dulan
First Lieutenant  Posts: 2 Registered: 10/15/2007 Status: Offline
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posted on 10/15/2007 at 06:07 |
hi,
I have a new yamaha sa503tvl, with bigsby vibrato.
The problem is that guitar goes out of tune whether or not i use bigsby.
Slight bending or a bit more agressive playing, and 3rd string goes half
step higher, 5th lower etc...
Is there any way that this can be fixed?
Would locking tuners of some sort help?
I would throw bigsby away and put some fixed tailpiece, if there's no help
with this, since it is imposible for me to tune the guitar every 5 mins on
gigs...
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brian
Moderator   Posts: 1038 Registered: 12/22/2003 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/15/2007 at 18:33, Reply 1 |
Your strings are proberly getting stuck in the nut. Try some graphite or
Bends nut sauce to help the string slide through when use the Bigsby.
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Telefreak
Moderator  Posts: 440 Registered: 1/12/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/17/2007 at 13:30, Reply 2 |
You may want to tighten the screws on the tuner buttons too so that they
hold in tune better.
Don't over tighten them though, or they'll be too stiff to move and you
risk stripping the thread/breaking the screw
[Edited on 17/10/2007 by Telefreak] ____________________
Technology, not technique
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dulan
First Lieutenant Posts: 2 Registered: 10/15/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/21/2007 at 16:04, Reply 3 |
hi, thanks for help, but it doesn't help... 
I tightened tuners srews first when I noticed the problem..
Lubricating string and nut contact points, and also the bigsby roler
didn't help too much..
MAybe the entire setup is bad, but it plays nicely and the action is
excellent.
Any other ideas / experiences w bigsby?
I am aware that certain amount of de-tuning must occur when using vibrato,
but it must hold tune when I'm not touching the bigsby neither bending
heavily, which is not the case.
thanks
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Telefreak
Moderator Posts: 440 Registered: 1/12/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 10/22/2007 at 19:41, Reply 4 |
Are they the strings the guitar came with?
Most guitars leave the factory with the most rubbish 9 guage strings
imaginable.
Could be the problem ____________________
Technology, not technique
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rgod2610
First Lieutenant  Posts: 1 Registered: 6/7/2008 Status: Offline |
posted on 6/7/2008 at 03:43, Reply 5  |
alright bro im new here and im an aspiring guitar tech. ive had this
problem on a epiphone wildkat, same problem too. i bought a graph tech
lubricating nut thinking the strings were sticking, nope, i even had to
file and adjust the nut being as it was a les paul one, mix up w/ gt i
guess. i also spent 100 dollars on a bidge with graphite saddles. it didnt
fit either. but i did notice after setting up guitar my self that the stock
bridge would wiggle back and forth and would stick forward even with the
weight of my hand just palm muting. so i recommend a bridge that has lockin
allens set into it. i hope it helps or im not too late bigsbys are great if
they stay in tune.
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