Neck Cracking Noise

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    Nic S.

    My E-II Eclipse Evertune makes a cracking sound everytime I do a full tone bend on the high e string fifth fret and also on other places when doing big bends. How do I get rid of this?

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    Pushead
    Pushead wrote

    Any chance you could make a video of it? Hard to determine, but most "cracking" I'm used to hearing is from the string binding in the nut.

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      Nic S.
      Nic S. wrote

      Here's a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcw7Z-p-MEo (sorry it's really quiet)

      The truss rod cover is on but I think the noise comes from the middle of the neck. The weird thing is, when I tighten or loosen the truss rod a tiny bit, the noise gone but comes back after a while.

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        Guiguitarz
        Guiguitarz wrote

        Do you have a Truss Rod cover ? Sometimes they are to tight to the nut and when the neck bends a bit they can release a "crack sound".

        Pictures or videos are welcome.

        -G.

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          Pushead
          Pushead wrote

          That is an odd one. It doesn't sound like the string binding in the nut. If you have some nut lube, graphite or even a pencil, I'd suggest trying that in the nut slot anyway.

          It's odd because it comes after you've completed the bend, before you release it. Not while you're bending.

          I know you said it comes from the middle of the neck, but that seems a strange place for it. Can you put a bit of pressure on the headstock (not while playing) and get it to make the same snap? How about wiggling the high E tuner? I don't have any experience with the Evertune, is there a place there that may be making the sound?

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            John L.
            John L. wrote

            It sounds like it has something to do with the Evertune bridge and the way it is adjusted to enable string bending,

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