Staying in tune and nut problems

[Jamminoldman]

Nope, this is not another which nut to put on thread. I have been reading a lot of the nut threads about players having trouble with strings binding and letting go during bends, tuning etc. I can honestly say I don't have this problem. I read an article years ago where Eddie Van Halen was telling all the little things he did to keep his guitar in tune with all the tremolo he was using. This was before the Floyd Rose. I read where he would wind the strings on the pegs upward so that there was not so much pressure on the nut, so less binding of the string in the nut slot. Yes this puts added tension on the peg but it works. I have been playing for 32 years and every guitar from my first cheapies to Ibanez and finally Gibsons I haven't had any peg problems and I definitely don't have any string binding at the nut. Maybe someone might give it a try.

 

[Last]

Believe it or not this is exactly how B.B. King has his guitars strung.

Loads of extra windings on the pegs. I mean a bunch!

 

[qwank]

i do that too

 

[BluesLover]

Nope, this is not another which nut to put on thread. I have been reading a lot of the nut threads about players having trouble with strings binding and letting go during bends, tuning etc. I can honestly say I don't have this problem. I read an article years ago where Eddie Van Halen was telling all the little things he did to keep his guitar in tune with all the tremolo he was using. This was before the Floyd Rose. I read where he would wind the strings on the pegs upward so that there was not so much pressure on the nut, so less binding of the string in the nut slot. Yes this puts added tension on the peg but it works. I have been playing for 32 years and every guitar from my first cheapies to Ibanez and finally Gibsons I haven't had any peg problems and I definitely don't have any string binding at the nut. Maybe someone might give it a try.

Seems to me that he is talking about winding your strings up the peg instead of down. He didn't say anything about number of wraps. Am I missing something?

 

[River]

I understood it to be reducing the break angle.

 

[fretonme]

that's what I got out of It.strings to the top of the peg,less angle right.but les pauls have a lot of pitch in the head stock angle!!EV's guitars didn't have much angle.

 

[Jamminoldman]

les pauls have a lot of pitch in the head stock angle!!EV's guitars didn't have much angle.

EXACTLY was I was tryin to say but didn't think of it. With the added angle of the LP headstock the problem is much worse.

 

[ehamady6]

I installed Grover locking tuners and they have taller posts which reduce the break angle. I didn't plan that when I bought them so I got lucky. They also don't require much more than a single wrap.

I also apply Nut Sauce every string change. I never had a string bind before I discovered Nut Sauce, but I use it for peace of mind.

 

[frogman957]

Hello everyone. I am new to this place. I have a 1961 reissue about 13 years old. I just replaced the strings with a heavier set. Ernie Ball RPS 11 reinforced plain strings 2242 Power slinky 11-48

No matter how high I crank up the bridge the D string buzzes against a fret. (not sure which one) I have it set so high, I am afraid to go any higher, and still have the problem.

so ... what IS my problem? LoL...

the neck is about as straight as anyone can get it
intonation is totally screwed...all sharp and I cannot fix most of the strings

I tried turning one of the intonation bridges around, and spread out my strings in an odd way.

I have totally screwed up this guitar, and all i wanted to do is go to a heavier guage string.

Help?

 

[Caribou]

Hello everyone. I am new to this place. I have a 1961 reissue about 13 years old. I just replaced the strings with a heavier set. Ernie Ball RPS 11 reinforced plain strings 2242 Power slinky 11-48

No matter how high I crank up the bridge the D string buzzes against a fret. (not sure which one) I have it set so high, I am afraid to go any higher, and still have the problem.

so ... what IS my problem? LoL...

the neck is about as straight as anyone can get it
intonation is totally screwed...all sharp and I cannot fix most of the strings

I tried turning one of the intonation bridges around, and spread out my strings in an odd way.

I have totally screwed up this guitar, and all i wanted to do is go to a heavier guage string.

Help?

Was the D string a problem before the string change? We'd need to see some pics before commenting on this. Really, all that you should've needed to do was adjust the intonation and maybe adjust the truss rod if the neck moved when the heavier strings went on. Again, pics are essential.

 

[dwagar]

try some relief on the neck.

check the nut height, is it cut high enough?