kawe
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Post by kawe on Jul 11, 2004 9:45:41 GMT -5
Hi! I recently noticed those cracks below three tuners (Gibson deluxe) of my ES 175.  Is that a common problem or what's going on here? Is there something I could / should do? |
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Post by jazzalta on Jul 11, 2004 13:15:01 GMT -5
How old is your guitar? I have the same model but it's brand new and I don't have that particular problem (yet?). Some of that stuff is common. I had a les paul with that issue. Must be the laquer. I don't know how to advise you though.
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Post by kawe on Jul 11, 2004 13:22:07 GMT -5
The guitar is about 6 years old.
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Post by Professor1 on Jul 11, 2004 13:29:30 GMT -5
Those nuts on the tuners have a tendency to come loose, and rattle. The resulting tendency is to overtighten them.  |
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kawe
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Post by kawe on Jul 11, 2004 13:37:48 GMT -5
This might be a cause for it, but I didn't touch them yet.
All in all it seems to be no serious problem, more a "cosmetical" one.
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Post by pinsk94 on Jul 11, 2004 18:09:44 GMT -5
My old Super 400 had that and weather checking all over the entire instrument. I guess nitrocellulose is very sensitve to temperature and stress. Like you said, just cosmetic.
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Post by kawe on Jul 12, 2004 14:39:10 GMT -5
I had contact with a luthier and told him about my problem. This is what he said:
It happens, when the screws (on top) loosen a little bit, because the wood has shrunk. The string tension will do the rest then. He gave me the advice to check them once a year and tighten them gently.
Perhaps this can help you to avoid the problem I had.
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