pallajt
New Member
At this point I really don't want to swap the tuners but your suggestion for my luthier to lightly sand and lubricate could help. I don't mind goin to 9's but it came with 10's and I've read that's how they come from the factory, set up for 10's. It seems like 9's would make it slip even more but I'll do anything at this point to have the guitar stay in tune. SO freakin annoying. I have several guitars but my Les Paul 59 Custom re-issue and my Clapton Custom Shop strat stay in tune so well it's incredible. Can play many many songs without tuning and no worries. With my 594 as i've said, I have not confidence with it staying in tune and literally need to re-tune every song. Sucks. thank you.
I wouldn't necessarily suggest switching string gauge; I only mentioned it as a reference point for how I'm set up. That said, when I switched from the stock 10's to 9's, all I did was raise the bridge EVER so slightly (not even a quarter turn on each side) and I was good to go. I agree, I was super annoyed early on because I loved everything else about the guitar. Now that I've solved the tuning issues I barely put it down. Good luck.
FYI - here it is in action: