Problem with guitar tuning
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Just wanted to add my 2 cents...I have been using Ernie Ball Super Slinky .9Gauge...and have found that not only do I rarely break a string..if ever..it stays in tune...even after long periods of time.. But I mostly play rhythm and my left hand vibrato isn't so intense, so I'm not bending the hell out of the strings..I do slam down pretty hard with my right hand while playing Heavy Chunk rhythms though..
temperature changes can be a big factor in this......going from a warm room to a cold room can cause the sharpness. especially with guitars that are made with mahogany
I play really thick SITs at the moment on the 7 and GHS on my 6, and I shake the fuck out of them. Haven't broken one in forever myself, and I find much better stability in terms of tuning with respect to light strings (after a slightly longer break-in period), but there was the nut problem at first because they were set up with wee little strings. I personally have problems with (1) gripping thin strings too tightly and making them sharp and (2) hitting them way too hard (as in, enough to put a .42 in standard tuning up a whole step or minor third) and making them sharper right on the attack, so I wouldn't know what to say about the strings sharpening themselves other than remembering to tune up to the note and never down and making sure the strings aren't getting squished in the nut because that does happen.
Jeff
Jeff
Loren Littlejohn
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Haven't been in standard tuning in a long time. I have a baritone and here is my gauges: 14, 18, 26, 44, 56, and 68. Wrap your mind around that. 
Yeah, my low is a 70 on the 7-string until I can find a bigger one. Those things sound so much better than thin strings.
Jeff
Jeff
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
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Lefty
spycam said:
1. Stretch your strings
2. Try applying pencil led to the grooves of the nut
3. Try Big Bends nut sauce!
