Marshall Amp Forum - View Single Post - stopbar wrap round on a LP, any advantage?

RobS · 11-09-2009, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by American Viking

That g-string is always a bitch ain't it? Usually how I get it to stay in tune is I make sure I always rotate the tuning key to tighten, never tune it by loosening. If I have to loosen it, I go way down and bend the string as I bring it back up. The string grabs on those plastic nuts and leaves slack between the nut and tuning key so when you bend it pulls that slack out. If it wasn't such a sin, (and an ugly one at that) I'd have a locking nut and fine tuners on my Gibsons, but it looks so damn good without 'em.

The best thing to do is replace the plastic nut with a brass one. My PS10 has a brass nut and never suffers any binding whatsoever. My LP trad had the dreaded g-string binding issue really bad. My tech opened up the slot slightly and that helped heaps. So much for the PLEK system (although it does a great job on the frets), nothing will replace a human when it comes to some things. Also the pencil lead is a must. Mine now stays in tune very well however I am looking at getting a brass nut made up for it as it also adds to the sustain.

my 2 cents!