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Post by humanbn on Apr 1, 2008 15:41:13 GMT -5
I was in Sears the other day and I found some graphite oil. I thought to myself, "maybe I can put this on my strat saddles and help with the tuning when using the trem". The company claims that the oil penetrates the metal and is water proof. I have put three drops on each saddle, letting each drop dry before adding the next, and it seems to help. The only string that goes out of tune as badly as it did prior to using the oil is the g string and I'm going to try a wound g to see what that does. Anyway, my point, I am wondering if anyone has or is willing to try this. What kind of results has anyone else found?
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Post by ChrisK on Apr 1, 2008 17:53:13 GMT -5
I would not use it on a guitar. Most likely it will destroy any part of the finish that it gets on.
The usual culprit for strings going out of tune while using a vibrato is string sticking/binding in the nut slots. There are tricks a'web for solving this such as using a graphite embedded nut or adding some graphite dust to the nut slots.
They also make graphite embedded saddles.
Solvents/oils - NO.
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Post by humanbn on Apr 1, 2008 19:25:41 GMT -5
I have been extremely careful not to get any of the oil on my guitar; nothing has been touched other than the saddles. The only reason I put it on the saddles is that I am going to be changing them soon; I wanted to see what would happen.
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