This! I went through the same problem as you did Mikey and it was the nut. However it took me 4 tries to get it right. On the 4th time I took it to a professional along with the other 3 nuts I had and he said they were all garbage. I was actually annoyed and taken back a bit when he told me that, especially for the money I just apparently wasted. In the end, he told me graphite was garbage for LP's and to go with bone. He had to sand down the nut seat just a tad, custom filed the slots to accommodate up to a heavy guage set (056-012) and boom, problem solved.Some nut blanks just suck, may need to try another blank.
You just invented the alterative to "Big Bends Nut Sauce".Put some chap stick on the nut no shit
I reread my earlier posts and absolutely did not mean to sound like an ass. I am a hobbyist only and I have no doubt your repairman has skills far beyond mine. I was just reliving the frustration of my own nut grooving learning curve. The previous post with the videos by Dan Erlewine are excellent. The big issue with the LP nut is that the D and G strings break down at the back of the nut AND break left and right to angle toward the two banks of tuners. The left and right breaks are most dramatic for the inner most D and G strings. Ramping those 2 grooves down only like you would a strat will not work. Those 2 grooves also need a gentle left and right relief to prevent that side-binding. I am 99% sure your guy will have done this when he initially set your nut up - but just needs a few extra passes with the file.Yes he's already offered, so will bring back, but pretty mutch at wits end.
My Jacksons and 2 out of 3 of my PRS have them as well.This thread is exactly the reason why I always played out with Superstrats with Floyds. No issues, ever.
Mine was possessed by Satan himself. Bone nut, locking tuners. Top luthier. I was lucky if it would get through one song. Fight it for 6 years. Sold it. Went to LTD’s. I am in heaven.As mentioned, I had a VERY good and well renowned tech custom cut a bone nut for me 2 weeks ago. It's pretty much same as before he replaced the factory nut.
That's a cool looking idea, if you are having trouble.I thought this was pretty much common with modern Gibson's hit and miss Quality Control?
https://laplaceonline.com/2017/08/2...uitars-and-others-with-a-similar-head-design/
This might help out
Who Made the Nut for you? I Need a New Guy that doesn't have Long Wait times?As mentioned, I had a VERY good and well renowned tech custom cut a bone nut for me 2 weeks ago. It's pretty much same as before he replaced the factory nut.
I'm an Hour North of Miami. My usual guy is in PSL Which is an Hour North of me but he's very busy. I'm using a New guy now in Coral Springs. I've never had a Tuning Problem with any of the Gibsons i've had. Big bends Nut Sauce or Regular Graphite from a Pencil has worked fine for me. I have 1 LP Where the nut has been replaced with a Bone Nut & That Guitar Is perfect.http://www.sixstringtheory.net/
He's in Miami not too far from me. Took him a few weeks. Great dude. Very happy with my other setups by him. Floyd and non.
Cool. I used to live up in Pompano, then Lake worth prior (originally from the shitty state of NJ). My mom lives in Lake Worth, so I am up that way a bit still.I'm an Hour North of Miami. My usual guy is in PSL Which is an Hour North of me but he's very busy. I'm using a New guy now in Coral Springs. I've never had a Tuning Problem with any of the Gibsons i've had. Big bends Nut Sauce or Regular Graphite from a Pencil has worked fine for me. I have 1 LP Where the nut has been replaced with a Bone Nut & That Guitar Is perfect.