Can't get the G-String of my LP to stay in tune

Sixstring said:
I haven't had any experience with it ether but a quick surf on the Fender forum gets mixed answers. Some really like it and others couldn't tell and differences at all and some state that they will never do it again because of the fact that you have to mod the fret bord for the install and once that's done theres no going back unless your really good at working wood.
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Yeah, that's what I found. About half the people who liked it said it fixed the buzzing they were having when they replaced a Wilkinson roller nut. Almost no one came right out and said it was better than a traditional nut. I'm still of a mind that it's tricky to produce a stable reduced-friction roller nut.
 
Rex said:
Yeah, that's what I found. About half the people who liked it said it fixed the buzzing they were having when they replaced a Wilkinson roller nut. Almost no one came right out and said it was better than a traditional nut. I'm still of a mind that it's tricky to produce a stable reduced-friction roller nut.
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Probably so which is why I said that they need to perfect it or massage it a little more ;). It seems like it's pretty colse and with a little more input from different designers might yield a much better product that is stable doesn't wear out easy to install and tech. I still like the idea and it makes more sense then a traditional style nut that is allowing the strings to slide across a stationary surface where the sides and depth have to be cut to exacting tolerances.
 
I had a LP and an SG both high end mint condition Gibson's that did this with nut sauce, filed nuts the whole deal. Sold em.......Bought a Lifeson LP with Floyd problem solved with ZERO tonal loss. then took the plunge and got a LP flamed plus on ebay (an 02) and it had no issues at all. Well sometime you have to play and tune to get it happy then it will be fine for hours. Go figure. After previously being very disappointed with the tuning issues (G string),. I no longer am.
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Most of the LPs I've owned over the years have flaky tuning: sometimes they'll stay rock solid for hours, sometimes they'll go out of tune after only a while. The worst was the '79 Custom I had back in the '80s (which I shamefully didn't maintain very well anyway); the best is my '58 RI. I use strong vibrato and bends, so that exacerbates things. Proper tuning technique (making a "knot" at the peg with minimal winding) helps a lot. I've been meaning to try out Nut Sauce for a while.
 
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