EC-1000 trouble tuning
EC-1000 trouble tuning
My ec1000 has the ESP brand tuners with the knob on them.
This is my first guitar with locking tuners.
The issue I am running into is with my low strings. I tune the 6th string to D but it will never tune properly. On the tuner it shows flat when I pick the string but the "wobbles" back and forth. It will not hold the note.
The A string is funky too. While tuning I get very close to the note and it stops tuning up. I turn it a bunch but it moves very little.
my suspicion is that I tightened the locking knob to much and crushed the string.
Thoughts?
Crushing the string isn't likely an issue. The whole point of locking tuners is to hold the string tight. Depending on how hard you are picking the string, it's not uncommon for the note to wobble a bit. Try tuning using the neck pickup (which in my experience reads the note better while tuning). If you're still not quite getting it there, try fretting the note at the 2nd fret and tuning to E. If you can get a stable E at the second, see where the open string rings. That will be a clue that the problem might be at the nut.
Thanks for the advice Pushead.
I am tuning with a headstock tuner. I let my friend borrow my pedal. So no pickup required.
The low E is the only string with the problem. My low string is .52 and I penciled the slot. If the nut has never been filed would that be too thick?
I am considering coughing up some cash to have a tech look at it. But I want to learn this stuff also.
*Knock Knock* anybody home?