How to help les Paul stay in tune

[Audioholic]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

 

[Code001]

A properly cut nut lubed with big bends.

 

[Chubtone]

I have never been able to keep any Les Paul in tune. I've seen guys do it. John Sykes for example, who plays the same LP all night long. But I can't keep a Les Paul in tune for a single song let alone a whole set. They drive me absolutely insane when trying to record with them.

 

[Audioholic]

Since I don't play out it hasn't been a big issue. Nut def needs to be cut better and lubed I am sure but is that the only thing? Will different tuners help?

Great sounding and playing guitar but def doesn't hold tune like my strat or prs did

 

[Code001]

Unless your tuners are absolute crap, locking tuners shouldn't really make any difference. Locking tuners can help prevent improper stringing methods, though. That's why a lot of people think they improve stability.

 

[splatter]

grover tuners

 

[EnGl]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

Let me guess ... D and A string ?

Good nut should do the trick or at least help a bit. My LP copy has the same issue.

 

[splawner]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

Let me guess ... D and A string ?

Good nut should do the trick or at least help a bit. My LP copy has the same issue.

Good luck!!

 

[glip22]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

Let me guess ... D and A string ?

Good nut should do the trick or at least help a bit. My LP copy has the same issue.

Good luck!!

Whats that in your sig Vince?

 

[chumbucket]

I have never been able to keep any Les Paul in tune. I've seen guys do it. John Sykes for example, who plays the same LP all night long. But I can't keep a Les Paul in tune for a single song let alone a whole set. They drive me absolutely insane when trying to record with them.

My thoughts exactly. That's why I like Les Pauls with Floyds on 'em.

 

[peterc52]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

Let me guess ... D and A string ?

Good nut should do the trick or at least help a bit. My LP copy has the same issue.

I would have guessed, that it was the G-string that were difficult to get in tune. It's always the G-string that bothers me.

 

[mchn13]

What have you done to your les Paul to help it hold time better? Love my guitar but it def doesn't hold tune as well as others. In particulairly the g string. Better tuners? If so what works well?

hold tune as well a what others? granted my charvel once stretched and tuned , with a floyd and lock nut will hold tune for months lol. i touched up the nut and saddles on my paul, and its very stable. i play for a couple hours, hard, at rehearsal and check the tuner every couple songs, and its rarely off.
i put sperzels on mine but its mostly for tuning feel, and ease of changing strings..

 

[EnGl]

Damn man , I mean G and D string

 

[parntz145]

I had issues with my R9. I took it over to my tech and he redid the nut and put on a Tonepro bridge and locking studs. Im not sure which one of the 3 did it but it stays in tune perfect now. When my friends play it they cant believe how it stays in tune.

 

[racerevlon]

A properly cut nut lubed with big bends.

^^^^^This

 

[devideva]

heavier strings

 

[Shawn Lutz]

I've been a Floyded strat style man my entire life (close to 30 years playing) until I bought a LP back in March of this year. I don't have any tuning problems. Most tuning issues are at the nut so get some nut sauce, I don't use it myself but it works for other folks. What I do is set the TP as low as you can without it hitting he back of the bridge, it gives a deeper angle at the saddle. I also wrap as much string around the tuner post as possible without any overlap. This puts the string closer to the face of the headstock and a sharper angle passing over over the nut. As always stretch the shit out of the strings first.

I don't know if I'm lucky or what but I bought 1 LP in my lifetime without ever playing it first and the thing was perfect and I have no tuning issues. I heard all the horror stories of having to play 30 before you find a good one. My 20 other super strats have been fairly idle since I got the LP, I now want Custom.

 

[moltisanti]

i was having the same, then tried a new stringing method from youtube and it holds tune a million times better

 

[steve_k]

A properly cut nut lubed with big bends.

This.....file the nut out just a little.

Also, don't put many wraps on the tuner when changing strings. Les Pauls can be a bitch.

 

[paulyc]

Never had this problem...proper restringing technique and stretching of the strings is all I've ever done and every LP I've owned has been fine ...and with stock parts.