He didn't like the wraps going over one another.
that'a different from saying that is "a joke".
I've had the issue described by @nervous many times, in particular with G strings slipping on non tapered tuners (like the one on old Fender or reissues).
I don't want to sound like a bragart but my luthier does repair and service many famous acts.
I don't know how is in USA, but in Italy it's common to give enormous credit to people because of their work. giving you an example, I'm an Opera singer before a bass player, and I've studied in Roma's conservatory, but had the worst teacher ever.
he said me that I was a baritone (a low register voice), due to the ease I had to sing low notes, but I'm clearly a tenor (the highest male register), and it's a thing that can be easilly understood just hearing the "speaking voice".
a baritone has a deep and warm voice, and talks on low notes, a tenor has a bright voice, almost feminine or childish, and talks on higer notes.
however, the teacher has it's role in the Roma's conservatory, so back then I thought that probably he was right: who am I to doubt the words of a professional musician and teacher?
well, after an year studying with him, I started having problems with my voice, issues with vocal folds... I tried to explain this to my teacher, but he always said that it was only a lack of technique.
luckily I encountered a couple of old teachers that helped me, and I saved my voice before it was too late... now I can sing my tenor arias with any effort, and I restored my voice in less then six months, with the right method.
however, that idiot teacher is still a role teacher in one of the best conservatory in Italy, and will probably destroy the voices of many students.
what I learnt from this experience? the fact that one can do ONE job does not mean that he has the truth for everything concerning that argument.
I always hear "luthiers" giving away their "truth" about anything, and making fun of any other luthier or brand, and I've heard from them a lot of those stupid "legends" we all have encountered in years of playing and loving instruments. many times they are just good artisans, but don't know anything about the "science" behind the instruments.
a good carpenter, who can craft wood and make instruments maybe doesn't even know about the core of the strings, or doesn't know about flatwounds and anything like that. I knew a "luthier" who thought that short scale basses can't have a good sound, and that they were just toys... then me an a friend of mine made him play a Mustang, and now he loves short scale basses...
simply he haven't played any before, neither had to build one, and he believed all the stupid stereotypes about short scale basses. my Mustang, compared to my Precision, is unrecognizable just by the sound...
