding your trem down and/or tighten the trem claw (so that it pulls the strings tighter). It sounds like when you're bending you'd pulling the bridge up and it's not going back to equilibrium.
would just gettign it blocked help?
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would just gettign it blocked help?
Getting it blocked should effectively do the same thing. I've always preferred to adjust the claw and springs just because I didn't want to mess with blocking.
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Old 02-01-2010, 07:25 PM   #40
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ok i went to the tech. He's gonna install one of the lubricated tusq xl nuts from graphtech, and block of the tremelo
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