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Topic: stripped tuning nut |
Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2003 9:37 pm |
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| i would be trying to play something and right in the middle of it i would step on my B pedal pick my 6 string and nothing was changing ,, i got to looking and it seems like the tuning nut is stripped . i can retune it then it will work for a while then it will happen again. i am hoping to contact carter tomarrow to see if i can get a couple of replacement tuning nuts . anyone else having this problem ...i am playing a carter starter |
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Jim Smith
From:
Midlothian, TX, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 6:27 am
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| It might be that the rod is a little short, thus not having enough threads inside the tuning nut to keep it from stripping. For now, swap it out for another tuning nut that hasn't been used as much. |
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C Dixon
From:
Duluth, GA USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 6:44 am
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Another possibility is the following fact. The life of a nylon tuner is directly proportional to how often it is adjusted.
Experience has taught that players fall into several categories.
1. Those that tune the "tuners" all the time. (Sadly I am one of them).
2. Those that adjust them now and then.
3. Those that rarely ever mess with them.
If you are in the #1 group, be prepared to replace them periodically.
Note: the nylon tuners are NOT threaded when new. This is part of their secret AND part of their death. When first installed, the threads on the rod "cut" a thread in the tuner. Because it is nylon it "holds" perfectly when new.
However, as you adjust it over time, the threads become loose and thus the dilemma you described ensues.
Carl |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 7:11 am
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Calvin, some tuning nuts have the hole all the way thru (some don't) If Carter happens to use this type nut you can take it off and turn it around and use the other end and it is almost like a new one.
Jerry |
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Calvin Walley
From:
colorado city colorado, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 7:24 am
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as always, you folks are great thanks the changer needs cleaning any suggestions on how to do it?
calvin |
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Brian Davis
From:
San Francisco, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 10:47 am
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Take it apart and clean the fingers with simichrome or something similar. Then oil them with 3 in 1. You might just want to take the whole guitar apart, clean it, lubricate and rebuild. I did that for my Sho-Bud and it was so worth it. It also helped me better understand the mechanic principles behind the PSG and it was a lot of fun too!
good luck!
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George Wixon
From:
Waterbury, CT USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2003 1:40 pm
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I also had this happen to me on my Carter. A quick fix was to take the nylon nut off and drill a hole in the other end of it. Then just re thread it back on. I used a .089 drill which is also a tap drill for a 4-40 thread. This works well unitl you can get new replacement nuts.
George |
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Fred Amendola
From:
Lancaster, Pa.
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Posted 21 Nov 2003 4:46 am
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Calvin,
George L sells various tuning nuts in bags of ten. Carter is 4-40 x 1-1/8" long for a 3/32" diameter rod.
Hope this helps.
Fred |
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