I have a les paul with a straight angled headstock, and this thing just will not stay in tune! I have a fixed bridge on it, and a floyd lock nut with a 'behind the nut' rollernut. I just gotoh tuners, and this thing just will not stay tuned. a bend, and she's off.
The rollernut is to press the strings downward, onto the toplock nut.
My idea is to get rid of both and use a normal (brass or stainless steel) nut, but with deeper slots. this will give me a clearer tone, and i think that the deeper slots will make sure that the string won't fall out of the slots.
2 issues:
1: because the string doesn't put any downward pressure on the nut, I mght loose some sustain; what do you guys think of this?
2: if I unlock my kahler, I won't have as much travel as before, and tuning will be off even more.
I don't want to lock the toplock down, because I change tuning too often, and when I bend, even with the toplock closed, the guitar just isn't stable, after a huge bend, the strings go flat again and after stretching a million times, the strings just snap off (regardless of brand). so, thats why I want to use a regular nut, but also, a toplock in case I want to divebomb once in a while.
so, what do you guys suggest? aka: what do I do wrong?
The rollernut is to press the strings downward, onto the toplock nut.
My idea is to get rid of both and use a normal (brass or stainless steel) nut, but with deeper slots. this will give me a clearer tone, and i think that the deeper slots will make sure that the string won't fall out of the slots.
2 issues:
1: because the string doesn't put any downward pressure on the nut, I mght loose some sustain; what do you guys think of this?
2: if I unlock my kahler, I won't have as much travel as before, and tuning will be off even more.
I don't want to lock the toplock down, because I change tuning too often, and when I bend, even with the toplock closed, the guitar just isn't stable, after a huge bend, the strings go flat again and after stretching a million times, the strings just snap off (regardless of brand). so, thats why I want to use a regular nut, but also, a toplock in case I want to divebomb once in a while.
so, what do you guys suggest? aka: what do I do wrong?