My G and B strings

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My G and B strings frequently come out of tune. I know its probably the intonation or something, is there a way to fix it myself rather then taking it to a luthier?
 
if your intonations out it'll never be in tune over the whole fretboard, if those strings are going out of tune check the nut and bridge.
 
ok, what should i use to do that? is there specuail guitar nut lube?
 
I agree with lubing your nut.... :D
Also, do you wrap an insane amount of string around your tuning pegs?
 
I'm a nut lube virgin :o

...but I'm planning to try it out soon - bit nervous though ;)

There's this stuff:
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--BIBNS

Big Bends Nut Sauce Guitar Nut Groove Lubricant - lol :D

I bet somebody round here knows of a good home-made nut lube (where's Light when you need him? ;) ).

Lol - nuts though :)

I don't think my sense of humour will ever mature :D
 
Graphite...

...or you can just try pencil lead in a pinch
 
Funny how lubbing your nuts can keep your G-string in tune... :rolleyes:
 
Codmate said:
I'm a nut lube virgin :o

...but I'm planning to try it out soon - bit nervous though ;)

There's this stuff:
http://www.zzounds.com/a--2676837/item--BIBNS

Big Bends Nut Sauce Guitar Nut Groove Lubricant - lol :D

I bet somebody round here knows of a good home-made nut lube (where's Light when you need him? ;) ).

Lol - nuts though :)

I don't think my sense of humour will ever mature :D
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I mix up a slurry of graphite in Teflon grease. It works really well and a couple of buck's worth will last several lifetimes.
 
I agree about lubrication but, I have frequent problems with tune on my G and most of the time it's because the string is dead.


If you don't change your strings often enough, they will have tuning problems.


I play in several band through the week and 10-15 hours a week means I have to change them every 4-6 weeks for them to sound, play, and hold tune their best.
 
InTheFire said:
I agree about lubrication but, I have frequent problems with tune on my G and most of the time it's because the string is dead.


If you don't change your strings often enough, they will have tuning problems.


I play in several band through the week and 10-15 hours a week means I have to change them every 4-6 weeks for them to sound, play, and hold tune their best.
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Some will argue that that's not nearly often enough.
 
i have sperzel tuners, so theres not any thing with those. They are only like 3 weeks old. so if i put sum graphite in the slot in the nut for the strings, it should help?
 
If a nut is a bit tight, a little pencil lead works as well as anything out there. Just take a sharp pencil, and rub it in the nut slot.

As a friend of mine says, if someone was tightening my G string, I's get a bit cranky too!


Light

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M.K. Gandhi
 
InTheFire said:
I agree about lubrication but, I have frequent problems with tune on my G and most of the time it's because the string is dead.


If you don't change your strings often enough, they will have tuning problems.


I play in several band through the week and 10-15 hours a week means I have to change them every 4-6 weeks for them to sound, play, and hold tune their best.
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Back when I was doing a vast amount of gigging I used to find that 20 hours gig time was about it for my strings but mainly from a breakage point of view. Since then they have invented the wheel, I must fit one to my chair.
 
I agree with who-ever said it above... check the amount of wrap you have around your peg. You should have about 2-3-4 wraps. Also are you stretching your strings after you put new ones on? Also, is it a stoptail or vibrato of some sort?
 
My most troublesome string has always been the B
 
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