Mon Jan 15, 2018 8:15 am
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:13 am
SunMaster wrote:I am the proud owner of 2 2015 us g&ls. One z3 and one legacy. I'm not 100% happy with the legacy nut in particular and I'm wondering ig replacing the nut with a tusq is a telatively straightforward task. There's always s million videos about fenders and gibsons but not so much luck here
Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:37 am
Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:24 pm
Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:41 pm
SunMaster wrote:Hi, and thanks a lot for the response.
The problem with the legacy seems to me to be a classical "sticky" nut problem In particular the low E. The nut is made of bone (according to build sheet) and I've restrung it with new d'addarios 10-46. Aside from being my personal pick, they're supposed to be factory strings, I think.
I haven't modified the bridge setup in any way, but I'm not its first owner. I did adjust the trussrod though, and action is set to very low and extremely well playing. Aside from a sticky nut
I added some 'graphite all' lube when I restrung, hoping it would fix it.
Not quite knowing what you want the pictures to show, I shot a few
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19DJ-ORPxxyHDxT_LQ2jBG4G3yFWkKCoz
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IQo8WfPXTHtL20VpFnQIWIlZAzp359h5
https://drive.google.com/open?id=15ciPhW3uXqOrtDpl2TxyadJMEPXcHwqr
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1e_VHgdDjds0r2zsNEo2VRs0oBOMTAFMT
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UeMBgY2XCcGDgkopUgie4Kjg5-2S_qlz
(can't seem to embed images stored in google docs as images)
String action from around 12th fret
Edit: As this is my first guitar with these vintage style tuners, I've now watched a nice instructional video and the tuning posts now look like they've been tuned by an adult - with the string ends down into the hole hehe
Mon Jan 15, 2018 3:12 pm
Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:03 am
SunMaster wrote:https://drive.google.com/open?id=15waxihOSHujME1JlLyMkx_jWEpCNiSGq
It looks a little better now.
The bridge looks a little too raised both visually and by measurement. It may cause it.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bzcYz_RTfaEIQPIxunTp9uVSMAQyb4_Y
I'll adjust it tomorrow, and maybe that's it
Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:57 am
Tue Jan 16, 2018 12:06 pm
SunMaster wrote:
The bridge is fine now, and I've also done some minor intonation adjustment.
But the problem remains the same. It's mainly the low E and (to a little less extent) A that gets stuck on a higher pitch than the rest. The rest of the strings seems fine.
The low E is trimmed. I can always replace it to get a couple of rounds around the post, but somehow I doubt it solves my issue.
So I have two options - either take it to a local music store and get them to have a look at the nut. Or do what my first idea was - replace the nut with a tusq. The tusq works very well on my SG, which was horrible with the stock nut
It seems pretty easy to just carefully knock out the nut, and replace it with http://www.graphtech.com/products/brand ... c39b4f0382, but you guys here are like walking encyclopedias
Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:02 pm
Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:24 pm
SunMaster wrote:Update: I've applied a lot of 'graphit all' on the nut, and now it's very nice
Not sure if I'm going to bother having the nut fixed. At least there's no rush.
Wed Jan 17, 2018 1:34 pm
Wed Jan 17, 2018 7:23 pm
Thu Jan 18, 2018 10:45 am
FZTNT wrote:Most interesting using the teflon tape. Can you please post pictures of how you do this.
Tom
Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:42 pm