CodePoet
Fractal Fanatic
I am wondering what the expectation is for a Floyd Rose guitar holding its tuning throughout a show. I typically string it up with NYXLs and break the strings in prior via a String Stretcher and play on it a bit (not much, but do some bending all around) in the days leading up to a show, so the strings should be broken in. I'll tune it up at home and it seems to remain stable at home for a few days leading up to a show. When I get to the venue, I check the tuning and it's not uncommon for it to be fairly off. Sometimes I'll need to loosen the nut/re-tune/lock. Then throughout the show, it's fairly common for me to have to bring the string tuning up quite a bit (40-50 cents-ish). So I have to make sure I leave plenty of turns in the fine tuners to accommodate.
Is this normal and just a consequence of a warmer venue, sweaty fingers being on the strings and heating them up, etc.? Or is something else going on? Seems to happen to any/all strings. I lock my saddles and nut down pretty tight so I don't think anything is slipping - don't seem to have grooves in the nut locks.
Thanks for any insight!
Is this normal and just a consequence of a warmer venue, sweaty fingers being on the strings and heating them up, etc.? Or is something else going on? Seems to happen to any/all strings. I lock my saddles and nut down pretty tight so I don't think anything is slipping - don't seem to have grooves in the nut locks.
Thanks for any insight!