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I think leaving the strings off too long has caused the neck to bend in another direction. I had 10s on and went to 11-48. Ive had zakk wylde (10-60) on the guitar before and it hasn't done this, so I really doubt it was the gauge change. As for the truss rod, I put it back to normal position, it had a forward bow before and it still does. I hear clamping the neck would do the trick.

I checked it out. It didn't really help me.

New strings of higher gauge.

I left my Fender Strat unstrung for about a week while waiting for new pickups to arrive. As I recieved them and restrung the gat, I noticed it was fretting out now at around the 15th fret. In which ways is this curable? Ive left the strings on for about 2 days now with no real progress. Last night I did an approx 1/12 turn anti-clockwise of the truss rod and it seems to have gotten better but still really bad. Edit: I've noticed the guitar doesn't really go out of tune when left overnight so maybe the neck isn't budging?

Yeah I think I will end up replacing the bridge, its definitely a cheap copy and it doesnt lock which the local guitar shop told me is perhaps why it doesnt stay in tune. Its not as expensive as you may think, here I can get an official one for $170 New Zealand, about $100US or slightly more. And sorry about the confusion but what i meant by: 1) severe tuning problems, when i pull the whammy bar up, every string tunes up about a whole half step, and vice versa when i pull the bar down, 2) even when i just do a full bend on a string the bridge will move and detune the guitar, im wondering what would be the origin of this problem? 1 - lol yeah i explained this badly what i meant is when i pull the bar up, every string goes up about half step, and then when i release it stays at that height if you get me and if i push the bar down every string goes down half a step or so and stays there when i let go and continue to play, and 2 - When i said bridge goes up i meant that the movement of the bridge going up detunes the guitar when it returns to the flat position e.g i bend the string, bridge goes up with it, comes back down, and then i keep playing and notice that the guitar has now detuned slightly....

the make is called threestar and the bridge i have no idea but wher it says lisenced by floyd rose parts, it seems to say lisenced by floyd rdse prts lol but dont get me wrong its a great guitar, very nice to play i am going to keep it, but its just the bridge thats pissing me off atm. and with the lump of wood ill pass on that because i actually want to use the floyd rose system and do sum cool satriani moves with it with the bridge height, its sitting pretty much level with the guitar, so i dont think anything is wrong with that part, would it be wise to buy a whole new floyd rose system? they dont cost too much around where I live and i could pay for it easy, but i just dont want to empty my wallet on something if its gonna have the same problem so hmmmm i wonder what shall i do?

to swedish luthier; nope nothing locks the strings, well at least nothing i know of, i just thread the string through and tune the bugger up, maybe there is something to lock the strings but i just havent found it yet. And the strings im using are new blue steels that i restrung as soon as i got home. to batfink; mani should have posted this before i restrung the guitar because i tried to lock the nut up as hard as i could and the thread came off the top screw, but i fixed it by putting in a deeper screw and it locks up properly now, so i can rule that out as the problem, and i always stretch the strings for a whole day before i tune the guitar properly, it doesnt seem to make a difference to it, with the last suggestions i will look into, but io assume everything would be in order as this guitar was bought brand new. to spazyone; i have no idea what tinning is so could you please fill me in? and i have thought about getting fender bullets ill probly get some in the next few days

Hey may be a bit of a cheesy question but Ijust bought a new guitar with a floyd rose bridge, its a custom guitar that has been made alright but i seem to notice it has severe tuning problems, when i pull the whammy bar up, every string tunes up about a whole half step, and vice versa when i pull the bar down, even when i just do a full bend on a string the bridge will move and detune the guitar, im wondering what would be the origin of this problem? im new to floyd rose bridges and this is my first, ive heard from some that floyd rose bridges need a bit of playing around and they will naturally start to stay in tune but i doubt that, my plan is to buy a new floyd rose system but i dont want to waste the money if its not going to fix the problem so i would like other peoples opinions, oh and the bridge is a bit different from other floyd rose bridges ive encountered, this one doesnt need the ball end to be cut, it slides through the bottom of the bridge, the bit that is usually where the allen key is inserted to tighten the string into the bridge.

lol um i see written on the power socket input part "Use only with IH250V fuse". Is there anythign specific I was supposed to be checking for? Edit: Just found the fuse, it seems to be cloudy and black, im guessing that means its blown??? if so what do i do now??

How do i check the fuse?

So I was bored one yesterday, so i look behind my amp (a full tube Eleca EG-50T) and see there is a switch for eitha 230V or 115V power, New Zealand (where I live) uses the 230V. I think hmmm what would happen if I were to flip that switch? So I do, and now my amp wont turn on!!! help!!!

I went pickup shopping the other day and came home with a seymour duncan duckbucker pickup. I play mostly Hard rock and blues, and these didnt seem to suit either. It didnt seem to improve my tone at all and costing $200, i was not very happy. could i get some insight on which genres this pickupw as built for? and with $200 to burn, if i refund the pickup then which pickup should i get instead? im trying to aquire a Steve Vai sound.

Hi, I was just wondering if It would be suitable for a guitar to have greatly varied DC between its pickups? E.G: A Standard Strat is fitted with this configuration... (Neck)6.5K Vintage Pickup (Mid)7.5K Slightly High Output Pickup (Bridge)13K Hot Rails or Equivalent Just an example to slow you what I mean.

Thanks for the tips, but in my current situation, I dont want to spend around a grand on a new amp, when a pickup could also improve my sound by a fair amount, while reducing that price to around $100-. And also, I'm not sure how accurate this statment would sound to you guys, but my current thoughts are that I would rather settle for a practise amp($100) until quite a later stage where i require a larger amp($1000), than to buy a practise amp($100), a in between amp($500), then a larger amp($1000), where after I get the larger amp($1000) I will probably never use the in between($500) amp again. And by the way, my strat is standard S/S/S pickups, so sorry Mr Alex but I cant use your pickups.

I had a jam with the band at my mates place a couple days ago, and for the first time got to play on my rhythm guitarists guitar. I compared it to my own and realised that his ax, a Ibanez Roadstar II (single humbucker) and a Laney 50W amp of some degree. had a tone far greater than my Standard Strat hooked up to a Peavey Practice Amp . So now I want a pickup change, problem is, my only option is Sky/Kent Armstrong (they are the same company) Pickups, due to financial difficulty and the fact pickups are so hard for me to find in New Zealand. Anyone tried these pickups? especially the hot rails? I wanna get an idea of its capabilities before pouring hundreds of my hard earned cash into some. Thanks in advance.