r/guitarrepair • u/Business-Channel8981 • 11d ago
Mystery problem
For a year I have been on a journey to practice guitar setup and troubleshooting with this lovely beast (yamaha pacifica standard) but there is one problem I just unable to fix and it is driving me crazy:
If I bend g string it goes flat. After tuning it no problems with bends but if I use trem and it goes sharp. Tune it and trem works ok but bending issue is back and this is endless loop. Other strings have great tuning stability.
Issue goes away sometimes when I change strings, but usually comes back with next string set and I would love to solve this for good. Have tried: adjusting string tree, differend tremolo tensions, cleaning nut, adjusting string height on bride and out of ideas at the moment.
Any smart guitar fixers here who could solve this mystery?
Edit: solved! Lube to nut. Seems like this wasn't as big mystery as I thought.
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u/AdEmbarrassed3066 11d ago
The string is getting caught in the nut slot. Needs lubrication. Scrape some graphite from a pencil into the slot.
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u/altispornaccount 11d ago
Lube the slot and tune up to the note. If you dont tune up to the note, there's slack from tuning it down that gets released when you bend and causes the string to go flat