HB II Piezo tuning stability question

[Paul B]

Anyone seen this?
NGD 3 days ago. Action perfect, neck relief looks good. Plays great. Noticed stock strings didn't hold their tuning very well so I put fresh strings on 2 days ago, stretched them a few times, lubed the nut, adjusted intonation. Tuning stability still sketchy. Hopefully it’s not a feature of Hollowbody.
My solid body SEs are rocks.

All I can think of is the truss rod has been released allowing the neck to move.
I will check that next.
Any similar experiences?

 

[Rider1260]

I have no issues with tuning on my PRS my hollow body like my other stop tail PRS are the least fussy , When you say the tuning is sketchy do you mean while playing or in-between playing sessions

 

[Paul B]

It’s while playing….in fact while tuning.
(And it’s not the tuners … two plugged in electronic, a cell phone pro app and clip on)

 

[dogrocketp]

I took mine to a luthier for a proper setup when I got it. And of course I put locking tuners on it. Stable as a rock.

 

[show_a_little_faith]

Mine's from a couple of years ago, but never an issue with it. Good luck, hopefully it's just the neck settling/truss rod adjustment!

 

[JMintzer]

Mine is from 2000. Never had a tuning issue...

 

[Gurdybloke]

I've had mine for 2 years and never had any issues with tuning. One of the strap buttons was loose and wouldn't tighten properly so swapped these for strap locks and it's fine now.

 

[Paul B]

Thanks all for your comments.

I put a little more bow in the neck, my first neck adjustment. Now it plays notes pretty accurately all the way up the neck.
One odd thing about the tuning: the strings were going out of tune to the sharp side. Experience says they should be going flat.
That may be a useful diagnostic that the neck was the issue and needed a tweak.

So it’s another PRS keeper.