Benjamin Berry
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My dealer is having new tuners sent they will arrive this week PRS is being very responsive. I’m very happy because I love this guitar. It plays much better than a Les Paul or ES.
I guess I'll throw my comments in... (apologizing in advance for not having read every post in this entire thread)
I only have one PRS, a '17 SE Santana. I struggled with it for a good while over tuning stability. I have been working on my own guitars for 30 years and can usually solve any issues like this quickly. I've owned this guitar for about two years (although, it sat in storage for about nine months during a cross country move), and was always re-tuning it.... Every few minutes!
I haven't changed the nut (but, I might before too long). I know that's where the problem lies. In the meantime, I have worked the nut a little bit and been pretty diligent about graphite in the slots. It has slowly begun to settle down and become more stable after a good bit of playing it and letting it acclimate to my climate.
I honestly think it's the nut material. I've NEVER had it be the tuners, on any of my guitars over the years... Never. So, I think the ultimate solution for me will be a replacement nut. Just gotta figure out what direction I go... Bone or plastic.
I think the tuners get way too much blame. I have a CU24SE with the original tuners but upgraded with a John Mann vibrato. Any tuning problems I have ever had with the guitar are solely due to the nut. Certainly replacing it would be best, but I widened the slots a hair and slopped on the graphite and I really don't have any trouble with tuning at this point, even with vibrato use.
Okay! One moreI honestly think it's the nut material.
And it's not that it's just, you know, mediocre. It really is particularly bad! It seems like there are more complaints about SE tuning, which as you say all seem to point to the nut, than any guitar I've ever encountered.
Even an exotic nut is a cheap part, relatively speaking. I don't understand why PRS seems to be married to material they use.
Thanks fo r letting us know. Do PRS even realize they have a huge problem? They actually tout exceptional tuning stability. We are trying the tuners this week. I’ll keep updating.I guess I'll throw my comments in... (apologizing in advance for not having read every post in this entire thread)
I only have one PRS, a '17 SE Santana. I struggled with it for a good while over tuning stability. I have been working on my own guitars for 30 years and can usually solve any issues like this quickly. I've owned this guitar for about two years (although, it sat in storage for about nine months during a cross country move), and was always re-tuning it.... Every few minutes!
I haven't changed the nut (but, I might before too long). I know that's where the problem lies. In the meantime, I have worked the nut a little bit and been pretty diligent about graphite in the slots. It has slowly begun to settle down and become more stable after a good bit of playing it and letting it acclimate to my climate.
I honestly think it's the nut material. I've NEVER had it be the tuners, on any of my guitars over the years... Never. So, I think the ultimate solution for me will be a replacement nut. Just gotta figure out what direction I go... Bone or plastic.
I don't believe it is a "huge" problem
I'll take your advice re string changes - 9's? I've though about going the whole hog and replacing the bridge....in for a penny and all that. I got the guitar for a steal so I'm not unhappy to do some upgrading if necessary to make her sing.Definitely the best neck I’ve played On my 2019 Custom 24 SE . My new Gretsch 5622T Settled right down after 3 weeks. PRS does need settle time too. So I did tuners and string change. Now I’m using Ernie ball hybrids and she’s happy.