https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:27:06 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65193 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 06:29:32 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance paul donnelly https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65193 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65186 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 03:33:21 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance E.Sherman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65186 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65181 Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:41:08 +0000 Thanks to All!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Art of Balance https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65181 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65178 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:58:07 +0000 I took a listen to the links you have listed. VERY NICE. I have to say I am diverse in my musical choices, however, I never expierienced ISLAND FLARE before. Good Job! Keep rockin! 8) Hey, thanks for the kind words about our stuff! We're doing the traditional stuff now because it seems that nobody does it - or even remembers it - in the Islands themselves. That's a pity, really, to have something die out.

Well, if we're the only ones, then so be it :)

Anyhow, yes, what I mean about the vibrato bar, is after I'd do a bunch of dives where you're pushing the bar pretty much into the pickguard, afterwards, I'd just give it a little tug outward, away from the pickguard, before I went back to playing chords and whatnot. I think maybe the vibrato and the nut and everything were pretty much broken in and things didn't get caught anywhere. That's what I've heard about Strats in other places; some of them just snap back into tune no matter what, and some of them never come back to pitch.

Making sure the nut slots are smoothly finished and lubed (I use pencil graphite) and having the vibrato/trem broken in, so to speak, is essential, but also make sure the strings are properly stretched out beforehand. Like when I was gigging, I'd change strings maybe every other week, and when I did it would be a day or two before I actually had to play. Everything got aclimated. It's just learning to live with a Strat -- that's the main thing. They've got a lot of quirks but when you get used to them, you find they can do things that just about no other guitar can do. I have a Les Paul as well, and it has different quirks, but by and large a Strat will keep testing you and you...you just have to learn to live with it.

Like having a cat.

For your stuff it might be better to eventually get a Floyd though. And a locking nut. I've always wanted to try one of those because I have my Strat set up so the vibrato is 50/50 or so -- where the travel is halfway down and halfway up; the block is normally in the middle of that slot that's cut in there. I was never able to bomb it to the point where the strings were totally loose on the fretboard and sticking to the pickups, though it was pretty close. I guess you'd need a floating trem for that. But it worked out pretty well.

Anyhow, thanks again for the compliments on our music.

Take care. :)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65178 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65165 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:40:21 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Steve-0 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65165 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65163 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:17:49 +0000 I took a listen to the links you have listed. VERY NICE. I have to say I am diverse in my musical choices, however, I never expierienced ISLAND FLARE before. Good Job! Keep rockin! 8)]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Art of Balance https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65163 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65153 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 09:32:22 +0000
Still, it would've been neat to have a Rose. Just couldn't afford it back then. :)

Take care.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance DemoEtc https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65153 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65148 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 06:55:43 +0000 Hey that Ibanez you have is a pretty sharp guitar. I am currently looking into a RG1570 myself. Thanks Again!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Art of Balance https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65148 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65138 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:01:45 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-65138 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-3118 Sun, 15 Aug 2004 03:28:15 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Art of Balance https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/dive-bombs-and-now-i-am-out-of-tune/#post-3118