Well, clearly I'm not paying attention. Never mind me...Ok, but it wasn't me that mentioned extra windings, and the guitar doesn't have locking tuners - it's a locking nut w/ the Floyd Rose.
Well, clearly I'm not paying attention. Never mind me...Ok, but it wasn't me that mentioned extra windings, and the guitar doesn't have locking tuners - it's a locking nut w/ the Floyd Rose.
Ha! No worries, I appreciate any attention at all.Well, clearly I'm not paying attention. Never mind me...
FWIW, my EBMM JP7 was ridiculously sensitive to temperature and humidity changes. If the neck is anything like the JP7’s (gunstock oil and wax), then I’m not surprised.It's an Axis w/ a birdseye maple neck.
It still doesn't affect the intonation because the nut only moves away when you press down the bar BUT the slightest displacement sends you out of tune.If the locking nut base plate is loose and/or moving it will change the length between the nut and the bridge changing your intonation. I may not have been clear in my first post, I was thinking the nut lock not the trem lock. I've had the nut screws loosen up over time allowing the nut to move while tuning which both screws up your tuning and you intonation.
My Floyd is blocked so it's down hard against the body - it's not what's moving.I check if all strings are flat or sharp and adjust the springs.
Then fine tune.
It's a Music Man Axis. They are not overly thin I don't feel. They're narrow necks (as far as nut width goes), with an asymmetrical C shape.I said it just above, the neck is an important part of this. How thin is your neck?
I'll get a photo of the neck grain. No carbon reinforcement on those models I don't believe.A neck moving due to temperature is massively effected but the type of truss rod, whether it has carbon reinforcement and the orientation of the grain . Just how thin it is is below those considerations.
REALLY? carbon is almost inert at any room temperature. I have a GS and it never moves.My guitars go flat in hotter weather and sharp in cold weather. It only takes a few minutes for them to acclimate. I have a Steinberger GS neck on one of them, which has no truss rod, and it does the same exact thing as the others. I’ve played in 100°+ and as low as 15°F. Yep, you read that right. They have always stabilized in minutes with no further issues throughout the gig unless the temps rise or drop dramatically. I have Floyds on everyone of them.
There is your answer a vintage single rod that braces wood against metal (acts like a thermostat ) and the most flexible orientation of grain ,totally flat with the fingerboard . There is nothing you can do about it.
I appreciate your info @Andy Eagle. I guess I'll look for another one. So (typically) within a model's units, are the necks likely to all be cut the same way, or could each be different and you just have to investigate each one?There is your answer a vintage single rod that braces wood against metal (acts like a thermostat ) and the most flexible orientation of grain ,totally flat with the fingerboard . There is nothing you can do about it.
Some companies chose quarter sawn as part of the spec but mostly it is random.I appreciate your info @Andy Eagle. I guess I'll look for another one. So (typically) within a model's units, are the necks likely to all be cut the same way, or could each be different and you just have to investigate each one?