Myroneagle5
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Thanks for the reply and great input. Just to make sure we are on the same page ... My issue is with the strings going sharp only. Mostly the lower 4 strings with the D and A being the worst. I will hear the 'PING' at the nut occasionally when the string tension is adjusted to retune. Is this similar to the tension collar issues you described?I agree on the nuts, but I just lube the heck outta the bone ones.
Howevery, EVERY guitar I've purchased new or used with the newest Phase III's with the tension collar and the
two little abnormally odball Allen wrench size has tuning problems until I do one thing... get out my trusty little
odball Allen wrenches.
Every tuner has been just about flopping in the wind. No matter what lube, I've had to detension the strings and
tighten all 6 collars on each guitar and then tighten those two little set screws per collar VERY gentlly and carefully.
Trust me, I would use every lube, check the nut slots, etc... it always comes back to these collars being to lose for my
tuning comfort, as well as proving to be a weak link in the whole chain. Do I still have to lube the nuts for a gig?
Of course... I do it just for safety. However, each guitar with this problem (about 10 of them, some gone, some still
here) has even gotten reliable WITHOUT lube on the nut when I'm jamming for hours at the house.
I have never liked a guitar with extremely loose tension on the tuning keys. In this case it has been proven to be
a problem that I've fixed the same way all 10 guitars worth.
But yeah... I've I listen closely, I can tell a little difference between bone and synthetic nuts, but I also just tweak
the tones or just ignore it for being a very slight unique difference and appreciate it for what it is.
Thanks again for the input....