Possible issue...

[fig]

And don't forget that besides putting witness points on the bridge saddles and nut, put a witness point at the tuning post, too.

Some of the pictures show the thick string being rounded coming off the tuning post. That's almost as much of an issue as the strings being rounded over the nut or bridge saddle.

You can tell you needed it if you tune to pitch, straighten the string at the tuning post, and your tuning goes way flat.

The nut and bridge saddles points are 'must do'. The tuning post is 'should do', because it's not in the speaking length of the string and may, or may not, cause inharmonics and warbliness. But, over a short period of time, you may be wondering why the string keeps going flat. It's because that bend is slowly straightening out while under tension. Solve that problem immediately and easily by the tuner post witness point.

If some of you haven't heard of this, you can find more about it in this forum.

This was a non-payed 'just passing through' reminder.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

And don't forget that besides putting witness points on the bridge saddles and nut, put a witness point at the tuning post, too.

Some of the pictures show the thick string being rounded coming off the tuning post. That's almost as much of an issue as the strings being rounded over the nut or bridge saddle.

You can tell you needed it if you tune to pitch, straighten the string at the tuning post, and your tuning goes way flat.

The nut and bridge saddles points are 'must do'. The tuning post is 'should do', because it's not in the speaking length of the string and may, or may not, cause inharmonics and warbliness. But, over a short period of time, you may be wondering why the string keeps going flat. It's because that bend is slowly straightening out while under tension. Solve that problem immediately and easily by the tuner post witness point.

If some of you haven't heard of this, you can find more about it in this forum.

This was a non-payed 'just passing through' reminder.

Thanks. I’ll take a look at that. I did set witness points at the nut and bridge saddles. As of now, it’s staying in tune just fine. The strings have only been on about 5 days, though.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

And don't forget that besides putting witness points on the bridge saddles and nut, put a witness point at the tuning post, too.

Some of the pictures show the thick string being rounded coming off the tuning post. That's almost as much of an issue as the strings being rounded over the nut or bridge saddle.

You can tell you needed it if you tune to pitch, straighten the string at the tuning post, and your tuning goes way flat.

The nut and bridge saddles points are 'must do'. The tuning post is 'should do', because it's not in the speaking length of the string and may, or may not, cause inharmonics and warbliness. But, over a short period of time, you may be wondering why the string keeps going flat. It's because that bend is slowly straightening out while under tension. Solve that problem immediately and easily by the tuner post witness point.

If some of you haven't heard of this, you can find more about it in this forum.

This was a non-payed 'just passing through' reminder.

I’m assuming you mean right here in the pic.

 

[fig]

I’m assuming you mean right here in the pic.

Yes, that's it. I didn't know about it for decades LOL!

Also, if you notice a string (generally the thickest) not straight between the tuner post and the nut, straighten it. I say that because the E string in the pic looks a little curved compared to the other strings. Might be my aging eyes playing tricks, too LOL.

However, the circled witness point at the tuner post in your pic looks quite good.

Like I said, you can easily check for any improvement. Tune it, straighten/witness, check tuning. If the tuning dropped, you did good. Retune and repeat until stable.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

Thanks fig... the E string isn’t curved compared to the others... just a weird angle. That angle is not “fixable” because it appears the nut slot does not perfectly line up with where the E string wraps around the post. Just a cosmetic thing I will live with. No biggie. I don’t see it causing any tuning issues.

If you look closely, the other strings seem to “fan out” as they go to the tuning posts from the nut. Now it looks like I bought a piece of shi*!

 

[fig]

I don’t see it causing any tuning issues.

If you look closely, the other strings seem to “fan out” as they go to the tuning posts from the nut. Now it looks like I bought a piece of shi*!

No, won't cause any issues at all. Some basses I've owned had the strings fan out at different angles between the nut and post. Just had to make sure the lower strings weren't curved between the nut and post.

I swear, that E string looks curved between the tuning post and nut. Look at the red lines in this pic. A, D, and G are perfect. E string seems curved. Yeah, I can be anal about my stuff. Even other peoples stuff LOL. Could be a distortion from the camera, too.

Just trying to be helpful, something to keep an eye out for during setup. As long as tuning is holding and the string sounds solid, you're set.

 

[Kipp Harrington]

No, won't cause any issues at all. Some basses I've owned had the strings fan out at different angles between the nut and post. Just had to make sure the lower strings weren't curved between the nut and post.

I swear, that E string looks curved between the tuning post and nut. Look at the red lines in this pic. A, D, and G are perfect. E string seems curved. Yeah, I can be anal about my stuff. Even other peoples stuff LOL. Could be a distortion from the camera, too.
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Just trying to be helpful, something to keep an eye out for during setup. As long as tuning is holding and the string sounds solid, you're set.

Thanks for your input, fig. I value and appreciate everyone’s input here at TB.

I took a pic after our correspondence last night and the E string doesn’t look too bad at all. I also discovered that there really isn’t much “fanning” of the strings either. I’m pretty sure the camera angle had something to do with this. Thanks again!