Hi everyone !
I am tuning issues with that Westone Concord III (from Matsumoku, february 1982) a very Fender-ish japanese guitar I purchased in october on a GAS roll :
Its wide fretboard is ideal for wide bends (up to 5 half tones in the middle of the neck instead of 4 on other guitars) and the vibrato goes low as well. But after any bend or "tremolo" use it goes out of tune.
Tuning changes clearly shows that a small part of the string moved over the nut and did not come back :
Too low after a bend, too high after tremolo abuse.
I tried lobe oil in several places, I tried without the string going under the small retaining rings on the head, I replace the old tuning key by new Fender locking tuners... But the problem remains.
My idea is that the slots in the nuts need to be widened but before I do that (I have 10 - 46 files) I would like to ask your opinion. I never saw this before on any guitar. I use 10 - 46 strings the slot should not be to small for regular string on a vintage guitar.
I am tuning issues with that Westone Concord III (from Matsumoku, february 1982) a very Fender-ish japanese guitar I purchased in october on a GAS roll :
Its wide fretboard is ideal for wide bends (up to 5 half tones in the middle of the neck instead of 4 on other guitars) and the vibrato goes low as well. But after any bend or "tremolo" use it goes out of tune.
Tuning changes clearly shows that a small part of the string moved over the nut and did not come back :
Too low after a bend, too high after tremolo abuse.
I tried lobe oil in several places, I tried without the string going under the small retaining rings on the head, I replace the old tuning key by new Fender locking tuners... But the problem remains.
My idea is that the slots in the nuts need to be widened but before I do that (I have 10 - 46 files) I would like to ask your opinion. I never saw this before on any guitar. I use 10 - 46 strings the slot should not be to small for regular string on a vintage guitar.
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