why my black beauty gets out of tune?

[pariko]

i tune it and then i play for 5 minutes and the g and b strings are out of tune? Should i screw down the tuner peg screw? or is there another reason?

 

[jb_abides]

This would be better posted under 'Les Paul Tech Area' sub-forum/pub.

That said... are the strings properly wound on the posts to prevent slippage..? Did you stretch them well enough..?

More informations will yield better replies.

Good luck.

 

[Tim Plains]

9/10 times it's the nut. Every tuning issue I've had was either the nut or bridge slots not being filed properly.

 

[corpse]

The nut is too narrow.

 

[charliechitlins]

9/10 times it's the nut. Every tuning issue I've had was either the nut or bridge slots not being filed properly.

This isn't true...it's more like 99/100

 

[AlowlyR9]

i tune it and then i play for 5 minutes and the g and b strings are out of tune? Should i screw down the tuner peg screw? or is there another reason?

A guitar is going to get warm from your hands after 5 minutes. This can result in certain shifts in the wood. Unfortunately non bolt on necks are more suscepable to the wood expanding from the heat...

 

[poor man's burst]

A guitar is going to get warm from your hands after 5 minutes. This can result in certain shifts in the wood. Unfortunately non bolt on necks are more suscepable to the wood expanding from the heat...

How do you explain that, on the OP guitar, the G and B strings go out of tune and not the other ones, which are on the same piece of wood?

 

[AlowlyR9]

How do you explain that, on the OP guitar, the G and B strings go out of tune and not the other ones, which are on the same piece of wood?

I would guess when he puts the guitar down and comes back to it later, everything will be a bit sharp. Of course those two strings could be hanging up somewhere. It is also possible that perhaps those two strings are more sensitive to the temperature change. YMMV

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

i tune it and then i play for 5 minutes and the g and b strings are out of tune? Should i screw down the tuner peg screw? or is there another reason?

Is it the two pickup early '54-'56 Black Beauty with the A5 Staple and P90 pickups, or the '57 and later Black Beauty with three PAF's?

 

[MarcB]

The resonance frequency of the B & G strings range from 391 to 483hz,, this is coincidentally the same resonance frequency of certain types of ghosts.
Given your guitar is a black beauty, it’s more than likely the guitar has attracted the attention of a particular type of mischievous Spectre, who has attached itself to the B and G tuning pegs and whilst you are playing is detuning them for its own amusement.
My advice would be to burn the guitar, just to be safe, because it could manifest its power and deviousness across all the peg heads and ultimately into your pick ups, which at some point you may hear the faint screams and cries of the spectre through your amp. So burning the guitar would be the best course of action to take.

I hope this helps..

Happy Halloween

Bonjour.

 

[seafood]

The resonance frequency of the B & G strings range from 391 to 483hz,, this is coincidentally the same resonance frequency of certain types of ghosts.
Given your guitar is a black beauty, it’s more than likely the guitar has attracted the attention of a particular type of mischievous Spectre, who has attached itself to the B and G tuning pegs and whilst you are playing is detuning them for its own amusement.
My advice would be to burn the guitar, just to be safe, because it could manifest its power and deviousness across all the peg heads and ultimately into your pick ups, which at some point you may hear the faint screams and cries of the spectre through your amp. So burning the guitar would be the best course of action to take.

I hope this helps..

Happy Halloween

Bonjour.

Now this is ......." Sound Advice "

 

[garywright]

like others mentioned most likely the nut slots…you mentioned tuner peg screws. what tuners are on it, grovers?

 

[83Custom]

Stretch your strings.